| Description |
xxii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-356). |
| Contents |
Selected newspaper reporting and writing. Memphis commercial appeal (1958) -- Arkansas gazette (1959-1960) -- New York herald tribune (1960-1964) -- General assignment -- Civil rights reporting -- London bureau -- Travels. That new sound from Nashville -- An auto odyssey through darkest Baja -- The forgotten river -- Motel life, lower reaches -- Short stories. Your action line -- Nights can turn cool in Viborra -- I don't talk service no more -- The wind bloweth where it listeth -- Memoir. Combinations of Jacksons -- Drama. Delray's new moon -- Epilogue. Interview -- Gazette project interview (by Roy Reed) -- Tributes. Comedy in earnest (by Roy Blount Jr.) -- Like Cormac McCarthy, but funny (by Ed Park) -- Our least-known great novelist (by Ron Rosenbaum) -- Afterword to True grit (by Donna Tartt) -- The book that changed my life: Gringos (by Wells Tower). |
| Subject |
Portis, Charles -- Appreciation.
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| Added Author |
Jennings, Jay, 1957-
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 2012
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| ISBN |
9781935106500 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1935106503 hardcover alkaline paper |
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