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Richard Ben Cramer's Books
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What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?When legendary Red Sox hitter Ted Williams died on July 5, 2002, newspapers reviewed the stats, compared him to other legends of the game, and...Read More -
How Israel LostIn How Israel Lost Richard Ben Cramer analyzes the four questions that have bedeviled Israel and Palestine for almost forty years: I. Why do we care...Read More
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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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Atlantic Monthly, May 10, 2012
...legends, did you meet the Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio? [ laughs ] No. What did you make of Richard Ben Cramer's biography of DiMaggio? It's terrific. What always fascinated me about DiMaggio is when you contrast him to Ted Williams, who was...
Brisbane Times, March 9, 2012
...years in the White House. But this is how US politics is written now, quickly and in anecdotes. Richard Ben Cramer's classic study of the 1988 election, What It Takes, was not released until 1992. By contrast, the best-received book about Obama's 2008...
WA Today, March 9, 2012
...years in the White House. But this is how US politics is written now, quickly and in anecdotes. Richard Ben Cramer's classic study of the 1988 election, What It Takes, was not released until 1992. By contrast, the best-received book about Obama's 2008...
Huffington Post, March 6, 2012
...about Cataneo's book is how little known it is. 5. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, by Richard Ben Cramer Cramer, winner of a Pulitzer for his political book What It Takes, also gets my vote for the best baseball bio of all time. The multi-talented...
Huffington Post, March 6, 2012
...about Cataneo's book is how little known it is. 5. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, by Richard Ben Cramer Cramer, winner of a Pulitzer for his political book What It Takes, also gets my vote for the best baseball bio of all time. The multi-talented...
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...
Georgia Straight, February 8, 2012
...arts-and-leisure editor of the New York Times, brings this sense of imprisonment to life. Effortlessly, she expands upon Richard Ben Cramer’s idea of "living in the bubble" (from 1993’s What it Takes: The Way to the White House, arguably the best...
Georgia Straight, February 8, 2012
...arts-and-leisure editor of the New York Times, brings this sense of imprisonment to life. Effortlessly, she expands upon Richard Ben Cramer’s idea of "living in the bubble" (from 1993’s What it Takes: The Way to the White House, arguably the best...
Washington Post, February 8, 2012
...against Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). Special election-winning Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) is sworn in. The electronic version of Richard Ben Cramer’s great campaign book “What It Takes” is available for less than $3. So go buy one now....
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...
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 2012
...ended at the Reading Terminal and at Suburban Station. In a 1977 interview before construction began, Inquirer reporter Richard Ben Cramer described Mr. Goldentyer as "a short, thick energetic man with sand-and-gravel hair and stubby fingers that he...
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...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 23, 2011
...reads history books. On his nightstand now: "What It Takes: The Way to the White House," by Richard Ben Cramer. Tolbert describes it as "an old political classic." Dreams for the Ford site: "Until the environmental [reports] come back, it's going to be...
