books by David Halberstam     books:       The Gigantic Book of Fishing Stories5 reviews Skyhorse Publishing, 2007 The indispensable fishing anthology What a wonderful book! There's a lot of great writing about fishing out there, but I've never come across so much of it gathered in one place. Nick Lyons, who is himself a kind of legend in the fishing world, has assembled a sampling of the best of the classic and contemporary tales, memoirs, essays and poetry. The Gigantic Book of Fishing Stories is perfect for anyone who fishes, or knows ...             The Best and the Brightest59 reviews David Halberstam Ballantine Books, 1993 History repeating itself I read this book for the first time over ten years ago and returned to it for the bitter relevancy it has as I reflect on our situation in Iraq today.             Summer of '49 (P.S.)52 reviews David Halberstam Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 Summer of 49 After reading this book you will see how great Baseball was pre 1965. The author describes perfectly the atmosphere, the players, the writers/announcers, how great the game was!             Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam3 reviews David Halberstam Hyperion, 2008 Wonderful Sports Writing In "Everything They Had," we get the lighter side of David Halberstam. A noted Pulitzer winning journalist and writer of contemporary history, he also wrote many books and articles about sports such as baseball, football, basketball, and fishing. Sports were the fun part of his life as a writer. In fact he noted that taking time for his sports projects were his way of taking a sabbatical. This ...             The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal18 reviews David Halberstam Ballantine Books, 1996 Another great book from David Halberstam I read this book in spite of the facts that I have no interest in rowing and know nothing about it. I read it only because it was written by David Halberstam, and I've loved everything I've ever read by him. This book was no exception. Even though I still know very little about the sport, I now appreciate how grueling it is, and how much training these guys do. You can't go wrong with a ...             Teammates, The: A Portrait of a Friendship80 reviews David Halberstam Hyperion, 2004 founding brothers The late David Halberstam's insightful baseball writing has been a boon for fans with long memories. There are more of them attached to this odd American sport than any other. A penchant for statistics and scars that never heal are practically the calling card of those of us who are drawn, inexorably, to the diamonds with every new Spring. This 2003 tribute to four skinny kids on the 1946 ...             The Fifties65 reviews David Halberstam Ballantine Books, 1994 An Encyclopedic Look at the Fifties Have you always thought that the Fifties were merely a quiescent interlude between World War II and the Sixties? Think again. In this sweeping look at the decade, David Halberstam examines the trends and events that made the Fifties a very interesting and eventful time. The book opens with a look at what was going on in the country in the late Forties, in the years just after World War II. ...             Coldest Winter, The: America and the Korean War2 reviews David Halberstam Hyperion, 2008 A Must Read on the Korean Conflict This is a thoroughly researched and overall well written book on the first winter of the Korean War by the late author Halberstam. He worked on this book for well over a decade, and it shows. The focus of the book is on the winter of 1950-1951, with a considerable part about the fall of 1950, as the author notes, it is the most interesting part of the war (the remainder was so stagnant it ...             The Education of a Coach56 reviews David Halberstam, 2005 Great Insight into a Very Private Man I read this book several years ago, and reread it recently after reflecting on the "Spygate" drama of the past year. I found the book very insightful the second time around. David Halberstam was an incrediably gifted writer who was able to truly get into the mind of his subjects, and this book is a great example of that. He starts by offering insights into Belichick the boy, and how his formative ...             The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War132 reviews David Halberstam Hyperion, 2007 The Coldest Winter America and the Koren War I have read numerous books on the Korean War including Martin Russ's "The Last Parallel" and " Breakout:The Chosin Reservior Campaign,Korea 1950 which I found to be excellent. David Halberstam has written I think the very best book of all the books I've read on this subject. The research on the politics,President Truman (the happenstance President), General MacArthur (the megalomaniac) and all of ...             Breaks of the Game, The7 reviews David Halberstam Hyperion, 2009 More than a Sports book,a chronicle of Life in the spotlight David Halberstam takes us here in to the life of a sports franchise, the lives of it's players and of the environment surrounding them in the late seventies world of sport, following the merger of the two basketball league. The exposion of television coverage and of a team in the aftermath of a championship. Halberstam is more than fair in his depiction of all the personalities involved with ...             