Assassins, Eccentrics, Politicians, and Other Persons of Interest : Fifty Pieces from the Road /

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Writing as a newspaper reporter for nearly forty years, Curtis Wilkie covered eight presidential campaigns, spent years in the Middle East, and traveled to a number of conflicts abroad. However, his memory keeps turning home and many of his most treasured stories transpire in the Deep South. He call...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilkie, Curtis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wilkie, Curtis.
Journalists.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Journalistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Writing as a newspaper reporter for nearly forty years, Curtis Wilkie covered eight presidential campaigns, spent years in the Middle East, and traveled to a number of conflicts abroad. However, his memory keeps turning home and many of his most treasured stories transpire in the Deep South. He called his native Mississippi, ""the gift that keeps on giving."" For Wilkie, it represented a trove of rogues and racists, colorful personalities and outlandish politicians who managed to thrive among people otherwise kind and generous. Assassins, Eccentrics, Politicians, and Other Persons of Inter.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9781626740693

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