3 edition of Bunch of amateurs found in the catalog.
Published
2012
by Crown Publishers in New York
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes index.
| Statement | Jack Hitt |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | Q180.U5 H58 2012 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 280 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 280 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL25392215M |
| ISBN 10 | 0307393755 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780307393753 |
| LC Control Number | 2011277602 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 753624850 |
A bunch of amateurs? Playwrights' astonishing am-dram experiences David Eldridge, Simon Stephens and Alecky Blythe have all been moved Author: Matt Trueman. Trademark Touring, Karl Sydow and Anthology Theatre in association with The Everyman Theatre Cheltenham are proud to present the UK tour of Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s comedy A Bunch of Amateurs.
A Bunch of Amateurs is based on a quote from Greenville County Sheriff Cash Williams, who said his county didn’t have an organized crime problem.. It begins with a bungled drug crime that took place four weeks before Frank Looper died, and it introduces the infamous Greenville drug thief and drug dealer behind it, Jackie Delk. Jack Hitt is an American author. He is a contributing editor to Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, and This American Life; he has also written for the now-defunct magazine Lingua Franca, and his work frequently appears in such publications as Outside Magazine, Rolling Stone, and , he received the Livingston Award, along with Paul Tough, for an article about computer hackers Spouse: Lisa Sanders.
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In Bunch of Amateurs Bunch of amateurs book brings that to perfection. The book is about cranks, but it is also about the strange crucible of social tensions and intellectual assumptions inside of which our ‘knowledge’ gets made.” — John Jeremiah Sullivan "Hitt is a virtuoso storyteller and a /5(47).
"Bunch of Amateurs"--great title--kind of makes the opposite point from Idiot America. That book identifies cranks as derailers of serious discourse who damage America.
This one identifies amateurs, even when they're a bit nutty, as "the soul of America"--curious and industrious people who won't kowtow to the establishment/5. In Bunch of Amateurs he brings that to perfection.
The book is about cranks, but it is also about the strange crucible of social tensions and intellectual assumptions inside of which our ‘knowledge’ gets made.”.
"America's amateurs are back at it in their metaphorical garages--tinkering with everything from solar-powered cars to space elevators.
In Bunch of Amateurs, Jack Hitt visits a number of different garages." That blurb does not match this book. This is a book called Bunch of Amateurs because that last word most accurately captures this essential quality that runs through these stories.
I also call it a search for the American character. In Bunch of Amateurs he brings that to perfection. The book is about cranks, but it is also about the strange crucible of social tensions and intellectual assumptions inside of which our ‘knowledge’ gets made.” -- John Jeremiah Sullivan "Hitt is a virtuoso storyteller.
Jack Hitt recounts America's many amateur inventors and tinkerers, from Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity to Mark Zuckerberg's social media website, and profiles the current crop of.
Written in by David Halberstam, The Amateurs tells the story of four young men, all vying for the coveted '84 Olympic team and ultimately the Olympic gold medal. In telling this story, Halberstam takes as his focus the single sculls trials in Princeton. A 4/5. In Bunch of Amateurs he brings that to perfection.
The book is about cranks, but it is also about the strange crucible of social tensions and intellectual assumptions. In Bunch of Amateurs, Jack Hitt visits a number of different garages and has written a fascinating book that looks at America’s current batch of amateurs and their pursuits.
From a tattooed young woman in the Bay Area trying to splice a fish’s glow-in-the-dark gene into common yogurt (all done in her kitchen using salad spinners)Brand: Crown. 'A Bunch of Amateurs' joins a long list of classic comedies (In the Bleak Mid Winter, Mrs Henderson Presents, et al) that will be around forever.
As an amateur performer for more than 40 years I saw myself many times as I watched characterisics that I could easily identify with /5(4). A guide through the sometimes-consequential, sometimes-zany realm of amateurs. Veteran journalist Hitt (Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain,etc.) posits that various brands of amateurism conceived in the interest of advancing knowledge offer meaningful insights into a uniquely American narrative thread holds together nicely through chapters.
In Bunch of Amateurs he brings that to perfection. The book is about cranks, but it is also about the strange crucible of social tensions and intellectual assumptions inside of which our ‘knowledge’ gets made.” (John Jeremiah Sullivan).
In “Bunch of Amateurs,” the journalist Jack Hitt explores the tension between professionalism and the proud amateurism he believes is bred into our national character. In Bunch of Amateurs, Jack Hitt visits a number of different garages and has written a fascinating book that looks at America's current batch of amateurs and their pursuits.
From a tattooed young woman in the Bay Area trying to splice a fish's glow-in-the-dark gene into. In Bunch of Amateurs, Jack Hitt visits a number of different garages and has written a fascinating book that looks at America’s current batch of amateurs and their pursuits.
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ACCLAIMED WRITER AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TO THIS AMERICAN LIFE JACK HITT THINKS IT’S BECAUSE WE’RE ALL A BUNCH OF a’s self-invented tinkerers are back at it in their metaphorical. more & book Following the success of The Wipers Times, the Everyman Theatre Company is proud to present Ian Hislop and Nick Newman ’s hilarious new comedy A Bunch of Amateurs.
Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not. Summary Jack Hitt’s novel, Bunch of Amateurs, explores the life and character of various American book introduces the idea of an amateur by introducing an amateur American Historian, David Barron, who was the president of the Gungywamo Society.
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A Bunch of Amateurs. by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. Presented by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd. Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village.
Directed by Andy Cadiff. With Burt Reynolds, Alexandra Weaver, Elesia Marie, Sarah Goldberg. A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England/10().
