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Apr 22, 2016 · 9. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. When Christopher Johnson McCandless gave away his money, left behind all his possessions, including his car, and walked into the Alaskan wilderness to start a new ...
Jan 6, 2022 · Thirty-six years following three street criminals in Newark, NJ culminates in one powerful, tightly-edited, two-hour journey. Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry’s Showtime doc Attica (interview with Curry for Filmmaker magazine, interview with former inmate Al Victory for Documentary magazine) A clear-eyed revisitation of the five-day, real ...
Nov 19, 2020 · 3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Paul Newman and Robert Redford stole hearts and set a new standard for the buddy film when they portrayed notorious real-life outlaws Robert “Butch ...
Feb 25, 2021 · The five-time Oscar-winning film ‘The French Connection’ is based on a nonfiction book covering a famous international drug trafficking scheme. The movie follows a pair of New York City cops as they stumble upon a drug-smuggling operation and attempt to bring those involved to justice. Like ‘The Imitation Game,’ ‘The French Connection ...
Jul 12, 2018 · Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala. Speaking of a gut punch, Wave is the nonfiction account of a woman who loses everyone she loves in a tsunami off the coast of Sri Lanka, including her two sons. The sole survivor, she is still searching for healing at the end of her book, a tale that spans years upon years.
Apr 21, 2021 · While narrative nonfiction books are still factual, they're written in the style of a story. As such a book's chapters have a flow — a story structure, if you will — rather than being systematically organized by topic. 21. Memoirs and autobiographies. Memoirs and autobiographies are books about the writer’s life.
Apr 2, 2015 · Great post Tineke! I agree with R.G. that Bill Bryson is a good example of a creative non-fiction author. A Walk in the Woods is a solid instance that meets the definition. Also, the work of A.J. Jacobs is creative non-fiction — first-person acts of experimentation. If you are interested, I am the author of a new creative non-fiction book.
