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Ted Conover
Ted Conover is the author of several books including The Routes of Man and Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). He also wrote Coyotes, Whiteout, and Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes. His... show more

Ted Conover is the author of several books including The Routes of Man and Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). He also wrote Coyotes, Whiteout, and Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, and National Geographic. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he is Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. He lives in New York City.
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Skulls and Coffee
Skulls and Coffee rated it 11 years ago
Undercover Corrections Officer

Ted Conovers tried to get enough material to write about New York prisons but kept getting the run around. So he decided to become a corrections officer. After a long waiting period, he completes the Academy and works at Sing Sing prison for one year. This is his ex...

Seriously, Read a Book!
Seriously, Read a Book! rated it 13 years ago
Great journalism, amazing story.
thomcat
thomcat rated it 15 years ago
Anecdotes and a wandering agenda, still pretty interesting.
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 30 years ago
This guy is amazing. He doesn't just go talk to people as a journalist. He goes and lives among them, without them knowing he's a writer. They think he's just another hobo. Not only is he gutsy as hell, he writes well.
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 31 years ago
This is my least favorite of Conover's books, but still worth reading because I like the way he writes, and parts of it are interesting.
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