Using the same meticulous reporting and sweeping narrative style employed in "First in His Class", his classic biography of Bill Clinton, Maraniss separates myth from reality and wondrously recaptures Vince Lombardi's life and times. "When Pride Still Mattered" is the quintessential story of the American family: how Vince Lombardi, the son of an ...
In this Vietnam War-era history, journalist David Maraniss reports on two out-of-control events that provide a window into the American experience of those times. On October 17, 1967, a squad of American soldiers was ambushed while on routine patrol, resulting in the loss of over 50 lives. On the next day, in Madison, Wisconsin, a student ...
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Clemente" and "When Pride Still Mattered" comes the blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome--17 days that helped define the modern world.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer chronicles the life of Vince Lombardi, the revered coach who led the previously lackluster Green Bay Packers to a string of victories, including two Super Bowl wins. This biography looks behind the Lombardi legend to analyze his place in the world of sports and the American psyche. A New York Times Notable Book ...
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "When Pride Still Mattered" comes a book destined to become a modern classic--a full-scale biography of great baseball player and humanitarian Roberto Clemente, who lived, played, and died with enduring passion and grace. of photos.
A full-scale biography of Bill Clinton is drawn from letters, documents, and hundreds of interviews, and chronicles his life from his troubled Arkansas childhood through his nomination for the presidency.
A critically acclaimed author and journalist edits this collection of the best sportswriting from the past year. Not just for readers of the sports page, this years selections embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement.
This somewhat friendly biography of Albert Gore, Jr., examines his public and private life, telling how he started out as the son of a distinguished member of Congress from Tennessee and eventually became Vice-President and, in the year 2000, candidate for the presidency. It illustrates his efforts to balance his need to conduct himself in a ...
Five of Americas leading historiansDavid McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Michael Beschloss, Robert Caro, Edmund Morris, and David Maranisseach analyze the career and the relationship to power of the President(s) that were the subject of their bestselling biographies. Renowned historian David McCullough, author of Truman, provides an ...
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "When Pride Still Mattered" comes a book destined to become a modern classic--a full-scale biography of great baseball player and humanitarian Roberto Clemente, who lived, played, and died with enduring passion and grace. of photos.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist draws on letters, documents, and interviews to present a profile of Bill Clinton, a man whose greatest strengths are also his greatest weaknesses: a talent for politics; an eagerness to please; a tendency to share the truth; and an insatiable appetite for life and learning. of photos.
""Impressively researched and reported and powerfully written, "Third Down and a War to Go" will put you in the huddle, in the front lines, and in a state of profound gratitude--not only to the Badgers and the hundreds of thousands of veterans like them, but to Terry Frei."" --Neal Rubin, "The Detroit News" On December 11, 1941, All-American ...
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