Garry Wills is one of our last public intellectuals, educated people who think about the issues of the day and share their thoughts in understandable language. In that role he has met a lot of interesting people. His book is not a memoir but a group portrait of some who were the most interesting and some who have had the greatest influence on him—his wife and his father, William F. Buckley, Jr., and Studs Terkel among them. Wills is more of a reader than a performer. He sounds a little stiff in spots, pronouncing his words carefully, but his genuine affection for his subjects and the way he reveals himself in talking about them win us over in the end. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
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 50 years of reporting.
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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 50 years of reporting.
Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer
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 50 years of reporting.
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 50 years of reporting.
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BN ID: | 2940172140204 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 10/14/2010 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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