Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Mr. Straight Arrow: The Career of John Hersey, Author of Hiroshima
Mr. Straight Arrow: The Career of John Hersey, Author of Hiroshima
Mr. Straight Arrow: The Career of John Hersey, Author of Hiroshima
Ebook556 pages10 hours

Mr. Straight Arrow: The Career of John Hersey, Author of Hiroshima

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

A monumental reevaluation of the career of John Hersey, the author of Hiroshima

Few are the books with as immediate an impact and as enduring a legacy as John Hersey’s Hiroshima. First published as an entire issue of The New Yorker in 1946, it was serialized in newspapers the world over and has never gone out of print. By conveying plainly the experiences of six survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing and its aftermath, Hersey brought to light the magnitude of nuclear war. And in his adoption of novelistic techniques, he prefigured the conventions of New Journalism. But how did Hersey—who was not Japanese, not an eyewitness, not a scientist—come to be the first person to communicate the experience to a global audience?

In Mr. Straight Arrow, Jeremy Treglown answers that question and shows that Hiroshima was not an aberration but was emblematic of the author’s lifework. By the time of Hiroshima’s publication, Hersey was already a famed war writer and had won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He continued to publish journalism of immediate and pressing moral concern; his reporting from the Freedom Summer and his exposés of the Detroit riots resonate all too loudly today. But his obsessive doubts over the value of his work never ceased. Mr. Straight Arrow is an intimate, exacting study of the achievements and contradictions of Hersey’s career, which reveals the powers of a writer tirelessly committed to truth and social change.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 23, 2019
ISBN9780374711559
Mr. Straight Arrow: The Career of John Hersey, Author of Hiroshima
Author

Jeremy Treglown

Jeremy Treglown is a British writer and critic who spends part of every year in Spain and has written about the country for Granta and other magazines. His previous books include biographies of Roald Dahl, Henry Green (Dictionary of Literary Biography Award), and V. S. Pritchett (short-listed for the Whitbread Award for Biography; Duff Cooper Prize for Literature). A former editor of The Times Literary Supplement and a Fellow of the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars, he has taught at Oxford, University College London, Princeton, and Warwick, and has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Book Review. Treglown lives in London.

Related to Mr. Straight Arrow

Related ebooks

Language Arts & Discipline For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Mr. Straight Arrow

Rating: 4.124999975 out of 5 stars
4/5

4 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Mr. Straight Arrow - Jeremy Treglown

