The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship

Halberstam, David; Leavy, Jane [Introduction]

ISBN 10: 0786888679 / ISBN 13: 9780786888672

Verlag: Hachette Books, 2004

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0786888679-3-18980455

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"A crystalline gem of work about old pals, in theory, but really about everything there is." - Chicago Sun-Times

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: David Halberstam (1934-2007) was the author of twenty-two books, including fifteen bestsellers. Born in New York City, Halberstam spent much of the 1960s as a reporter for the New York Times, covering the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement. His Vietnam reporting earned him both a George C. Polk Award and a 1964 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. Vanity Fair dubbed Halberstam "the Moses of American journalism," and the subjects of his books reflect his passion and range: war, foreign policy, history, and sports.

The Best and the Brightest (1962), his sixth book, a critique of the Kennedy administration's Vietnam policy, became a #1 bestseller. His next book, The Powers that Be, a study of four American media companies, was hailed by the New York Times as a "prodigy of research." Many of Halberstam's books explored themes in professional sports, including bestsellers The Teammates, a portrait of the friendship between baseball players Ted Williams, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bobby Doerr, and The Education of a Coach, a profile of New England Patriots' Coach Bill Belichick.

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Titel: The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship
Verlag: Hachette Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good