Dead lines, slices of life from the obit beat, George Hesselberg
Type
Label
Dead lines, slices of life from the obit beat, George Hesselberg
Language
eng
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
portraitsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Dead lines
Oclc number
1246285355
Responsibility statement
George Hesselberg
Sub title
slices of life from the obit beat
Summary
"In a lively collection of feature obituaries and related news stories, longtime newspaper reporter George Hesselberg celebrates life, sharing the most fascinating stories that came from decades of covering the obit and public safety beats. In more than forty years at the Wisconsin State Journal, Hesselberg frequently found himself writing about fatal accidents, crime investigations, and the deaths of the wealthy, famous, or notorious. But he was most drawn to the curious, the unknown, and the unsung-the deaths that normally wouldn't make much of a splash, if any mention at all, in the news columns of a daily paper. Digging deeper, he uncovered the extraordinary among the ordinary, memorializing the lives of a sword designer, a radio villain, a pioneering female detective, a homeless woman who spoke fluent French, a beloved classroom tarantula, and many more. Their stories are alternately amusing, sad, surprising, and profound. Together they speak to a shared human experience and inspire us to see the people around us with new eyes, valuing the lives while they are still being lived"--, Provided by publisher
resource.variantTitle
Slices of life from the obit beat
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Wisconsin -- Madison -- Anecdotes
- Animals -- Wisconsin -- Madison -- Biography
- Obituaries -- Wisconsin -- Madison
- Poor -- Wisconsin -- Madison -- Biography
- Madison (Wis.) -- Biography
- Successful people -- Wisconsin -- Madison -- Biography
- Madison (Wis.) -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes
Content
Author
Other version
Related to
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject7
- Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Wisconsin -- Madison -- Anecdotes
- Animals -- Wisconsin -- Madison -- Biography
- Obituaries -- Wisconsin -- Madison
- Poor -- Wisconsin -- Madison -- Biography
- Madison (Wis.) -- Biography
- Successful people -- Wisconsin -- Madison -- Biography
- Madison (Wis.) -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes
- Content1
- Author1
- Other version1
- Related to1
- Mapped to1