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Joe DiMaggioJoe DiMaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good. In the hard-knuckled thirties, he was the immigrant boy who made it...Read More
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Examiner.com, February 7, 2012
...The is by Richard Ben Cramer. Today only it is $1.99. That is 87% off the cover price. This expolration of the 1988 presidential campaign might not be for everyone. If you aren...
New York Times, January 11, 2012
...had been producing since 1984, partly because the associated travel costs had become untenable. Matt Bai argued that Richard Ben Cramer’s book about the 1988 campaign, “What It Takes,” hadn’t been equaled since because politicians, increasingly...
Atlantic Monthly, January 6, 2012
...texture and insight about politics that you also find in the (better-known and much longer) What It Takes , Richard Ben Cramer's wonderful account of the 1988 campaign. It is also a sympathetic and human book, in an enriching rather than a sappy way....
Media Bistro, November 30, 2011
...apart from anything that’s been written on the campaign to date – and in my humble opinion , Richard Ben Cramer and [the late] Theodore White should enjoy their royalties … Thank you for filling in some of the gaps in my knowledge, confirming more...
Politico, November 15, 2011
...Richard Ben Cramer published the definitive chronicle of the 1988 presidential campaign, "What It Takes," by largely disdaining the day-to-day press coverage in favor of human portraits of the candidates...
Politico, October 27, 2011
...I wrote last year about Richard Ben Cramer, author of the 1,049-page chronicle of the 1988 election, "What It Takes." And now, his book has made its way to eBook form, via Open Road...
