Ransoming pagan babies the selected writings of Warren Hinckle
"From his galvanizing exposés in Ramparts magazine to his hand in inventing gonzo, Warren Hinckle upended twentieth-century investigative reporting and gave it new provocation and zest. In the first career-spanning collection of writings by this key figure of American journalism, Ransoming Paga...
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Berkeley, California
Heyday
2018
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "From his galvanizing exposés in Ramparts magazine to his hand in inventing gonzo, Warren Hinckle upended twentieth-century investigative reporting and gave it new provocation and zest. In the first career-spanning collection of writings by this key figure of American journalism, Ransoming Pagan Babies contains an astonishing thematic sweep: Joseph Mitchell-esque portraits of old San Francisco and its characters; insightful reporting on conflicts in Selma, Northern Ireland, and Vietnam; forays into local politics; and piercing depictions of a Bay Area riven by inequality and assassination. Reading Hinckle drops the reader into the heart of history--and, just as importantly, it's fun. Hinckle wrote about his subjects with bluster, tenacity, heart, and a desire for adventure and justice. This book is the first to capture his swashbuckling energy and expansive talent in a single volume"-- The Narrow Door -- Ransoming Pagan Babies -- The Mad Organist of the Comstock -- The Hobo Won't Bum Around -- The Forgotten Lady of Chinatown -- Cookie Picetti: A Slice of the Way Things Used To Be -- The Franz Liszt of the Tenderloin -- A Real Frisco Guy -- Shooting Craps in Style -- The Cops Who Laughed and Loved -- When Funerals Were Fun -- Vespers for USF -- On the Ramparts -- Five Battles of Selma -- The Vietnam Lobby -- The University on the Make -- J. William Fulbright: A Profile in Courage -- The Social History of the Hippies -- Humanae Vitae -- Guerrilla War in the USA -- Peculiar and Dangerous -- Across the Street from a Tragedy -- A First-Hand Look at the Napa State Kids -- Everyone's Out to Get Him -- The Ten Days that Shook San Francisco -- Gayslayer! -- Halloween in the Castro -- Just a Regular Guy Who Puts Rice in His Bra -- Zap -- Turns Twenty -- The Crazy Never Die -- Maoists in Limerick -- Russia's Underground Political Pornography -- Maoists in Limerick and Other Pogroms of Modern Ireland -- A Patriot from Esteria -- An IRA Woodstock -- The Crime Against Cuba -- Reports from Cuba -- Metropoly -- That Commie-Rat, Alien Harry Bridges; Today S.F.'s Hero -- The Big Strike -- Uppie Goes to Hollywood: A Prospectus -- Metropoly -- The Cold Facts -- San Francisco Cops Get Their Man -- Save Us from "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" -- The Last Night of Freedom for Fugitive Black Artist -- Huey's Death Quickly Ended '60s Rebirth -- Q: What's Wrong With San Francisco Politics? A: Money |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 497 Seiten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781597144162 978-1-59714-416-2 |