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Ransoming pagan babies: the selected writings of Warren Hinckle / Warren Hinckle ; edited by Emmerich Anklam and Steve Wasserman ; copyright holder, Linda J. Corso.
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- ISBN: 1597144169
- ISBN: 9781597144162
- Physical Description: xii, 497 pages ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Heyday, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index (pages 479-492). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The narrow door -- On the ramparts -- Peculiar and dangerous -- Maoists in limerick -- Metropoly. |
| Summary, etc.: | "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."--Amazon.com. |
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| Subject: | Authors, American > 20th century. American essays > 20th century. |
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Ransoming Pagan Babies : The Selected Writings of Warren Hinckle
Warren James Hinckle III was born in San Francisco, California on October 12, 1938. He received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of San Francisco in 1961. After graduating from college, he started a public relations company and joined The San Francisco Chronicle as a city reporter. He became the executive editor of Ramparts in 1964 and resigned in 1969. He edited several other magazine before becoming a columnist for The Chronicle, The San Francisco Examiner, and The San Francisco Independent in the 1980s and 1990s. He wrote a memoir entitled If You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade in 1974. He died from complications of pneumonia on August 25, 2016 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography)
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