Non-Fiction Flashcards
1
Q
This John Reed book was his eyewitness account of the Bolshevik Revolution.
A
Ten Days That Shook the World
2
Q
In what groundbreaking “nonfiction novel” of 1966 does Perry Smith say of Herbert Clutter, “I thought he was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat”?
A
In Cold Blood
3
Q
In 1952, this pioneering writer on the environment was the first woman to win a National Book Award for nonfiction.
A
Rachel Carson
4
Q
Biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, and Owen D. Young are among the works of what investigative journalist and muckraker, who is probably best remembered for her exposés in McClure’s magazine and 1904’s The History of the Standard Oil Company?
A
Ida Tarbell
