America's Most Alarming Writer: Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1477319905 ISBN 13 : 9781477319901

Editeur : University of Texas Press, 2019

Synopsis

The author of more than twenty books and a revered contributor to numerous national publications, Charles Bowden (1945–2014) used his keen storyteller’s eye to reveal both the dark underbelly and the glorious determination of humanity, particularly in the borderlands between the United States and Mexico. In America’s Most Alarming Writer, key figures in his life-including his editors, collaborators, and other writers-deliver a literary wake for the man who inspired them throughout his forty-year career.

Part revelation, part critical assessment, the fifty essays in this collection span the decades from Bowden’s rise as an investigative journalist through his years as a singular voice of unflinching honesty about natural history, climate change, globalization, drugs, and violence. As the Chicago Tribune noted, “Bowden wrote with the intensity of Joan Didion, the voracious hunger of Henry Miller, the feral intelligence and irony of Hunter Thompson, and the wit and outrage of Edward Abbey.” An evocative complement to The Charles Bowden Reader, the essays and photographs in this homage brilliantly capture the spirit of a great writer with a quintessentially American vision. Bowden is the best writer you’ve (n)ever read.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Bill Broyles, a research associate at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Center, is coauthor of Among Unknown Tribes, Desert Duty, and Sunshot. Bruce J. Dinges is retired director of publications and editor of the Arizona Historical Society’s Journal of Arizona History. He is the author of numerous articles and editor of several books on southwestern and Civil War history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Texas Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1477319905
• ISBN 13: 9781477319901
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Éditeur: Broyles Bill, Dinges Bruce J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne