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Figure 1.2: Notable articles which became books which were adapted into films (arranged alphabetically by book title)ArticleBookAuthorFilm“Black Hawk Down: An American War Story” The Philadelphia Inquirer Article Series Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern WarMark BowdenBlackhawk Down (2001) “The Ballad of Big Mike” The New York TimesThe Blind Side: Evolution of a GameMichael LewisThe Blind Side (2009)“Bennet Omalu, Concussions, and the NFL: How One Doctor Changed Football Forever” GQ MagazineNo book adaptationJeanne Marie LaskasConcussion (2015)“The Killer Elite” Rolling StoneGeneraton Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American WarEvan WrightGeneration Kill (HBO Mini-series, 2008)“In Cold Blood” Article Series, The New Yorker In Cold Blood Truman Capote In Cold Blood (1967) “Death of an Innocent” Outside Into the WildJon Krakauer Into the Wild (2007) “Into Thin Air” Outside Into Thin AirJon KrakauerInto Thin Air (1997 TV Movie) Everest (2015) “Fast-Food Nation” Article Series, Rolling StoneFast-Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American MealEric SchlosserFast-Food Nation (2006)“The Trading Desk” The New York Times MagazineMoneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair GameMichael Lewis Moneyball (2011) “The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran” Wired The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIAJoshuah Bearman (Article) Tony Mendez (Book)Argo (2012) “Four Good Legs Between Us” American HeritageSeabiscuit: An American LegendLaura HillenbrandSeabiscuit (2003) “He Has the World on Two strings” The Los Angeles Times The Soloist: A Lost Dream, and Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music Steve LopezThe Soloist (2009) Figure 1.3: Notable narrative nonfiction books which were adapted into films (arranged alphabetically by book title) BookAuthorFilmThe Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and BetrayalBen MezrichThe Social Network (2010)Alan Turing: The EnigmaAndrew HodgesThe Imitation Game (2014)Alive Piers Paul Read Alive (1993) Angela’s AshesFrank McCourtAngela’s Ashes (1999) The Astronaut Wives Club: A True StoryLily KoppelThe Astronaut Wives Club (ABC TV Series 2015- )The Autobiography of Malcolm X(as told to) Alex HaleyMalcolm X (1992) The Basketball DiariesJim CarrollThe Basketball Diaries (1995)A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John NashSylvia NasarA Beautiful Mind (2001) The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday MachineMichael LewisThe Big Short (2015)Big SurJack KerouacBig Sur (2013)Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World has Never SeenChristopher McDougallBorn to Run (2016) Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American WestDee BrownBury My Heart at Wounded Knee (HBO Film 2007) Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States Sister Helen PrejeanDead Man Walking (1995) The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea RescueMichael J. Tougias and Casey ShermanThe Finest Hours (2016) The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around ThemThe Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell Freedom Writers (2007)Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a DreamBuzz BissingerFriday Night Lights (2004)Friday Night Lights (NBC TV Series 2006-2011)Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World Louis Fischer Gandhi (1980) In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship EssexNathaniel PhilbrickIn the Heart of the Sea (2015)Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles Anthony SwoffordJarhead (2005) Long Walk to FreedomNelson MandelaLong Walk to Freedom (2013)Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst DogJohn GroganMarley and Me (2008) The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in HistoryRobert M. Edsel and Bret WitterThe Monuments Men (2014)My Week with MarilynColin ClarkMy Week with Marilyn (2011) On the RoadJack KerouacOn the Road (2012)Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s PrisonPiper Kerman Orange is the New Black (Netflix TV series 2013- ) The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea Sebastian JungerThe Perfect Storm (2000)The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man’s Survival: 1939-1945Wladyslaw SzpilmanThe Pianist (2002) Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a NationJohn Carlin Invictus (2009)The Right StuffTom Wolfe The Right Stuff (1983) A River Runs Through It and Other Stories Norman MacleanA River Runs Through It (1992) The Rum Diary Hunter S. ThompsonThe Rum Diary (2011) Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During, and AfterHeinrich HarrarSeven Years in Tibet (1997) Steve JobsWalter IsaacsonSteve Jobs (2015) The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and PakistanKim BarkerWhiskey, Tango, Foxtrot (The Taliban Shuffle) (2016)Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnDoris Kearns GoodwinLincoln (2012) To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk Between the Twin TowersPhillipe Petit The Walk (2015) Travelling to Infinity: My Life with StephenJane Wilde Hawking The Theory of Everything (2014) True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea CulpaMichael Finkel True Story (2015) Twelve Years a SlaveSolomon Northup 12 Years a Slave (2013) Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Laura Hillenbrand Unbroken (2014) Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in ItalyFrances MayesUnder the Tuscan Sun (2003)A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian TrailBill BrysonA Walk in the Woods (2015) We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals that Changed their Lives ForeverBenjamin MeeWe Bought a Zoo (2011) Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest TrailCheryl StrayedWild (2014) The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) ................
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