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Sullivan characterizes his book as a brand of ænew journalismæ blending newspaper and novel writing, which he affirms is the dream projector any weekly newspaper reporter. Sullivanæs profiles are categorically grouped, and the first third of the book contains numerous profiles of elderly people, nostalgically recollecting their departed way of life, like the story of an aging honeybee keeper slowly forced to surrender his pastime.
Everyday People features 70 profiles of individuals Sullivan has encountered during his years as a beat reporter for the Hudson Reporter Associates and the Worrall Community Newspapers in Bloomfield. . . . æA lot of the stories in the book are with older people who represent a way of life that is no longer around,æ [Sullivan says].
Like the personalities portrayed in his book, SullivanÆs life is the stuff that provocative profiles are made of.
| List of Illustrations | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Helping Our Own | 3 | |
| Walking in the Name of Jesus | 7 | |
| They Call Him Mr. Sam | 10 | |
| A Man of Spirit | 12 | |
| One Hundred and Four Years Young | 16 | |
| Not Just a Caregiver | 19 | |
| Ten Velde's World | 24 | |
| An Amazing Moment in Time | 26 | |
| A Letter from the Past | 29 | |
| A Big Part of Secaucus | 31 | |
| What a Lucky Man | 34 | |
| A Model World | 36 | |
| Toy Soldiers March On | 40 | |
| High-Seas Romance | 43 | |
| A Taste of Ireland | 47 | |
| A Brief Stopover | 49 | |
| Call It Kismet | 51 | |
| Sweeping Hudson's Chimneys | 53 | |
| Haunted No More | 56 | |
| A Sense of Style | 60 | |
| Listen to the Music | 65 | |
| On Call | 71 | |
| Protecting the Protectors | 74 | |
| Saying Good-Bye | 76 | |
| Three Faces of a Cop | 78 | |
| A Sense of Integrity | 80 | |
| Facing the Outside | 84 | |
| Down and Out in Hoboken | 88 | |
| Hero in the Emergency Room | 91 | |
| Mistress of Modern Gothic | 93 | |
| Images of Lisa | 96 | |
| The Seduction of Howard Stern | 101 | |
| A Summit of Hope | 105 | |
| Buzzing about Bees | 108 | |
| In Search of Skunk | 110 | |
| A Little Tender, Loving Care | 114 | |
| See Ya Later, Alligator | 117 | |
| Beeping | 121 | |
| One for the Record Books | 123 | |
| A Natural Haven in the Heart of Bloomfield | 125 | |
| The Hackensack Gets a Keeper | 128 | |
| An Organized Man | 132 | |
| From Out of Obscurity | 137 | |
| A Matter Bigger Than Books | 142 | |
| Not a Taxing Job | 147 | |
| The Human Side of Legislation | 151 | |
| Blast from the Past | 157 | |
| Stretching Out the Walls of Education | 158 | |
| Rocket Man | 162 | |
| More Than Numbers | 164 | |
| A Twist of Fate | 167 | |
| Moving On | 170 | |
| A Global Perspective | 176 | |
| The End of a Double Life | 180 | |
| Metaphors of Life | 183 | |
| Building Community | 187 | |
| A Walk through Hell | 191 | |
| A Breakfast to Remember | 194 | |
| Shooting for the Moon | 197 | |
| Granting a Wish | 200 | |
| A Drive through Secaucus's Past | 203 | |
| Not Just Luck | 207 | |
| Behind the Veil | 209 | |
| A Dual Identity | 212 | |
| All the World Loves Ollie | 214 | |
| A Familiar Setting | 218 | |
| Chapter and Verse | 221 | |
| Poetry in the Woods | 225 | |
| Final Chapter | 229 | |
| By the Time I Got to Woodstock ... | 233 | |
| Index | 239 |
Anonymous
Posted November 24, 2002
When I wrote these pieces, I wanted readers to meet the people as I saw and heard them. They were part of my everyday work life yet also very important to me. Each of them seemed to have a secret part of themselves they were willing to share. That's what I tried to capture in these stories.
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