Tom Wolfe essay "The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!"
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The Tom Wolfe essay "The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!" is a seminal New Journalism piece that mythologizes stock car racer Junior Johnson as a quintessential American folk hero and helped popularize both Wolfe’s style and the culture of Southern NASCAR.
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| Tom Wolfe essay "The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!" canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
essay
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nonfiction work ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | The Last American Hero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Tom Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely praised as a classic of New Journalism ⓘ |
| depicts |
early era of NASCAR
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moonshine-running background of Junior Johnson ⓘ |
| genre | New Journalism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedPopularize |
Southern stock car racing culture
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Tom Wolfe's New Journalism style ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Tom Wolfe's nonfiction ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of literary journalism
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perception of NASCAR in mainstream American culture ⓘ reputation of Junior Johnson ⓘ |
| inspired | later portrayals of Junior Johnson in popular culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American folk heroism
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Junior Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern United States culture NERFINISHED ⓘ stock car racing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending fact and literary technique
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influencing sports writing ⓘ mythologizing Junior Johnson ⓘ |
| portrays |
Junior Johnson as an American folk hero
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NASCAR as a cultural phenomenon ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| publisher | Esquire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
American South
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North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
novelistic techniques
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present-tense narrative ⓘ subjective reporting ⓘ vivid descriptive language ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation |
moonshine runner
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stock car racer ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | mid-20th-century American South ⓘ |
| workFocus |
class and regional identity in the American South
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individualism in American culture ⓘ |
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