false 6013435 6 From the award-winning and <I>New York Times</I>–bestselling author of <I>Generation Kill</I>, a reporter’s immersion in outsider cultures—“His style owes more to Hunter S. Thompson than to any sort of political correctness” (<I>Newsday</I>).</B><BR><BR> From his work as a reporter at <I>Hustler</I> magazine, to his National Magazine Award–winning writing for <I>Rolling Stone</I> and <I>Vanity Fair</I>, Evan Wright has always had an affinity for outsiders—what he calls “the lost tribes of America.” The previously published pieces in this collection chart a deeply personal journey, beginning with his stark but sympathetic portrayals of sex workers in Porn Valley, through his raw portrait of a Hollywood überagent-turned-war documentarian and hero of America’s far right. Along the way, Wright encounters runaway teens earning corporate dollars as skateboard pitchmen; radical anarchists plotting the overthrow of corporate America; and young American troops on the hunt for terrorists in the combat zones of the Middle East. His subjects are people for whom the American dream is either just out of grasp, or something they’ve chosen to reject altogether. Sometimes frightening, usually profane, and often darkly comic, Hella Nation is Evan Wright’s meticulously observed tour of the jagged edges of all those other Americas hiding in plain sight amid the nation’s malls and gated communities. The collection also includes an all-new, autobiographical introductory essay by the author. 6188680 7 4 2009 Hella Nation: Looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, Rocking the Side Pipe, Wingnut's WarAgainst the GAP, and Other Adventures with the Totally Lost Tribes of America total:96|5:18|4:33|3:36|2:9|1:0| 96 348 227 36 5 1 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:38:41 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 10:47:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 17:24:19 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 17:24:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 12:27:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 13:41:22 -0700 2009 Hella Nation: to make us, for even a few minut...more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 17:05:27 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 22:14:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 08:15:42 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 08:17:57 -0700 2009 watch, but I was captivated by its perspective on the lives of our
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Probably what I found most fascinating though about this collection of stories was the introduction by author, Evan Wright. In ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 19:30:30 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 19:36:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 23 15:03:27 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 02:42:01 -0700 2009 I've definitely become a fan of Evan Wright's work ever since the amazing and thought provoking book he wrote on Recon Marines serving in Iraq Generation Kill. This is a compilation of previously published magazine pieces and its some damn good writing. I've definitely got to give him props fo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 08:19:49 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 11:06:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 01:51:19 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 05:21:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:39:42 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 12:58:52 -0700 2009
Hella Nation is a brilliant collection of Wright's articles, some previously ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 27 09:46:55 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 15:57:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 08:13:31 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 10:13:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 10:39:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 10:42:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 24 00:50:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 00:52:17 -0700 2009