Ransoming pagan babies
Subtitle: the selected writings of Warren Hinckle
By: edited by Emmerich Anklam and Steve Wasserman
Contributors: Anklam, Emmerich, editor; Wasserman, Steve, 1952- editor
Publisher: Heyday
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
ISBN-13: 9781597144162
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: American essays; Civil rights movements; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; American Authors; History
Description: "From his galvanizing exposés in Ramparts magazine to his hand in inventing gonzo, Warren Hinckle upended twentieth-century investigative reporting and gave it new provocation and zest. In the first career-spanning collection of writings by this key figure of American journalism, Ransoming Pagan Babies contains an astonishing thematic sweep: Joseph Mitchell-esque portraits of old San Francisco and its characters; insightful reporting on conflicts in Selma, Northern Ireland, and Vietnam; forays into local politics; and piercing depictions of a Bay Area riven by inequality and assassination. Reading Hinckle drops the reader into the heart of history--and, just as importantly, it's fun. Hinckle wrote about his subjects with bluster, tenacity, heart, and a desire for adventure and justice. This book is the first to capture his swashbuckling energy and expansive talent in a single volume."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Ransoming pagan babies --; title: The mad organist of the Comstock --; title: The hobo won't bum around --; title: The forgotten lady of Chinatown --; title: Cookie Picetti : a slice of the way things used to be --; title: The Franz Liszt of the Tenderloin --; title: A real Frisco guy --; title: Shooting craps in style --; title: The cops who laughed and loved --; title: When funerals were fun --; title: Vespers for USF --; title: The battles of Selma --; title: The "Vietnam Lobby" --; title: The university on the make : Madame Nhu & MSU --; title: J. William Fulbright : a profile in courage --; title: The social history of the hippies --; title: Humanae vitae --; title: Guerrilla war in the USA --; title: Across the street from a tragedy --; title: A first-hand look at the Napa State kids --; title: Everyone's out to get him --; title: The ten days that shook San Francisco --; title: Gayslayer! --; title: Halloween in the Castro --; title: Just a regular guy who puts rice in his bra --; title: Zap turns twenty --; title: The crazy never die --; title: Russia's underground political pornography --; title: Maoists in Limerick and other pogroms of modern Ireland --; title: A patriot from Esteria --; title: An IRA Woodstock --; title: The crime against Cuba --; title: Dateline : Cuba --; title: The commie-rat, alien Harry Bridges : today S.F.'s hero --; title: The big strike --; title: Uppie goes to Hollywood --; title: Metropoly --; title: The cold facts --; title: San Francisco cops get their man --; title: Save us from "I left my heart in San Francisco" --; title: The last night of freedom for fugitive black artist --; title: Huey's death quickly ended sixties rebirth --; title: Q: What's wrong with San Francisco politics? A: Money.