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Subject: David Halberstam RIP

Written By: danootaandme on 04/24/07 at 3:29 pm

Brilliant journalist, exceptional chronicler of events.  He embodied what journalism should be, not what it has become


(1961) The Noblest Roman. Houghton-Mifflin. ASIN: B0007DSNRM.
(1968) The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy. Random House. ISBN 0-394-45025-6.
(1965) The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam during the Kennedy Era. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-555092-X.
(1967) One Very Hot Day. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. ASIN: B000HFUAT4.
(1971) Ho. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-554223-4.
(1972) The Best and the Brightest. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-449-90870-4.
(1979) The Powers That Be. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06941-2.
(1981) The Breaks of the Game. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-29625-7.
(1985) The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-449-91003-2.
(1986) The Reckoning. Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-72147-3.
(1989) Summer of '49. Harper Perennial Modern Classics. ISBN 0-06-088426-6.
(1991) The Next Century. Random House. ISBN 0-517-09882-2.
(1993) The Fifties. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-449-90933-6.
(1994) October 1964. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-449-98367-6.
(1999) The Children. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-449-00439-2.
(1999) Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made. Broadway Books. ISBN 0-7679-0444-3.
(2001) War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals. Scribner. ISBN 0-7432-2323-3.
(2002) Firehouse. ISBN 0-7868-8851-2.
(2003) The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship. Hyperion. ISBN 0-7868-8867-9.
(2005) Bill Belichick: The Education of a Coach. Hyperion. ISBN 1-4013-0879-1.

Subject: Re: David Halberstam RIP

Written By: Windbreaker05 on 04/24/07 at 7:42 pm

Hadn't heard about this. Wow. Brilliant is an apt description. RIP

Subject: Re: David Halberstam RIP

Written By: Tia on 04/24/07 at 10:00 pm

He embodied what journalism should be, not what it has become
this is my thought for the day!

nowadays if he was doing what he did in vietnam he'd be called a traitor. >:( although i think folks like sy hersh are carrying on the tradition nicely.

Subject: Re: David Halberstam RIP

Written By: La Roche on 04/24/07 at 11:11 pm

I enjoyed his sports writings, admittedly I'm fairly ignorant of some of his more political writings, but still, all of those involved in the world of sports journalism are familiar with him and respect him.

Subject: Re: David Halberstam RIP

Written By: danootaandme on 04/25/07 at 4:24 am


I enjoyed his sports writings, admittedly I'm fairly ignorant of some of his more political writings, but still, all of those involved in the world of sports journalism are familiar with him and respect him.


That's very true.  He was great at war and sports, a lot of people who read his sports didn't know about the war/politics side and vice versa.  If you enjoyed one genre it is worth you while to try the other.  He was brilliant in both.

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