LEADER 04524nam 2200469 450 001 9910821768403321 005 20191206104521.0 010 $a1-4773-1992-1 010 $a1-4773-1991-3 024 7 $a10.7560/319901 035 $a(CKB)4100000009584080 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5939396 035 $a(DE-B1597)587710 035 $a(OCoLC)1269268290 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477319918 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009584080 100 $a20191206d2019 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAmerica's most alarming writer $eessays on the life and work of Charles Bowden /$fedited by Bill Broyles and Bruce J. Dinges 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (348 pages) 311 $a1-4773-1990-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tBEGINNINGS -- $tOver the Rainbow -- $tOn Campus -- $tTaking History Off Campus -- $tStreet Signs with Lew Kreinberg and Charles Bowden -- $tChuck Becomes a Reporter -- $tLet the Tortoises Roll -- $tThe Jimi Hendrix of Journalism -- $tBOWDEN?S SOUTHWEST -- $tStand My Watch -- $tGive Light to the Air -- $tHow?s My Government? -- $tDiscovering Chuck -- $tMr. Southwest -- $tChuck?s Desert Garden -- $tPlanting Trees -- $tA Man for All Seasons -- $tChuck Bowden in the Twilight Zone -- $tThe Most Fearless Writer in America -- $tPUBLISHING CHUCK -- $tWriting in the Moment -- $tThe Big Kick: Editing Chuck -- $tOf Rock ?n? Roll and Corn Laws: A Few Words on Charles Bowden -- $tSketches of Chuck -- $tAssembling a Bowden Bibliography -- $tLessons from Anger and Love -- $tCOLLABORATORS -- $tInterviewing a Tire -- $tDickens, Melville, and Bowden -- $tOver the Line -- $tHeart?s Desire -- $tWhite, Red, and Black -- $tTraveling and Not Traveling with Chuck -- $tTRAILING BOWDEN -- $tBowden?s Need to Walk -- $tBowden Nails the Door Shut behind Us -- $tMuir, Abbey, Bowden -- $tA Desert Evening with Chuck -- $tThe Mesquite Tree and the Endless Loop -- $tWRITERS ON BOWDEN -- $tAmerica?s Most Alarming Writer -- $tHe Heard the Music -- $tCharles Bowden and La Santa Muerte -- $tThe License Plate Said ?Hayduke?: Chuck Bowden and the Red Cadillac?A Memory -- $tScratchboard Opposites -- $tDrawn to the Flames: Bowden and Agee, Expanding the Boundaries of American Nonfiction -- $tWild Gods of Mexico -- $tCrossing the Line -- $tThe Fountain Theatre -- $tPure Bowden -- $tStreet Reporter on La Línea -- $tNo One Gets Out Al -- $tCODA -- $tHere Stands a Reporter -- $tPacking Chuck?s Legacy -- $tMary Martha Miles -- $tI Have Had to Make Up My Life As I Went Along -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tCopyright and Credits -- $tIndex 330 $aThe author of more than twenty books and a revered contributor to numerous national publications, Charles Bowden (1945?2014) used his keen storyteller?s eye to reveal both the dark underbelly and the glorious determination of humanity, particularly in the borderlands between the United States and Mexico. In America?s Most Alarming Writer, key figures in his life?including his editors, collaborators, and other writers?deliver a literary wake for the man who inspired them throughout his forty-year career. Part revelation, part critical assessment, the fifty essays in this collection span the decades from Bowden?s rise as an investigative journalist through his years as a singular voice of unflinching honesty about natural history, climate change, globalization, drugs, and violence. As the Chicago Tribune noted, ?Bowden wrote with the intensity of Joan Didion, the voracious hunger of Henry Miller, the feral intelligence and irony of Hunter Thompson, and the wit and outrage of Edward Abbey.? An evocative complement to The Charles Bowden Reader, the essays and photographs in this homage brilliantly capture the spirit of a great writer with a quintessentially American vision. Bowden is the best writer you?ve (n)ever read. 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century 615 0$aAuthors, American 676 $a814.54 702 $aBroyles$b Bill$f1944 July 9- 702 $aDinges$b Bruce J. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821768403321 996 $aAmerica's most alarming writer$93932025 997 $aUNINA