America's Most Alarming Writer by Bill Broyles, Bruce J. Dinges - 9781477319901

America's Most Alarming WriterEssays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden\nAuthor(s): Bill Broyles, Bruce J. Dinges\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477319901, 978-1477319901\nSynopsis\nThe author of more than twenty books and a revered contributor to numerous national publications, Charles Bowden [tel] used his keen storytellers eye to reveal both the dark underbelly and the glorious determination of humanity, particularly in the borderlands between the United States and Mexico. In Americas Most Alarming Writer, key figures in his life-including his editors, collaborators, and other writers-deliver a literary wake for the man who inspired them throughout his forty-year career.\n\nPart revelation, part critical assessment, the fifty essays in this collection span the decades from Bowdens rise as an investigative journalist through his years as a singular voice of unflinching honesty about natura.