Outside Looking In
Adventures of an Observer
$51.99
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
27 September 2011
Summary
A captivating memoir from the incomparable Garry Wills, “one of the country’s most distinguished intellectuals” (The New York Times Book Review)Illuminating and provocative, Outside Looking In is a compelling chronicle of an original thinker at work in remarkable times. With his dazzling style and journalist’s eye for detail, Garry Wills brings history to life. Whether writing about the civil rights movement, 1960s protests, or close-up studies of the people who have shaped our world, only he could bring together in one book Barry Goldwater, Daniel Berrigan, Beverly Sills, Richard Nixon, and John Waters. Wills shares, as only the best raconteurs can, stories of the fascinating people he has closely observed during more than fifty years of reporting.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143119890 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143119893 |
| Author: | Garry Wills |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 27 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 169g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 130mm x 196mm |
Critics Review
“Entirely fascinating.”
“Entirely fascinating.”
–The Washington Times
“Garry Wills is not only one of the country’s most distinguished intellectuals but also one of its most provacative.”
–The New York Times Book Review
“A completely captivating collection … [Wills] writes an intensely opinionated reevaluation of leaders he has encountered, autobiographical reminiscences, and insightful, mostly admiring essays on imporant people in his life.”
–Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
Garry Wills
Garry Willsis a historian and the author of theNew York TimesbestsellersWhat Jesus Meant,Papal Sin,Why I Am a Catholic, andWhy Priests?,among others. A frequent contributor totheNew York Review of Booksand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
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