Braving Home : Dispatches from the Underwater Town, the Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales

Synopsis

"every journalist has a niche - it's inevitable - and I was just a few days into my career when I stumbled upon mine. It started as a running joke at the office: I was the magazine's Bad Homes Correspondent. The production department quipped about changing my title on the masthead. I laughed it off, but some of the older writers definitely thought there was something wrong with me. "Did you grow up in some sort of dysfunctional household?" a senior editor asked. No, I told him. "Well, there's got to be something in your past that makes you interested in these stories-you ought to think about it." The magazine I worked for was the New Republic, and my co-workers were a mix of policy wonks, art critics, and political junkies. I was none of these, and instead of trying to pass as one, I set out to write a different kind of story; yet every time I did, it ended up being about some outlandish and often hellish place inhabited by a handful of stalwarts who refused to leave. Iron-willed, unfearing, and utterly immovable, these characters captured my imagination. They were the nation's toughest home-keepers, and I was their aspiring chronicler." A fascinating and witty book.

Copyright:

2003

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

244 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780618155484

Publisher:

N/A

Date of Addition:

04/22/08

Copyrighted By:

Jake Halpern

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs, Home and Garden

Submitted By:

Jim Pardee

Proofread By:

Lena

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.