From the Southland
Subtitle: (nonfiction)
By: Thomas Lux
Publisher: Marick Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781934851371
Subjects: Journalism; Occupations
Description: "Lux creates a series of remarkable portraits of contemporary Americans engaged in peculiar and sometimes hilarious trades: fire-eaters, bridge-workers, bug photographers, hypnotherapists, crime lab cops, master taxidermists, inveterate weepers and denizens of the night. A delicious mix of captivating science writing and colorful studies of contemporary Americana"--Cover, p. [4].
Table of contents: title: Judith; title: The farm in the valley; title: The red book; title: Tiny creatures; title: The bridge; title: Oh ducks; title: Eat fire; title: Suffer the little children; title: Hyp-no-tized; title: The Russian poet of San Diego; title: 3 a.m.; title: We weep for our strangeness; title: Norman Ottomar Lux.