IN Writing : Uncovering the Unexpected Hoosier State / Douglas A. Wissing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wissing, Douglas A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indiana--History.

Indiana.

Indiana--Biography.

Indiana--Description and travel.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : Quarry Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Quirky, well-crafted essays" by an award-winning journalist about his home state of Indiana, filled with characters famous, notorious, and unknown ( Indianapolis Star ). Fueled by an insider's view of Indiana and the state's often surprising connections to the larger world, IN Writing is revelatory. It is Indiana in all its glory: sacred and profane; saints and sinners; war and peace; small towns and big cities; art, architecture, poetry and victuals. It's about Hoosier talent and Hoosier genius: the courageous farmer-soldiers who ardently try to win the hearts and minds of twenty-first century Afghan insurgents; the artisans whose work pulses with the aesthetics of faraway homelands; and the famous modernist poet who had to leave to make his mark. It's about places that speak to a wider world: Columbus and its remarkable architecture; New Harmony and its enduring idealism; Indianapolis and its world-renowned Crown Hill cemetery. IN Writing makes visible the unexpected bonds between Indiana and the world at large.

Contents:

Part I. Saints and sinners

The last vaudevillian: Red Skelton

Hubris: Bobby Knight

Odd Bodkin

D.C. Riddle

The Hoosier general: Lewis B. Hershey and the selective service

Herbie Wirth

Inner vision: Amish healer

Part II. Complicated places

A fair of the heart

A surprising utopia

Architecture and community

The song of Indiana

Part III. Culinary delights

'Cook good, serve generously, price modestly': the Shapiro's story

She's the cheese

Strange brew

Market daze: Bloomington's farmers market

Pawpaw redux

Tibetan new year celebration

Lair of the turtle soup: a culinary tradition

Part IV. Artists and their craft

This rash adventure: Ezra Pound at Wabash College

Erotica whose purpose was scholarly: Kinsey Institute Art exhibit

Gargoyles and other pagans

Crossroads of American sculpture

The stuff of legend: Indiana and the Empire State Building

Part V. The present past

John Dillinger's funeral

Twist the tiger's tail

That's it: prohibition, 1918-1933

Black-gold era's luxurious perch: Evansville Petroleum Club

Lions, tigers, high wires

Conflict and conciliation

Taliban in Indiana

War fare.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253019103

0253019109

OCLC:

933516749