Stephen G. Bloom is an award-winning journalist and author of five nonfiction books: The Audacity of Inez Burns, Tears of Mermaids, The Oxford Project, Inside the Writer’s Mind, and Postville. He is Professor of Journalism at the University of Iowa.

"A balanced view of both his abrasive subject and her notorious experiment. . . .  A clear-eyed portrayal of a controversial woman."

• Author’s Note: The Scab Prologue: The Tonight Show1 • The Corn 2 • Dirty Little Bastards3 • Pizzui4 • Elysian Fields5 • From Memphis to Riceville 6 • The Experiment7 • "Did She Really?"8 • "Here’s Johnny!"9 • Back Home 10 • What Some of the Kids Said11 • Rotarians12 • Eye of the Storm13 • The White House14 • Trouble 15 • Blackboard Jungle16 • Spooner17 • A Blind Spot18 • Class Reunion19 • The Offer20 • Unbound21 • Oprah22 • The Greater Good23 • The Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Goes OnAfterword: The Case of Robert Coles and OthersCoda: Andy’s and the VilleAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

Stephen G. Bloom is an award-winning journalist and author of five nonfiction books: The Audacity of Inez Burns, Tears of Mermaids, The Oxford Project, Inside the Writer’s Mind, and Postville. He is Professor of Journalism at the University of Iowa.

"A balanced view of both his abrasive subject and her notorious experiment. . . .  A clear-eyed portrayal of a controversial woman."

• Author’s Note: The Scab Prologue: The Tonight Show1 • The Corn 2 • Dirty Little Bastards3 • Pizzui4 • Elysian Fields5 • From Memphis to Riceville 6 • The Experiment7 • "Did She Really?"8 • "Here’s Johnny!"9 • Back Home 10 • What Some of the Kids Said11 • Rotarians12 • Eye of the Storm13 • The White House14 • Trouble 15 • Blackboard Jungle16 • Spooner17 • A Blind Spot18 • Class Reunion19 • The Offer20 • Unbound21 • Oprah22 • The Greater Good23 • The Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Goes OnAfterword: The Case of Robert Coles and OthersCoda: Andy’s and the VilleAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

Stephen G. Bloom is an award-winning journalist and author of five nonfiction books: The Audacity of Inez Burns, Tears of Mermaids, The Oxford Project, Inside the Writer’s Mind, and Postville. He is Professor of Journalism at the University of Iowa.

"A balanced view of both his abrasive subject and her notorious experiment. . . .  A clear-eyed portrayal of a controversial woman."

• Author’s Note: The Scab Prologue: The Tonight Show1 • The Corn 2 • Dirty Little Bastards3 • Pizzui4 • Elysian Fields5 • From Memphis to Riceville 6 • The Experiment7 • "Did She Really?"8 • "Here’s Johnny!"9 • Back Home 10 • What Some of the Kids Said11 • Rotarians12 • Eye of the Storm13 • The White House14 • Trouble 15 • Blackboard Jungle16 • Spooner17 • A Blind Spot18 • Class Reunion19 • The Offer20 • Unbound21 • Oprah22 • The Greater Good23 • The Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Goes OnAfterword: The Case of Robert Coles and OthersCoda: Andy’s and the VilleAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex