Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) - Hardcover

Wills, Garry

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9781410434746: Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)

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ISBN 10: 1410434745 ISBN 13: 9781410434746

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2011

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A deeply personal account by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of What Jesus Meant surveys key events in modern history as they were reflected by pop culture and social movements, from the civil rights era and Vietnam War protests to late 20th-century presidential campaigns and Oliver Stone's Nixon. (literary collections).

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Review:

"Entirely fascinating."
--The Washington Times
"Garry Wills is not only one of the country's most distinguished intellectuals but also one of its most provacative."
--The New York Times Book Review
"A completely captivating collection . . . [Wills] writes an intensely opinionated reevaluation of leaders he has encountered, autobiographical reminiscences, and insightful, mostly admiring essays on imporant people in his life."
--Publisher's Weekly (starred review)"

About the Author:

Garry Willsis a historian and the author of theNew York TimesbestsellersWhat Jesus Meant, Papal Sin, Why I Am a Catholic, andWhy Priests?, among others. A frequent contributor totheNew York Review of Booksand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois."

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