The Powers That Be13 reviews David Halberstam University of Illinois Press, 2000 Amazing Book--Must Reading for All I read this book years ago and it still sticks with me. As a reporter in Vietnam, Halberstam was a thorn in the side of the Johnson and Nixon administration. He was watched by Nixon's plumbers and the FBI; Nixon thought he was a subversive. What he is is an exceptionally perceptive historian. In this book he follows the growth of the media industry from newsprint to magazines, radio and ...             A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti13 reviews Algonquin Books, 1998 just loved this book... I read this book outloud with my 12-year-old son in October 2000 during the playoffs and world series. We had borrowed it from the library, and ever since then he's been asking me to buy it. We finally have and now he's reading it again on his own. I thought it was too advanced for him, but there is a passion in this book you can't miss.             Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made66 reviews David Halberstam Broadway, 2000 Best Jordan/Bulls book ever by a legendary writer This book not only offers the most incisive portrait of Jordan, the Bulls championship years, and the NBA of that era, but is also wonderful Halberstam, who tells the story with an epic sweep. Simply a beautiful work from cover to cover.             The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water19 reviews Daniel J. Boyne The Lyons Press, 2005 The Tabula Rasa of US Women's Rowing If Odysseus could have read Daniel J.Boyne's book `The Red Rose Crew" he would have had no reason to be tied to the mast to cox his ear-waxed crew through the Sirenum Scopuli unscathed. The Sirens would have gladly faced their un-timely end with the knowledge that women's rowing had a champion who took the time and effort to chronical a arduous voyage that will be remembered as the break though ...             War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals83 reviews David Halberstam Scribner, 2002 Halberstam does it again David Halberstam delivers another masterpiece in his book on how the Balkan crisis came about. This book is very fair condemning Bush Sr, Clinotn and all of the generals including Colin Powell for their actions in this area. The United States dropped the ball in stabilizing this region leaving it to the European Union to debate about. Our unwillingness to commit troops has led to more than a ...             Firehouse44 reviews David Halberstam Hyperion, 2003 Meet the men of Engine 40 and Ladder 35 The losses suffered by the FDNY on 11 September 2001 make it by far the most devastating day in the history of American firefighting. The mid-town Manhattan firehouse that is the home to Engine 40 and Ladder 35 sent 13 men to the World Trade Center that morning. Only one survived. This book is a tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of the FDNY and specifically to the men of 40/35, as this ...             The Best American Sports Writing of the Century18 reviews Houghton Mifflin, 1999 Outstanding collection but a small part of what is out there Years ago I read a piece included in this book, called 'Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu' by John Updike. I was reading a lot of Updike at that time, and found it strangely to be the most moving, the best thing he had written. I will venture to say it is one of the best things in this book. Other sports - writing I loved a lot came not from the daily papers or columns or magazines but from longer often ...             The Children29 reviews David Halberstam Ballantine Books, 1999 An amazing work David Halberstam has written so many great works, but THE CHILDREN may be his greatest achievement. From the outset, this book takes readers on a journey through the civil rights movement through the eyes of both the courageous young people who had decided that our society had to change and the adults who helped them to bring this needed change to America. The book captures readers from the ...             October 196456 reviews David Halberstam Ballantine Books, 1995 This Is More Than A Sports Book It is said that sports is a microcosm of society and this is much more than a book about baseball. This book focuses on the World Series of that year to symbolize the end of the age of inocence. The New York Yankees represent "The Establishment" . The St Louis Cardinals were the up and coming team. Representing the new direction that sports and society were about to take. It reminds me a ...              search for books amateurs, america, american, bartlett, baseball, brightest, children, clinton, coldest, education, everything, fifties, firehouse, fishing, friendship, generals, giamatti, gigantic, glorious, halberstam, michael, october, olympic, playing, portrait, stories, teammates, winning, writing, writings books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen music: Enta da Stage leave a comment home  impressum - about us