    2abook_preview_excerpt.html}ݮ$q qhR234$8#/X?u%>z+Cmz>EDVj`stWOd|Ec ipÐO\}؞C<4} ~>U_PP}&Vy_=iyՃmj:1w(*iTc(1};$ C66oEDE8.41|>ðɲ0 ¨jc5I]-ȏhG~qѦj:ɈSœ5AƎ##ЯALTJ0(aew̞CBʏdG9|8GȆ4,r~KS g5dث$"F M"a(7Q'rrtnKH|pL$dEtMwa8d_! 7^Oli8HXj82m2P8FӻN-T15F֎fB50Ah;g9~;CY&bEY]ckhcS&H;mugR*7bcd.'}HOSu #3=YwrhS^R2Iov0ճ*w Q~v 4pSQgM.<'$Ze߉~?c ;'@!vIrx>2c/x~}Z"ij[T Ed|`wﭑrz ߺ_ 1;+nd?Nb$Ѱ ,Y f;M?\i A>VMNY?\EG''e |Z hӒ5;ŠvӠeOjQъۢST޷Q/j߲mGg+Q=+++泜Mye'r۠V)V%)x>{9{wT*f2_ &Rmz#lTQ/MA,Vg8 C8b^ANR,(G 'g?&LNNOQUA-<+7էȆPf'݊s-&~],Gpj񂏺\|hYŎWMea@>k0CnQleԓdDP&z(ܓLNG\GY,{=sqDd}v<܈5bᄑQ ()ާZu`dF^{H%o9:']xyW{ml ep3A'U\~gx,^irN3 2S,W"j UUw~́W#҇tS`mGxa8 o,d aW}-*2/DŽ{pM'he[ lp E0v<;9f"K ۔_xw'/}Ȥwn"/Oe1 ˻7|CF&m"H(_q'U" _261hh*a Z1X(;_Q;(6rk?2\/o"tEK|{ەoOGA1#vue6x E ?io!nP8 MR3vb,rD"UT8o0bޛ7ᣥwXC{o)>Ev@y8|6󍧀ދ._%r=TCʰђY<3ou>gQkFO2oO hܘmEWǢ2'|'1I7E% /B}S"ѨWfȂ/ ^Pc<++_pXQL*D>ܝKZ89B[=r33ХryEQDK ā;a,9f n0i\ rKoVH a\C E\5ߦH\:}ې [n%j-YC!搊mKl4iqdxgͣ > _eWb{< \'qǦ?+ N7F#<9+d.XNm6ZΠ^m%#K퀅p6g0Q I8a"Ez+h@<^`tr~S.׀2ςxKfHe.n.SQR-8v@gwY!('\5LJx𐏧<DA:=vF.xNد(^)f":#bԨyen:3 /Qce\1ɁE(g(bfȋM4?gF6eޕmn':&kM̈d?Q/E3NoK dOb&D )b(]7P^݊B/ᷩ1ezS46P `VzYqEZEΖg^ & = 7кeڈ p[>F1joK!qW"b%Rx%č6 "\b^ uS3؞0(GN b/'"79~q H ?MC8D{WMdKD's< j5$b䩜r6BJ?⤊{ ̴BL׎6@U#QCU ]vG eD2)oKzI TB[T}ԢMn3<ר rܜ2O> 'MȖFM3h2Z'މ; _* n3,Z!R^[TF+qo.3T}޸޻ゥۘi mIFT= ;54!ft"6ާyNkX2І$60j}H#]>C!u!3ȑa |~߽f*gq!͂ڞ`|Lb,~V%4$T%bLuMG%D"sH~ka<8Qӷ;:ZlR3GL 3(Z~M@r>A&Y,s;XS b?ث\ dxK70MlRE5`&R![!ZnAY["m@ OUX D^T8 33iz$j LAIUؓXF5$Tj^eB&dSZB , S3W8B+XT9,π~?-Zݭ]XrƘϲlǩ& t2./sD˓ F8bm?:0E"F(9όp~pn4 !4{~aYQDL@76c`pĆ2|\R<C Aхs({z*s\$dytЧ,iY@:FY&"]ѫ+@sܳ&3.OVie3-)!Դ?10YGl2k"# . $] I )tkXYa`zŀLTbGڀwՃH7k"OW_b$iנjBc(Ȟ(0 #c?