Michael Lesy, Author Anchor Books $7.95 (250p) ISBN 978-0-385-26034-3
Here analyzing Americans' denial of, and fascination with, death, Lesy visits convicts on death row, homicide detectives, caretakers of AIDS patients and a mercenary killer. ``But this freewheeling report,'' complained PW , ``fails to penetrate the...
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Michael Lesy, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $18.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-374-24947-2
Lesy ( Wisconsin Death Trip ) here looks at nine people he considers heroes, whether their courageous deeds were performed in a moment of crisis or have persisted over a lifetime. He writes about two men who were stabbed trying to protect others...
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Michael Lesy, Author Anchor Books $19.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-385-41215-5
The dark side of rural American life is documented in photos and text that portray the suffering from poverty, disease and boredom within a small Wisconsin community at the turn of the century. ``Young historian Michael Lesy is not a polished writer,
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Michael Lesy, Author Crown Publishers $22.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8129-1156-5
Lesy, who has taught both photography and American history, combined the two disciplines for his startling book, Wisconsin Death Trip. Now he examines the act of photography itself in this study of the lives of Angelo Rizzuto, Bill Burke, John...
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Michael Lesy, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $16.95 (250p) ISBN 978-0-374-15756-2
Lesy's theme is Americans' denial of, and fascination with, death. Slaughterhouse workers who kill animals supposedly devoid of a soul, hospice professionals who advocate ""the good death,'' gun-toting cops with the cold attitude of hunters,...
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