RED SMITH ON BASEBALL by Red Smith, Ira Berkow ( 9781566634151 )

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Title:

RED SMITH ON BASEBALL
THE GAME'S GREATEST WRITER ON THE GAME'S GREATEST YEARS

By:

Red Smith, Ira Berkow

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Paperback

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1566634156

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Publisher:

IVAN R DEE, INC

Pub. date:

17 December, 2001

Pages:

376

Description:

This compendium contains 175 of Smith's most memorable columns, recapturing some of baseball's greatest moments and unforgettable characters.

Synopsis:

Red Smith's writing is recognized as the best in the field. Here is a selection of his most memorable columns-175 of them, from 1941 to 1981. "His prose...offers lasting lessons about matters journalistic and literary."-Robert Schmuhl, University of Notre Dame. "The most admired and gifted sportswriter of his time...Red Smith's work...tended to be the best writing in any given newspaper on any given day."-David Halberstam, New York Times Book Review.

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