The Princeton reader : contemporary essays by writers and journalists at Princeton University / edited by John McPhee and Carol Rigolot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Princeton University.

McPhee, John, 1931- editor.

Rigolot, Carol, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--United States.

Journalism.

American essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2011]

Summary:

From a Swedish hotel made of ice to the enigma of UFOs, from a tragedy on Lake Minnetonka to the gold mine of cyberpornography, The Princeton Reader brings together more than 90 favorite essays by 75 distinguished writers. This collection of nonfiction pieces by journalists who have held the Ferris/McGraw/Robbins professorships at Princeton University offers a feast of ideas, emotions, and experiences--political and personal, light-hearted and comic, serious and controversial--for anyone to dip into, contemplate, and enjoy.The volume includes a plethora of topics from the environment, terrorism, education, sports, politics, and music to profiles of memorable figures and riveting stories of survival. These important essays reflect the high-quality work found in today's major newspapers, magazines, broadcast media, and websites. The book's contributors include such outstanding writers as Ken Armstrong of the Seattle Times; Jill Abramson, Jim Dwyer, and Walt Bogdanich of the New York Times; Evan Thomas of Newsweek; Joel Achenbach and Marc Fisher of the Washington Post; Nancy Gibbs of Time; and Jane Mayer, John McPhee, John Seabrook, and Alex Ross of the New Yorker.The perfect collection for anyone who enjoys compelling narratives, The Princeton Reader contains a depth and breadth of nonfiction that will inspire, provoke, and endure.

Contents:

Preface / John McPhee

Aliens / Joel Achenbach

Baby Jessica ; History: How American Myths Are Made / Evan Thomas

If You Want to Humble an Empire / Nancy Gibbs

/ Fighting for Life 50 Floors Up, with One Tool and Ingenuity; US Airways Flight 1549: Old Hands on the River Didn't Have to be Told What to Do / Jim Dwyer

Anthrax / Marilyn Thompson

The Everyman Who Exposed Tainted Toothpaste / Walt Bogdanich

When the Terror Began / Alexander Wolff

Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America / Michael Dobbs

A Knock on the Door / Serge Schmemann

Tiananmen Massacre / Rose Tang

Finding Respite from Worries / Jill Abramson

My Father's Closet / John Seabrook

A Backward Glance / Elizabeth Kendall

Silk Parachute / John McPhee

The Road Block ; Burning My Father / Peter Godwin

A Moving Experience / Paula Span

The Lure of the Frozen Lake / Julia Keller

True Love Is Made of This ; The Greatest Penn Success Story / Michael Vitez

A Pit Bull Who Provided Lessons in Loyalty and Unfailing Love ; A Sign: It's Jesus, or a Lunch Bargain / Peter Applebome

The Two Lives of John Favors '72: A Political Activist Becomes a Monk in the Hare Krishna Movement / Melvin R. McCray

In Albania, a Girl Who Became a Man ; The North Korean Film Festival: No Stars, No Swang, but What a Crowd! / Barbara Demick

Title Inflation: How Hollywood Watches Our Wallets /

Bob Mondello

Ice Accommodations / Juliet Eilperin

The Renaissance of the Marais / Mitchel Levitas

Walking to Vermont / Christopher S. Wren

Between a Woman and Her Doctor: A Story about Abortion / Martha Mendoza

Baby's First Helmet / James V. Grimaldi

After Etan: The Missing Child Case That Held America Captive / Lisa Cohen

A Hostage Crisis Hits Latin America / Juanita Darling

Children Caught in the Immigration Crossfire / Kathy Kiely

A Father's Promise / Geraldine Moriba Meadows

McKinley High School / Athelia Knight / A Believing Principal Leads a Battle to Save a School Edison's Big Loss / Dan Grech

Yodobashi No.6 / T.R. Reid

Sports: The Glue for Lost Kids / Filip Bondy

Curtis Williams-Victory and Ruins/ Ken Armstrong

Arson Science- To Their Rescue? / Emilie Lounsberry

Stinging Tentacles Offer Hint of Oceans' Decline / Elisabeth Rosenthal

Chernobyl: The Danger Persists / Felicity Barringer

Alaska: Oil's Groud Zero / Jeffrey Bartholet

Arctic Rush / Craig Duff

The X Files / Thomas E. Weber

Internet Gambling / Gilbert Gaul

Seeking New Ways to Nurture the Capacity to Report / Charles Lewis

Role Model: Sarah McClendon ; Remembering a Friend: Ed Bradley Was a Gift to Journalism / Roberta Oster Sachs

Whose Media Are We? / Ralph J. Begleiter

The West and the Arab World: The Case of Media / Daoud Kuttab

Don't E-mail Me ; Millions of Women Weep ; The Lessons of Cain / Joel Stein

A View to a Kill / Charles Lane

Cuba: The End of the End of the Revolution / Roger Cohen

Guantanamo / Jane Mayer

The Promise ; Gaza Notebook: The Bullets in My In-Box / Ethan Bronner

A Gaza Diary / Chris Hedges

In Horses, a Personal Refuge ; Hints of Lives Are All That Remains ; Now They Execute Polite Shuffles: There's a Strange Semeness in the Stories of Baath Party Members in Iraq ; In Land of Ruin, a House of Stone Shelters Delight / Paul Salopek

Iraq: Transformation Bypasses the Heartland ; Hezbollah Fighter Strove to be a Martyr / Thanassis Cambanis

Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War / Peter Maass

Bosnia's Elite "Disappeared" / Roy Gutman

Stone Age Ways Surviving, Barely ; Oshima Journal: After 90 Years, Small Gestures of Joy for Lepers / Calvin Sims

Ella in Wonderland ; On Writers and Writing: D.H. Lawrence Frees the Slaves / Margo Jefferson

Max Perkins: Editor of Genius / A. Scott Berg

The Prince / Claudia Roth Pierpont

Diary of a Bad Year, by J.M. Coetzee ; Beowulf and Fate Meet in a Modern Poet's Lens / Richard Eder

John Leonard / Robert Christgau

Growing by Degrees: Kanye West

Pop Music: The Durability of Doo-Wop ; On the White Side of Crossover Dreams / Martin Gottlieb

Something in the Air / Marc Fisher

The Sonata Seminar / Alex Ross

Shooting War / Mark Feeney

A Battalion of One's Own Injured in Iraq, a Soldier Is Shattered at Home / Deborah Sontag

David Maraniss / Connections

Trevor Manuel and the Liberation of Nelson Mandela / Pippa Green

Jerry Brown Still Wants Your Vote / Michael Duffy

"I Don't Feel No Ways Tired" / Jeff Gerth

Fannie Lou Hamer / Kay Mills

The Fourth of July / Greil Marcus.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781400836505

1400836506

OCLC:

1259591786