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The poet : the life and Los Angeles Times of Jim Murray /
Forget Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, and Jerome Holtzman. According to author Steven Travers, Jim Murray of the Los Angeles Times was the greatest sports columnist who ever lived-period. Known for his highly descriptive metaphors and phrasing-a strike zone the size of Hitler's heart, so painful...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Potomac Books,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 A Depression Kid; 2 "Beyond the Darkness, the West"; 3 Noir and Marriage; 4 Show Biz Is Not a Business; 5 Murray, Nixon, and Checkers; 6 Sports Illustrated; 7 The Times, They Are a-Changin'; 8 Decade of Change; 9 The Column; 10 Civil War; 11 Halcyon Days; 12 Visionaries; 13 The Poet of Brentwood; 14 Love, Tragedy, Redemption; 15 The Great Scribe in His Twilight Years; 16 Sic Transit Gloria; Appendix A: One-on-One with Bill Dwyre; Appendix B: Famous Last Words; Appendix C: "If You're Expecting One-Liners, Wait, a Column."
- Appendix D: Jim Murray's CareerBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author.