Authors, Writing, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 2000-2010
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University of Iowa - Department of English - Pulitzer Prize–winning - nonfiction writer John McPhee, one of the pioneers of narrative nonfiction, is interviewed by Michael Silverblatt, host of Bookworm, a nationally syndicated radio program. McPhee and Silverblatt are guests of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program. McPhee created a new style of literary journalism by incorporating the storytelling style and feel of fiction, livening his reporting with a strong sense of characterization and an eye for detail. His subjects have ranged from basketball player Bill Bradley to a bush pilot to a canoe builder to a Swiss winemaker. Decades before Mark Kurlansky wrote Salt and Cod, John McPhee wrote Oranges. Long before the environmentalists had tied human behavior to the fate of the planet, McPhee had written The Control of Nature. For many years and more than 25 books he’s been thought of by academics and ordinary readers as America’s greatest non-fiction writer.
Football players, Football, Awards, Military training, Fighter pilots, Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943, Anderson, Eddie (Edward Nicholas), 1900-1974, University of Iowa, United States. Naval Air Reserve, United States Iowa, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943, Anderson, Eddie (Edward Nicholas), 1900-1974, United States. Naval Air Reserve, University of Iowa, United States -- Iowa
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Newspaper articles about Nile Kinnick's last football season at the University of Iowa, his subsequent football awards, his participation in the 1940 All Stars game, his Iowa speaking tours, and his enlistment and training in the U.S. Naval Air Reserve.
Football players, Fighter pilots, Memorial rites & ceremonies, Premature death, Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943, University of Iowa, United States. Naval Air Reserve, United States Iowa, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1970-1980, Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943, University of Iowa, United States. Naval Air Reserve, United States -- Iowa
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Newspaper articles about Nile Kinnick's untimely death and the many tributes that followed, which included scholarships, awards, memorials, and the renaming of the University of Iowa's stadium to Kinnick Stadium.
