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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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Table of Contents
Ransoming Pagan Babies : The Selected Writings of Warren Hinckle
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | p. xi | |
| The Narrow Door | ||
| Ransoming Pagan Babies | p. 3 | |
| The Mad Organist of the Comstock | p. 18 | |
| The Hobo Won't Burn Around | p. 25 | |
| The Forgotten Lady of Chinatown | p. 29 | |
| Cookie Picetti: A Slice of the Way Things Used to Be | p. 33 | |
| The Franz Liszt of the Tenderloin | p. 39 | |
| A Real Frisco Guy | p. 44 | |
| Shooting Craps in Style | p. 49 | |
| The Cops Who Laughed and Loved | p. 52 | |
| When Funerals Were Fun | p. 55 | |
| Vespers for USF | p. 58 | |
| On the Ramparts | ||
| The Battles of Selma | p. 67 | |
| The "Vietnam Lobby" | p. 107 | |
| The University on the Make: Madame Nhu & MSU | p. 122 | |
| J. William Fulbright: A Profile in Courage | p. 138 | |
| The Social History of the Hippies | p. 153 | |
| Humanae Vitae | p. 178 | |
| Guerrilla War in the USA | p. 187 | |
| Peculiar and Dangerous | ||
| Across the Street from a Tragedy | p. 207 | |
| A First-Hand Look at the Napa State Kids | p. 213 | |
| Everyone's Out to Get Him | p. 219 | |
| The Ten Days that Shook San Francisco | p. 225 | |
| Gayslayer! | p. 245 | |
| Halloween in the Castro | p. 277 | |
| Just a Regular Guy who Puts Rice in His Bra | p. 280 | |
| Zap Turns Twenty | p. 284 | |
| The Crazy Never Die | p. 288 | |
| Maoists in Limerick | ||
| Russia's Underground Political Pornography | p. 303 | |
| Maoists in Limerick and Other Pogroms of Modern Ireland | p. 310 | |
| A Patriot from Esteria | p. 321 | |
| An IRA Woodstock | p. 336 | |
| The Crime Against Cuba | p. 347 | |
| Dateline: Cuba | p. 351 | |
| Metropoly | ||
| That Commie-Rat, Alien Harry Bridges: Today S.F.'s Hero | p. 379 | |
| The Big Strike | p. 381 | |
| Uppie Goes to Hollywood | p. 393 | |
| Metropoly | p. 397 | |
| The Cold Facts | p. 439 | |
| San Francisco Cops Get Their Man | p. 442 | |
| Save Us from "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | p. 445 | |
| The Last Night of Freedom for Fugitive Black Artist | p. 449 | |
| Huey's Death Quickly Ended Sixties Rebirth | p. 456 | |
| Q: What's Wrong with San Francisco Politics? A: Money | p. 459 | |
| Index | p. 479 | |
| About the Author | p. 495 | |
| A Note on Type | p. 497 |
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