The Art of Fact A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism
by Kerrane, Kevin; Yagoda, BenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-08-03
Publisher(s): Scribner
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A comprehensive and illuminating survey of literary journalism with both historical and international scope, this anthology is the only one of its kind. In a series of sparkling readings, Kevin Kerrane and Ben Yagoda trace the evolution of the so-called "new" journalism back to the 18th century.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 13 |
| Making Facts Dance | p. 17 |
| from The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan Wild | p. 23 |
| from The Life of Samuel Johnson | p. 29 |
| Watercress Girl | p. 34 |
| The Great Tasmania's Cargo | p. 38 |
| from Specimen Days | p. 46 |
| from If Christ Came to Chicago | p. 49 |
| When Man Falls, a Crown Gathers | p. 58 |
| An Experiment in Misery | p. 63 |
| The Death of Rodriguez | p. 71 |
| Can't Get Their Minds Ashore | p. 76 |
| Pillelu, Pillelu! | p. 80 |
| from The People of the Abyss | p. 83 |
| Drift | p. 93 |
| from Ninety Times Guilty | p. 97 |
| Juke Joint | p. 104 |
| from Hiroshima | p. 111 |
| The Day of the Fight | p. 115 |
| from "Portrait of Hemingway" | p. 129 |
| Two Generals | p. 139 |
| The Silent Season of a Hero | p. 143 |
| from In Cold Blood | p. 161 |
| from The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | p. 169 |
| from Alive | p. 183 |
| from House | p. 199 |
| from Brothers | p. 204 |
| So ... We Meet at Last, Mr. Bond | p. 212 |
| Shadow of a Nation | p. 218 |
| from What It Takes | p. 236 |
| The Spike | p. 245 |
| from "The Bronx Slave Market" | p. 252 |
| from The Earl of Louisiana | p. 258 |
| The Fight to Live | p. 271 |
| from The Armies of the Night | p. 290 |
| from "The Scum Also Rises" | p. 302 |
| The Last Secrets of Skull and Bones | p. 316 |
| from Coyotes | p. 331 |
| from "The Snap Revolution" | p. 336 |
| Tiananmen Square | p. 347 |
| from Among the Thugs | p. 354 |
| from Whoredom in Kimmage | p. 367 |
| from "Harlem on My Mind" | p. 384 |
| from "Snake Handling and Redemption" | p. 391 |
| The Pig | p. 407 |
| Japanese Earthquake | p. 411 |
| from Let Us Now Praise Famous Men | p. 417 |
| The Third Winter | p. 422 |
| Marrakech | p. 433 |
| Lady Olga | p. 439 |
| from Black Lamb and Grey Falcon | p. 452 |
| from Once There Was a War | p. 458 |
| Lethal Lightning | p. 461 |
| It's an Honor | p. 466 |
| The Girl of the Year | p. 469 |
| Los Angeles Notebook | p. 480 |
| from The Pine Barrens | p. 485 |
| from Dispatches | p. 494 |
| from Another Day of Life | p. 507 |
| from Homicide | p. 522 |
| from Boys in Zinc | p. 536 |
| Holiday Pageant: The Importance of Being Bluebell | p. 549 |
| Permissions | p. 553 |
| Index | p. 557 |
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