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Subject:Re: Famous Technical Writers? From:"Karla M. Kitalong" <kitalong -at- pegasus -dot- cc -dot- ucf -dot- edu> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:35:54 -0500 (EST)
What about Robert Pirsig, of _Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_
fame? His book's been in print for a long time. And isn't E. Annie Proulx
(one of my favorite authors) also a tech writer? And, OK, this is
stretching it, but what about Bob Newhart's character on the 2nd Bob
Newhart show? He wrote those how-to-do-it books.
kk
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University of Central Florida
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