Outside Looking In
Adventures of an Observer
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Outside Looking In
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Narrated by:
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Garry Wills
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By:
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Garry Wills
About this listen
Bookish and retiring, Garry Wills has been an outsider in the academy, in journalism, even in his church. Yet these qualities have, paradoxically, prompted people to share intimate insights with him - perhaps because he is not a rival, a competitor, or a threat. Sometimes this made him the prey of con men, like conspiratorialist Mark Lane or civil rights leader James Bevel. At other times it led to close friendship with such people as William F. Buckley, Jr., or singer Beverly Sills. The result is the most personal book Wills has ever written.
With his dazzling style and journalist's eye for detail, Wills brings history to life, whether it's the civil rights movement; the protests against the Vietnam War; the presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton; or the set of Oliver Stone's Nixon. Illuminating and provocative, Outside Looking In is a compelling chronicle of an original thinker at work in remarkable times.
©2010 Garry Wills (P)2010 Penguin AudioCritic Reviews
"Entirely fascinating." (The Washington Times)
"Garry Wills is not only one of the country's most distinguished intellectuals but also one of its most provacative." (The New York Times Book Review)
"A completely captivating collection ... [Wills] writes an intensely opinionated reevaluation of leaders he has encountered, autobiographical reminiscences, and insightful, mostly admiring essays on imporant people in his life." (Publishers Weekly starred review)