| Title | : | Into the Story: A Writer's Journey through Life, Politics, Sports and Loss |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 309 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2010 |
The thirty-two "elegant and elegiac" ( The Boston Globe ) stories here cover a rich array of topics on life, politics, sports, and loss—ranging from seminal moments in modern history to intimate personal reflections, each piece illuminated by the author’s deep reporting and singular sensibility.
Into the Story: A Writer's Journey through Life, Politics, Sports and Loss Reviews
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I only read the chapters about President Obama and President Clinton. These chapters were excellent. I put the book temporarily aside because I presently have other reading priorities, and also because the book has ruggedly cut edges, and I hate it when I have trouble turning pages.
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Some real gems here. I will include this for my class reading list next semester at Johns Hopkins.
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Basically a best of from David Maraniss, one of my favorite authors. Maraniss has written books on Roberto Clemente, Vince Lombardi and the 1960 Rome Olympic Games that I all really liked so I thought I would read this book which is a bunch of his essays and shorter versions of what he would eventually make into a book. Really liked the stories on Rafer Johnson, Clemente, his dad and Ron Santo, Obama and Bill Clinton to name a few. The Virginia Tech shooting story was very well written, but hard to read because it was such an awful event. Same thing with his 9/11 story. If you like Maraniss a lot like myself you'll enjoy this. If you haven't read anything by him yet, skip this and read Clemente or Rome 1960 first.
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One of my favorite non-fiction writers. (My favorite of course is the excellent biography of Vince Lombardi!) This collection of essays and short pieces covers many topics - politics, sports, family, and a truly amazing piece on 9/11.
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Essays are a new favorite of mine. Maraniss does an excellent job of showing a different side to some favorite well worn topics. As a testament to his writing I thoroughly enjoyed the section on sports evne though I'm about as far from being a sports fan as possible!
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Not my cup of tea. The stories about himself are just not engaging to me. The chapters about Clemente are well written and interesting, but there just isn't enough of that to keep me interested in reading the whole thing.
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David’s dad hired me at The Cap Times and I worked next to his brother Jim, the year Jim was on sabbatical and spent his time at the paper. Dave’s a superb writer but what I may have like best was his intro about newspapers, journalism and TCT.
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David Maraniss is an excellent writer. Enjoyed the thirty-two stories.
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Excellent!
