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The New Journalism
NY, Harper & Row, (1973). An anthology of the movement in the 1960s toward a "new journalism" that abandoned pretensions of objectivity in favor of engagement with the subject matter of the writing -- from Terry Southern's humorous pieces to Hunter Thompson's "gonzo" journalism. Includes "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" by Thompson; "Khesanh" by Michael Herr, four years before its publication in his Vietnam war classic Dispatches; and "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," the title piece of Joan Didion's landmark 1968 collection. Also includes excerpts from Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and George Plimpton's Paper Lion. Edited by Tom Wolfe, with two pieces by him. First printing (number line in rear of this book); previous owner name; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. New York magazine article by Wolfe laid in. [#030053] SOLD

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