it belongs on the list. in terms of influence, Rachel Carson would have to be up there for Silent Springhttps://twitter.com/acoyne/status/972972081334792193 …
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and stanley finds livingstone, along with Ida Tarbell's History of Standard Oil which still holds up very well today. that's my top five
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But if by greatest we mean literary quality, I think list would lean towards Orwell, Mitchell, Wolfe, Didion, Mailer.
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i'd take orwell and wolfe and didion. i think mitchell is hugely over-rated. replace him with rebecca west. mailer with james agee
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Yes to West but Mitchell is great -- that piece on the Mohawks in High Steel!
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