My Country Tis of Thee - Reporting, Sallies, and Other Confessions

"Eighteen pieces of journalism, essays, and opinion writing by David Harris, from the early 1970s to the present. Introduced by the author"--

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

I Picked Prison

Ask a Marine

Our War

The Bloody End

Behind America's Marijuana high

Busted in Mexico

The Battle of Coachella Valley

Bitter Harvest

The Vampires of Skid Row

A Child of 'The Land'

Michael Murphy and the True Home Field Advantage

What Makes David Harris run?

São Paulo: Megacity Metamorphosis

The agony of the Kurds

My Redwood Confession

About the Author

Note on Type

Info autore

A fourth-generation Californian and legendary antiwar activist, David Harris is a former contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the New York Times Magazine and the author of eleven books, including The Last Stand, published in paperback by Heyday. Visit his website at www.davidharriswriter.com.

Riassunto

"Eighteen pieces of journalism, essays, and opinion writing by David Harris, from the early 1970s to the present. Introduced by the author"--

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Harris
• Editore: Heyday books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.11.2020
• EAN: 9781597145152
• ISBN: 978-1-59714-515-2
• Pagine: 312
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Giornalismo; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Political science & theory, Writing & editing guides, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Writing and editing guides, News media and journalism, Human rights, civil rights, Media studies: Journalism, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General