Journalist Susan Orlean profiles more than thirty-five individuals from all walks of life, such as an ordinary ten-year-old boy, celebrities including Tonya Harding, and unusual people such as the first woman matador in Spain, Cristina Sanchez.
Presents twenty-four essays by American authors, chosen by guest editor Stephen Jay Gould as the best to be published in 2001, including selections by Barbara Ehrenreich, Jonathan Franzen, David Halberstan, and others.
Includes life and background of the author, chronology of Emerson's life, critical commentaries, critical essays, review questions and essay topics, and selected bibliography.
Presents nearly fifty essays by American writer Gore Vidal, spanning 1992-2000 and discussing such topics and people as Mark Twain, Sinclair Lewis, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Charles Lindbergh, the CIA, and the national security state.