ņa fn4cPGN8l1uN]tQWc8p4Fb^)^ĸ[b!AY7 *P<@RQS%Pny & $ Od4z[껤ڋxm:W!,^bwy(p e''j4X9TZokw:뽍es+9+GzHDYH/1xM4&|` ?p+]CoQ|[#ɉ04$" /rT:B˄Jbn: ۬@'|pDVѨ< "̇0 hy;ϷIC3SEK(C Lp SAv)u9*).zb}x2o+ʿNPr`nר80t ܳίŲ53Wsd fVӟ= ,:#u+(?2JI $ellIW-0~p^F"ή=g&JfY L"]J,nmyKKg%Bz"!;ڬH #3+ p[uv ?!y)f5Az9ekc+`D]qu:Ov\ ,w64H`/m]{XՉ7Gy]YN}@ Od;DKQ:>"ݣ˰rjνjv=)]n:%m`uv'^0ɪXOIM!T p]Ҩ6mȗjY@"A3rL!_qlw)OZ 5șCmi#\ à$`5)q${QfaupAk"?_v(D݌swmM*)k̄;@xC ! fPsug%?OJvѭRFH 15FڥS* BΓe Qk+lF,H G6&6 AJ\꜕bHD&yN}U~Rk`pjQ_yƙ/}Ff9V1 3yPƻQAiy #E筕r1%h:P3F.{q;;rKa\&+bKn6E՛(̠~sT~$g%%(Ǵ~yzXdL2̷P^:pO+Bj(JˮgZԠjtin;ڲTo@Xms8ڷk<`#gq{9z«U~oE-iZpT?j+V8 Cm#,6\aĻ bF,Ez W5}7&N#%-S"L2L=x 'iJ4, eps%beH+6Zw7רl2$Ki@L:붟 ]\L禨!.!Ok ǸP` Mf$r %oHlK,t1G60񒂝, _k!mQh^AjS׭ EL$z_-MLԡ!Q35NIe0/B놩&چ8ߖ( NZa2d5Ƌ\7V!︳9K!/Ϸ/Ij 60G먚VZadXGUNYJ hٛ ,p8(!+Yo\s9JZo0b2kde.,N*45,󋁌$&Hx77%qNwQɛZZ!{4_+@s쁼uHLT;JLXOa*Dt8 ;с #)8P&G`ZP.LpU0T|n.Vt},I]gD'NKW딡ךS܃B$Z^8\gzz5l⻯g.00g]«}-ANXU,.6VaeTKFF6P.sC~Jo0&P0,}4+sOg( _?, #K`E9"GjM3ġ%zkZpԔoloVTT5,R izΘJ3`RCPooXxe HApS/ sS}"1쌋I=6i?m97U QOUOV(scT 7dG%=_ϲJe4o ܇b9E'lzp :ID # :U$VNx̰|P4$yayfVE\Cܫ(ҁ(5Z2Dճ*Yj\r%Z&ۛ DX?;[po~O՗ۑ3i3ʮ5 C}2Jo! ^l,՗tL=DA;槑 YDW`x:>E) GXz +gO,U$|w/ꮛRL{锯 m,I Wqku)Fe$0s# GL ԄcbH 2gùTG|f-eIy!oTTyC<|lR3H5(GOwB}d˙vj`'2ؑNj3=iV$%LH؄BdՔZ^hJuG"@$CQzqd"bz~F #y4(.^,l,iJpK]G)E| p7-`AwzB- ? +YeBDӈH/[Lq܋9/ŹAwn#ю&XE8 /gf4mLZܱDPL͕kƱ^q58lZfsCY+zA}ڱ"1kT-bZr:[aԍ~ 4\M@YUҠ'"i !jS֏Ba֧MTcVЄ2Yȷ<7&av>w%T(y mOi/V'^>L쪃In Ad1ƘSD?p [B ,IƁ1iEi1ii`U ŎEɍrYZ@j쫆n|o۞C:;a TP 3U U.ѺlJNz"YrF-y8Nl!74\@C9߈9e1wzݾgAY=.\WKɚ-6iV\Io/$[fz1*6`0!Ѡ#%"lXjG}  tVK)m^/_#yDʗm<-(wije8fEw+6Q["CaiN\9ӄٔ΢hTDf9ۢGZ9'V}R?