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  <name><![CDATA[Tracy Kidder]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Tracy Kidder is an American author and Vietnam War veteran. Kidder may be best known, especially within the computing community, for his Pulitzer Prize-winning &lt;i&gt;The Soul of a New Machine&lt;/i&gt;, an account of the development of Data General's Eclipse/MV minicomputer. The book typifies his distinctive style of research. He began following the project at its inception and, in addition to interviews, spent considerable time observing the engineers at work and outside of it. Using this perspective he was able to produce a more textured portrait of the development process than a purely retrospective study might.

Kidder followed up with &lt;i&gt;House&lt;/i&gt;, in which he chronicles the design and construction of the award-winning Souweine House in Amherst, Massachusetts. &lt;i&gt;House&lt;/i&gt; reads like a novel, but it is based on many hours of research with the architect, builders, clients, in-laws, and other interested parties.

In 2003, Kidder also published &lt;i&gt;Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World&lt;/i&gt; after a chance encounter with Paul Farmer. The book was held to wide critical acclaim and became a &lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt; bestseller. The actor Edward Norton has claimed it was one of the books which has had a profound influence on him. ]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>New York, New York</hometown>  <born_at>11/12/1945</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Soul of a New Machine]]></title>
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  <published>1981</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Among Schoolchildren]]></title>
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  <published>1990</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[House]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Home Town]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Old Friends]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[My Detachment: A Memoir]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Best American Essays 1994]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Atwan]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Road to Yuba City: A journey into the Juan Corona murders]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tracy Kidder]]></name>
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  <published>1974</published>  
  
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