Reviews for Transatlantic vistas

The average rating for Transatlantic vistas based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-10-05 00:00:00 Stephen Wasniewski i loved everything about this book. meticulously researched, ms. mitford's prose is always polite and always funny. she may be writing exposés, but she never forgets to have fun. more admirable still--her words actually do something while avoiding all sorts of moralizing. after nearly bankrupting a massive writing scam ("Let Us Now Appraise Famous Writers"), she takes on the california university system's practice of fingerprinting employees in "My Short and Happy Life as a Distinguished Professor." the book also contains "St. Peter Don't You Call Me" which served as the inspiration for her 1963 book The American Way of Death. other stand-outs include "Maine Chance Diary," "You-All and Non-You All," and a rare interview with george jackson.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-17 00:00:00 William Thomas Sherman Making of Muckraker has almost exactly the same contents as Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking except for a short Vogue piece contained in this edition. It's worth it to read as a Jessica Mitford completist, but Poison Penmanship is easier to find than Making of a Muckraker. Introductory and afterword material is different, but one version is sufficient to start off with baring any particular enthusiasm for Jessica Mitford.