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Want the Book to be Narrative Nonfiction

Posted by thomasmickey - July 4, 2013 - Narrative nonfiction
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A few weeks ago another writer recommended I read  Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts.  The book centers on a Chicago family whose father is sent to Germany as the US Ambassador in the early 1930s, just as the menace of Nazism is emerging.

I just started reading the book yesterday.

Larson uses historical materials to tell his story.  He includes several quotes in the few pages I just finished.

What is most intriguing is that he holds your attention.  You want to move from page to page to see what will happen next.

Larson’s skill as a nonfction writer is that ability to tell a story, based on fact, that reads like a novel.

Even though I am not a fan of novels, I find this work engaging and I can’t wait to get back to it.  So I guess I do like novels, as long they are nonfiction.

I want to write the Pabst Tonic book in a narrative nonfiction style.

I have collected historical material over the years about the Pabst Tonic, and about A. Cressy Morrison, the advertising manager for Pabst.

This Larson book is another step I am taking in the direction of writing the book as narrative nonfiction.

I take the journey day by day.

Join Thomas Mickey as he writes a book about the Pabst Brewery’s medicinal beverage Pabst Extract, first produced in 1887 and for decades sold in pharmacies across the country.

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