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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Firing Lines: Three Canadian Women Write the First World War
$875 -
All Tomorrow’s Parties
$560 -
The Untold Story of the Talking Book
$1,223 -
Books for Living
$1,225 -
Legendary Sports Writers of the Golden Age: Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz
$1,575 -
The Price of Illusion: A Memoir
$1,050 -
A Train Through Time: A Life, Real and Imagined
$875 -
Lit Up: One Reporter, Three Schools, Twenty-Four Books That Can Change Lives
$630 -
Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press
$595 -
Woodward and Bernstein: The People’s Right to Know
$6,300 -
Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago
$980 -
Books for Living
$910 -
Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: Paper, Pixels and the Lasting Impressions of Books
$873 -
The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling
$560 -
Christina Stead’s the Man Who Loved Children
$523 -
Darling, I’m Going to Charlie: A Memoir
$770 -
Books for Living
$908 -
Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope
$945 -
Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman
$595 -
Alone Atop the Hill: The Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press
$873

