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Synopsis
A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter traces his cross-country investigation of the character and quality of the American man, a journey during which he participated in a Bacchanalian Burning Man festival, led a cavalry charge down the Little Bighorn River, infiltrated a fighting biker gang, and more. 150,000 first printing.
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Mr. LeDuff has a distinct style for committing what the sociologist C. Wright Mills said was James Agees forte: sociological poetry. . . . [He] has some Damon Runyon in him, some Raymond Chandler, and more good one-liners than a weeks worth of machine-tooled sitcoms.
"The New York Times"
A fearless, clear-eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print.
"Entertainment Weekly"
aMr. LeDuff has a distinct style for committing what the sociologist C. Wright Mills said was James Ageeas forte: sociological poetry. . . . [He] has some Damon Runyon in him, some Raymond Chandler, and more good one-liners than a weekas worth of machine-tooled sitcoms.a
a"The New York Times"
aA fearless, clear-eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print.a
a"Entertainment Weekly"
"Mr. LeDuff has a distinct style for committing what the sociologist C. Wright Mills said was James Agee's forte: sociological poetry. . . . [He] has some Damon Runyon in him, some Raymond Chandler, and more good one-liners than a week's worth of machine-tooled sitcoms."
-The New York Times
"A fearless, clear-eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print."
-Entertainment Weekly
About the Author
Charlie LeDuff was one of several reporters who worked on The New York Times series "How Race Is Lived in America," which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. He has been a staff reporter at The New York Times since 1995. He recently produced a ten-part television series of participatory journalism called Only in America for Discovery Times. LeDuff has covered the war in Iraq, crossed the border with Mexican migrants, and chronicled a Brooklyn fire house in the aftermath of 9/11. Before joining The New York Times, LeDuff worked as a schoolteacher and carpenter in Michigan and a cannery hand in Alaska. He has also worked as a baker in Denmark.
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- PublisherPenguin Pr
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1594201064
- ISBN 13 9781594201066
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages242
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