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James S. Hirsch

James S. Hirsch
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James S. Hirsch

James S. Hirsch is former reporter for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of four nonfiction books, including the New York Times bestseller. Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter, which was the basis for the... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. I live to write the perfect sentence.
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My life in 8 words: "I love my wife; I parent, I write."
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. I live to write the perfect sentence. Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. My 8-year-old son gets the game-winning hit. Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. The reporter in "Citizen Kane." Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. To fix anything in the house. Q. What’s your best quality? A. I listen. Learn more about James S. Hirsch

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Lebanon Valley College, June 6, 2011
...Dr. Howard L. Applegate, professor emeritus of history and American studies, Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend by James Hirsch. Biography of Baseball Hall of Famer, Willie Mays, and his upbringing in Alabama, facing prejudice, and becoming one of Major...
Lebanon Daily News, May 27, 2011
...- Howard L. Applegate, professor emeritus of history and American studies, "Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend" by James Hirsch. A biography of baseball hall of famer Willie Mays and his upbringing in Alabama, facing prejudice, and becoming one of...
San Francisco Chronicle, March 10, 2011
...& Charlie's in Scottsdale, sharing space with the World Series trophy and Willie Mays, signing copies of James Hirsch's authorized book, "Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend" (sold for the benefit of his Say Hey Foundation). -- Another local Jane Russell...
GOOD, August 12, 2011
...empowered a generation of girls.   Riot and Remembrance: America's Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy By James Hirsch 368 pages. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. $25.00 Beginning May 30, 1921 in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, a run-in between two...
MyBrownBaby, June 14, 2011
...artist in his own words, letters, and poems. 2.  Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter, by James Hirsch In 1967, the black boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and a young acquaintance, John Artis, were wrongly convicted of triple murder by...
American Consumer News, May 13, 2011
...was a blend of power, speed, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades. Now. James Hirsch reveals the man behind the player. Mays was a transcendent figure who received standing ovations in enemy stadiums and who, during the...
Boy of Summer, March 2, 2011
...- James S. Hirsch, from Willie Mays - The Life, the Legend , p. 100 The eponymous subject of James Hirsch's new book is quite possibly the greatest player in baseball history. You can argue for Ruth or Aaron or Mantle or Cobb or Honus Wagner or even Barry...