The Mammoth Book of Journalism

by Jon E. Lewis

Book Overview

While it's said that journalism is the first draft of history, The Mammoth Book of Journalism demonstrates that sometimes the reporters have outdone the historians in analyzing great events and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786711698
• ISBN13: 9780786711697
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

An overflowing, but narrow, treasure trove.

This hefty paperback tome is an excellent addition to any library for the wealth of Anglo-American classics contained within. Here we get the great modern war stories along with cultural classics like the infamous article where John Lennon is quoted as saying the Beatles are more famous than Jesus. Many journalism collections are just dreary and dusty old collections, but the selection here is mostly enjoyable and sometimes truly great. I'd recommend this book to fellow journalists and to history buffs alike. The main trouble with the collection is its narrow casting - it is Anglo-American to the core. For this collection to be truly great - and truly a compendium of journalism - it'd need some great African voices like the column South African activist Steve Biko wrote under the byline "Frank Talk" that broke that county's censorship rules to tell the truth about apartheid. There must be other examples from around the world, but this collection is mostly an Atlantic cup of tea.But a remarkably flavorful cup of tea at that.