Bob Greene "American Beat."
A compendium of Greene's witty and poignant essays from "Esquire," his syndicated "Chicago Tribune" columns, and his pieces from ABC's "Nightline" explores diverse facets of life in the United States.
The saga of Bob Greene is a complex tale of success, failure, mystery, and tragedy. As a young graduate of Northwestern University, he quickly made a name as a pioneering journalist―finding fresh angles, exploring pop culture, injecting himself into a story.
His early work was celebrated by masters such as Jimmy Breslin and Tom Wolfe. Over the years, though, the gaze of the wunderkind went from forward to backward, and the middle-aged writer dwelt in nostalgia and sentimentality, concentrating on the glories of an America―or an imagined America-several generations removed.
Paperback. 1984.
New book. Slightly yellowing edges of pages.