John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's "Real World"; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then[...]
One evening late in his life, veteran sportswriter Mike Sullivan was asked by his son what he remembered best from his three decades in the press box. The answer came as a surprise. 'I was at Secretariat's Derby, in '73. That was ...just beauty, you know?' John Jeremiah Sullivan didn't know, not rea[...]
The veteran Harper's writer shares his experiences following Secretariat around the country in 1973, serving up a witty, fact-filled meditation on humankind's relationship to the horse. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.[...]
A "New York Times" Notable Book for 2011 One of "Entertainment Weekly"'s Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Year 2011A "Time Magazine" Top 10 Nonfiction book of 2011A "Boston Globe" Best Nonfiction Book of 2011One of "Library Journal"'s Best Books of 2011 A sharp-eyed, uniquely humane tour of America's [...]
"A creature from an alternative universe . . . wanting to understand what is on the American mind should rush to the nearest bookstore and buy a copy of this distinguished anthology . . . Exhilarating." -- "Publishers Weekly""The Best American Essays 2014" is selected and introduced by John Jeremiah[...]