While it's said that journalism is the first draft of history, The Mammoth Book of Journalism demonstrates that sometimes the reporters have outdone the historians in analyzing great events and bringing them to life. Veteran editor and former journalist Jon E. Lewis has chosen the best articles, editorials, reviews, commentary, interviews, and reportage for this unique anthology, which spans from Charles Dickens on "Execution by Guillotine" and Mark Twain on "Americans Abroad" to contemporary reporting of the first McDonald's in Moscow and the funeral of Princess Diana. Covering such diverse topics as war, politics, sports, disasters, crime, fashion, humor, civil rights, and culture, this unique encyclopedic collection features such award-winning and event-making writers as H. L. Mencken, Martha Gellhorn, Studs Terkel, William Shirer, Harrison Salisbury, Tom Wolfe, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, John Hersey, and many more. Whether with the humor of P. J. O'Rourke, the film criticism of Pauline Kael, the observations of Bill Byrson, the book reviews of Dorothy Parker, or the political analysis of I. F. Stone, The Mammoth Book of Journalism will delight and inform not only the student of the modern newspaper but also lovers of history-in-the-making.
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Quality writing but too much war reporting.,
By Jakob Lagerstedt "Swede" (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Journalism: 101 Masterpieces from the Finest Writers and Reporters, Including Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Martha Gell (Mammoth Books) (Paperback)
This book has an incredible cast of writers: Hemingway, Dickens, Orwell, Churchill etc. However, if you are not a big fan of war reportage, you may want to look elsewhere. The majority of these articles are war related and although they are very well written, war is not a topic I find very interesting. Still, there a number of fascinating pieces of journalism, like the one about the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, and Dickens piece on a guillotine execution in a town square. It's worth a read but I would have liked to see more of a variety in topics.
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An overflowing, but narrow, treasure trove.,
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This hefty paperback tome is an excellent addition to any library for the wealth of Anglo-American classics contained within. Here we get the great modern war stories along with cultural classics like the infamous article where John Lennon is quoted as saying the Beatles are more famous than Jesus. Many journalism collections are just dreary and dusty old collections, but the selection here is mostly enjoyable and sometimes truly great. I'd recommend this book to fellow journalists and to history buffs alike. The main trouble with the collection is its narrow casting - it is Anglo-American to the core. For this collection to be truly great - and truly a compendium of journalism - it'd need some great African voices like the column South African activist Steve Biko wrote under the byline "Frank Talk" that broke that county's censorship rules to tell the truth about apartheid. There must be other examples from around the world, but this collection is mostly an Atlantic cup of tea.But a remarkably flavorful cup of tea at that.
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Charles Dickens (1812-70) began his writing career as a reporter for the Morning Herald, and never quite gave up journalism even in the years of his greatest output as a novelist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Little Duck, San Francisco, Prince of Wales, Notre Dame, United States, Bidston Moss, Daily Express, Sar Cheshma, Andy Warhol, Fidel Castro, Paul Morrissey, Ulan Bator, Wall Street, Daily Telegraph, South Col, South Summit, The Times, Evening Standard, Fred Hughes, Joe Louis, Winter Palace, Downing Street, Ernest Hemingway, Mata Hari New!
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Charles Dickens (1812-70) began his writing career as a reporter for the Morning Herald, and never quite gave up journalism even in the years of his greatest output as a novelist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Little Duck, San Francisco, Prince of Wales, Notre Dame, United States, Bidston Moss, Daily Express, Sar Cheshma, Andy Warhol, Fidel Castro, Paul Morrissey, Ulan Bator, Wall Street, Daily Telegraph, South Col, South Summit, The Times, Evening Standard, Fred Hughes, Joe Louis, Winter Palace, Downing Street, Ernest Hemingway, Mata Hari New!
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- In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway on page 164, page 165, and page 166
- Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler on page 232, page 234, and page 236
- An American Dream by Norman Mailer on page 361, page 362, and page 365
- Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail by Hunter S. Thompson on page 434, and Back Matter
- Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941 by William L. Shirer on page 240, and Back Matter
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