Intertwined throughout Dubus’ hard-knock childhood and growing up to defend himself with his fists, is the story of his father. It pulls you in as if you are standing on that street corner, waiting for the fight, too. In the beginning of each new scene, Dubus gives a sentence or two of introduction, then describes in detail the sights, sounds, and particularly the smells. One of my favorite things about reading Townie was Dubus’ formulaic writing style and the way he set up scenes. The Merrimack: Where childhoods go to die. It spares no gritty detail on back alleys filled with cigarette butts and broken glass, passing around a pint of Southern Comfort and a joint waiting for the school bus to take them to middle school, and the persistent, soul-crushing stench of the brown, bubbling Merrimack River. Townie is a story of what it’s like to grow up poor, nearly fatherless, and fighting for your life in the streets of Boston in the 1970s and ’80s. Townie was a powerful book on multiple levels it was raw and visceral, heartbreaking, and utterly inspiring to me as a writer. A few weeks ago I finished reading a memoir called Townie by Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog.
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I grew up in the environment of a healthy diet of the supernatural. It forced me to get to know Dad more intimately and see how he was working. What’s it been like for you to revisit your father’s work for the show? New York native Holzer, 49, talked to The Post about what it was like growing up as the daughter of a famous ghost hunter, “The Holzer Files,” and more. 29 at 11 p.m., follows Holzer and her paranormal team as they revisit her father’s famous cases. His daughter Alexandra continues the legacy on Travel Channel’s “The Holzer Files.” Hans, who did the bulk of his work in the 1960’s and ’70s, has been deceased since 2009 but wrote over 120 books on the supernatural and was involved in investigating famous cases such as The Amityville Horror. That’s because the reality show star is the daughter of Hans Holzer, who’s often referred to “America’s first ghost hunter.” He even inspired Dan Aykroyd for the 1984 hit “Ghostbusters.” Ghosts are Alexandra Holzer’s family business. 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There is the self-aware, post-modernist work in which a well-known anthologist gets savagely schooled by a contributor about what constitutes "The Best in Modern Horror," the unsettling tale about the effect of family disguises and games on a son ("My Father's Mask"), the powerful, sustained novella about an autistic brother who can construct marvelous, imprisoning labyrinths, a story which never loses its horror or its humanity ("Voluntary Committal"), or the masterpiece-I do not use the term lightly-about an "inflatable" childhood friend ("Pop Art") that has something to teach every reader about disability and transcendence. And then there are times when Hill's writing is so good that comparisons don't arise. 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But more than anything else in the world, Anna Hibiscus would love to see snow.īook Synopsis From acclaimed Nigerian storyteller Atinuke, the first in a series of chapter books set in contemporary West Africa introduces a little girl who has enchanted young readers. She loves to splash in the sea with her cousins and have parties with her aunties. There is always somebody to laugh or play with. She lives with her whole family in a wonderful house. About the Book Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. In 1950, Conrad co-wrote Patterson's memoir, Scottsboro Boy, about his experience as one of the group of nine men accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. This work brought him into contact with Haywood Patterson. As the Harlem Bureau Chief for The Chicago Defender, an African American title, he investigated lynchings in the south. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper PM in New York City, and other papers. Conrad wished to be a writer from a young age, and his early experience included a stint at the Auburn Advertiser-Journal. At least one that he 'ghost' wrote was the autobiography of actor Errol Flynn, titled My Wicked, Wicked Ways. Earl Conrad (17 December 1906 - 17 January 1986), birth name Cohen, was an American author who penned at least twenty works of biography, history, and criticism, including books in collaboration. Inscription reads: To Dick from Earl with best wishes. Bookplate of Richard Allan Yaffe inside front board. You’ll love seeing Kim and a fellow ranger tested as they bravely take on the task of relocating 77 live skunks by sedating them with darts from homemade blowguns, especially when the pickup truck load of stinkers wakes up while still in transit.Īn hilarious, heartwarming, and heartbreaking memoir by the chief wildlife ranger in the #1 most popular family vacation destination in the USA, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.įor over thirty years, Kim DeLozier acted as a referee in the wild, trying to protect millions of park visitors from one of the densest populations of wild black bears in America - and the bears from tourists who get too close. In Kim DeLozier’s world, when sedated wild black bears wake up unexpectedly in the back seat of a helicopter in mid-flight, or in his car as he’s driving down the highway, or in his office while he’s talking on the phone, it’s just another day in the park. Book one.īear in the Back Seat I is the first volume in a series of true stories from “n extraordinary landscape populated with befuddled bears, hormonally-crazed elk, homicidal wild boars, hopelessly timid wolves, and nine million tourists, some of whom are clueless.” Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The book was an immediate success when first published. This book was adapted into a movie of the same name in 1997, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring John Cusack. It tells the story of John Berendts experience living in Savannah during a sensational murder trial. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, tells the true story of the murder trial of Jim Williams in Georgia. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was his first book, spending a record-setting 216 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Its a cavalcade of grotesques to rank alongside. In publisher’s dust jacket, $23.00 retail price on front flap, faint creasing to spine, a touch of rubbing to corners, a near fine example. Berendt published Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in 1994 and became an overnight success the book spent a record-breaking 216 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list 2 still, to this day, the longest standing best seller of the Times. It is not often that I laugh out loud at a book but Berendts masterpiece got that reaction more than once. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Stated “first edition” on copyright page with publisher’s full number line beginning with “2.” Solid text block, slight bend to spine, a near fine example. For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. Green hardcover, black spine, title stamped in green on spine. First edition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt. |