He was one of the most engaging nonfiction authors of the past 50 years. Among his greatest works were Soul of a New Machine, House, and Among School Children. He could take a topic, such as the race to build the first minicomputer and make it read like a suspense novel. We’ve lost a truly brilliant mind and gifted author.
by joltingjoey
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Wait what? I can’t find anything about Tracy Kidder dying anywhere. Are you sure about this? I just checked and he seems to be alive still.
Soul of a New Machine was incredible though – dude really knew how to make tech stuff actually gripping. Hope this is just some kind of mix-up because that would be a huge loss for nonfiction writing
Awwww. Damn. His book “Among Schoolchildren” was one of the only books about teaching and schools and students that seemed to really GET was it was like to be in the classroom.