The New York Times's most intrepid itinerant takes the measure of American manhood on a road trip like no other
Charlie LeDuff has made a career out of his extraordinary ability to capture the spirit of the people and places he profiles. US Guys is his odyssey in search of the truth behind the American man, from a jaded homicide detective in Detroit to a two-bit jockey at a racetrack in Miami to a pair of lovers at a gay rodeo. With audacity, humor, and no small amount of physical pain, he captures a broad diversity of voices as they wrestle with an America they love but increasingly fail to understand.
"Mr. LeDuff has a distinct style for committing what the sociologist C. Wright Mills said was James Agee''s forte: sociological poetry. . . . [He] has some Damon Runyon in him, some Raymond Chandler, and more good one-liners than a week''s worth of machine-tooled sitcoms."
-The New York Times
"A fearless, clear-eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print."
-Entertainment Weekly
Charlie LeDuff was one of several reporters who worked on The New York Times series "How Race Is Lived in America," which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. He has been a staff reporter at The New York Times since 1995. He recently produced a ten-part television series of participatory journalism called Only in America for Discovery Times. LeDuff has covered the war in Iraq, crossed the border with Mexican migrants, and chronicled a Brooklyn fire house in the aftermath of 9/11. Before joining The New York Times, LeDuff worked as a schoolteacher and carpenter in Michigan and a cannery hand in Alaska. He has also worked as a baker in Denmark.
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Distributor: Penguin Group USA, Inc
Publication Date: 03-25-2008
Pages: 256
Measurements: 8.52in X 5.58in X 0.56in X 0.50lb
