The complete essays and journalistic works of George Plimpton, prefaced by Plimpton himself, is the best way to rediscover one of the great voices of American New Journalism. Especially
renowned for his sports reporting and “participatory journalism,” he brought readers onto the field and into the ring. Also included are several of Plimpton’s celebrity portraits, including
John F. Kennedy and his family, Muhammad Ali, and Hunter S. Thompson.
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Legendary Sports Writers of the Golden Age: Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz
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All Tomorrow’s Parties
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Hazel Brannon Smith: The Female Crusading Scalawag
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Operation Yellow Star / Black Thursday
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
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Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press
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A Train Through Time: A Life, Real and Imagined
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Operation Yellow Star / Black Thursday
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Firing Lines: Three Canadian Women Write the First World War
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Woodward and Bernstein: The People’s Right to Know
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Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman
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Darling, I’m Going to Charlie: A Memoir
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Books for Living
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Tangled Bylines: A Father and Son Cover the Twentieth Century
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A to Z Great Modern Writers
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My Korean Deli: How I Risked My Career and Mortgaged My Future for a Convenience Store
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Christina Stead’s the Man Who Loved Children
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Shooting Straight: Guns, Gays, God, and George Clooney
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Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: Paper, Pixels and the Lasting Impressions of Books
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Books for Living
$1,225