>hS\ $ZĦ3XGD]ǃ3-k8[oW3uD,i}\ E1{/m* g CIweoj+GEnBZeW5c_8<.JKE6Bi͏N1tWY<ΏF~u|}8-?U$?R 3%+&=xR{ソ:?P=R^A[wht7!k)Fd2E\7ēqnejz0f+x-#u*=œX|׭(:%7[e6h~_EZD?HR2WTvuVLK!WWW i0(bzK.*Ĥ`\LEEYp{h8ڧnl9zP-j= jn ?} VUu4V' 짋NGu&ٖxiv?BM7afƴJVKj$:VBmzlOпaݕȴ>J]K6 kr цK&ѯvkwҜBtlΏߊ)+`,|dA~f<fz߭gt08P+J|eĬXZג @r~|3ڪMy#ȱe:/]X ~ȢF -0ZF˅|9!b 3D}ǘ-Ft+(u`C\0k̼=U@ O,.kE&@QhXl=j!w]Q.BS/VB3XzDedrݤȯ`A=0C瀙찳r_3l  +n07,AmTJ[zV &n3>il߼^"FK!)%r8k9)*Z(OLA<Aƣ/)i( Yf-1{tI`7OxVi 0eZq̜^̩g9k2\Pb]P0M|.ir?HRz[.SWh4u/}vLE Yӊ$ylD7RvP Pchw7;_+(bïd7?]`K*Y1ۦfzR,ݬ9[p0V<F ^_Z5{aʹgry^s}ǁs(9VO)EH`%0)#gk]/ΐ2(D#RG ,C*3oF?9i74boFuM(u6 'cfP6jVKdMǥܐߊ0R>V_hz%ur0&Ki6NZL%[Rɬ#䘮W=1/)iQ(Ԭ—BWDW.'}֞2lXթʗ{UҳC->\CKc7Jy]Ъ7uRgdX{କxo WRX2fA9$\Xe%n7ΕS ʮA#ϘC'^O>xVm0l;-L!Z,Fcjc}а~lPRgř^b JߋyMNM Yڀ9-pEMr@5DuxT,5+uvE/ asZfV-@"<5lRsg޴0O<)+pC&}#u^_`=;!(—UQm٭A!zԝ,G/ 7ITdY|K['2}ayz;F@6#zz er6_q՜S^F*Z7 -+$ #S07z 1.nݨV)!4eb NG(.p4g xhZ9ɝ{[-\*U'cffdMv]BS;88hyunq߸Xf5c>R' у;&&m!6::]8,jɱX[" }i o*xݛ2Kxl^cQiF. gm mEn<\x;\/i7`ZoaVٔ:mSmM$bc(X[;ީ0#nA m CQŝ찚)UߝЅ |aw'mthk"F ?VU;'zCȳ{uN) 9_ߧ Ng 0_K? ٰjQ|Z0_9tb~΍@ ?\cƤ~p=v@L<ϫֿ| ݭ5. 53U{ދqdl u"*JDu unàkf)k~MUS{? d,RKX+/-7; j/Ǽ]~u~)\f 1O]4IsV"h8HYQFdݱX{:quTsKA 6ӌ4YthxDO**D^ERhyUne,R6 ],.LU&9|FXhWz*q6m`*,1Erh@dg~Cwt\Z2v%{9NΛ?ֈq.7 2HQC8E,/@*A첣REnݣuߛ8Bp&RƮ-^Q/Sc(^#\{1 'WCzrg DBۚ2RLBE$65[YJMf=ե\/ly=G6Ǜ!eg'd}Qygc+ cE~?QGf.)>dn@ ʈL?#Q42S;֢E'H]X88Y2恲ޏo.XZ[M+ёbP6+O⢳] CwJa0dvO!.&ߊ2Z:X-5jJݡe6[Wtfss|Q҄YN4֒M&z2ʉ;~-#P!I+z yWxiRG̞v_Ly>'v#)y b' ?*Pnz1+KZM(IZ5(n^w8R FARV=# 9`~TUh0.1\fv~ P*;-:E1&RcZMǸnG5e@ն"k=8+ݱ߁s-_L>'E|1ʎg qC&AVO/?DiN; ntۂAtX[WgŬ=rzrr2I^,K;kS6Aa[i9TMɀE!0* :vTԹ _ݮ[n} @ r{&Z~oN7#OVoOҐ<)/7WKh4>?}0o9xq,o5ޕR2xsoypĭ
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1