About the Author

Adam Hochschild was born in New York City in 1942. After graduating from college, he worked as a newspaper reporter in San Francisco, and as an editor and writer at Ramparts magazine. In the mid-1970s, he was a cofounder of Mother Jones magazine and was an editor there until 1981. He is the author The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin, The Mirror at Midnight A South African Journey, and Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son. His articles and reviews have appeared in many publications, including Mother Jones, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, and The Washington Post.

Reviews

A collection of magazine articles and time-bound reportage by the estimable Hochschild. . . . A few literary essays are included, most notably a penetrating search for the young, sensitive Hemingway who existed before the myth.-- "Kirkus Reviews"

In an impressive broadloom of subjects, Hochschild offers twenty-one of his magazines-length reports on the world. . . . He follows a passion for people likewise aflame for the detoured way of life for an intense political or a social justice. . . . An enthralling excursion around the world and into the heart.-- "Publishers Weekly"

A collection of magazine articles and time-bound reportage by the estimable Hochschild. . . . A few literary essays are included, most notably a penetrating search for the young, sensitive Hemingway who existed before the myth.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
In an impressive broadloom of subjects, Hochschild offers twenty-one of his magazines-length reports on the world. . . . He follows a passion for people likewise aflame for the detoured way of life for an intense political or a social justice. . . . An enthralling excursion around the world and into the heart.-- "Publishers Weekly"