Education
Columbia University; Columbia Law School.
( Thomas Hauser has been called “one of boxing’s greatest...)
Thomas Hauser has been called “one of boxing’s greatest writers. The Boxing Scene, Hauser’s provocative new anthology, contains all of his trademark insights and candor as he peels away layers of hypocrisy to reveal the men who make up the contemporary boxing landscape. Hauser exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports; examines the phenomenon of mixed martial arts as it relates to boxing; and records the amusing encounter between his 81-year-old mother and larger-than-life boxing impresario Don King. The Boxing Scene also updates Hauser’s personal and professional thoughts on superstars like Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, and Bernard Hopkins as well as fight promoter Bob Arum, announcer Bob Sheridan and a host of others. The Boxing Scene recreates another year in professional boxing and adds to Hauser’s definitive record of the sport.
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( This is the second collection of articles on profession...)
This is the second collection of articles on professional boxing to be published in book form by acclaimed writer Thomas Hauser. It offers unique insights into Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Shane Mosely, Ray Jones Jr. and many more superstars, as well as an insider's critique of the sweet science today. Satirical, whimsical, and pungent, Hauser deftly maps the politics and poli-tricks of the world's only true universal sport.
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(Thomas Hauser on Boxing: Another Year Inside the Sweet Sc...)
Thomas Hauser on Boxing: Another Year Inside the Sweet Science BY Hauser, Thomas ( Author ) { Paperback } 2014
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( Acclaimed boxing writer Thomas Hauser admires the sweet...)
Acclaimed boxing writer Thomas Hauser admires the sweet science, but he also recognizes and confronts its problems. His essays here portray the sport in all its glory and gore, its grace and disgrace. Hauser tracks the effects of big money on the sport, exposes corruption at the highest levels, and examines the emotional links between the September 11 attack on America and the way we experience the violence of boxing. He follows the biggest fighters and the most important fights through 2001 into the early months of 2002. He also depicts the broadcasters, government regulators, and others-the people behind the scenes who shape boxing without ever taking a punch. We meet fighters such as Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, and Bernard Hopkins, and non-combatants like ringside physician Margaret Goodman, trainer Eddie Futch, and the powers that be at HBO.
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(Veteran novelist (The Hawthorne Group) and biographer (Mu...)
Veteran novelist (The Hawthorne Group) and biographer (Muhammad Ali and Company) Hauser has "commingled Mark Twain's words and ideas of my own" in this witty, elegiac novel. When it opens in 1910, Twain, believing his death is near, remembers a chain of events that changed his life. In the spring of 1856, 20-year-old Samuel Langhorne Clemens surveys his spotty work history, and decides to travel. Aiming for California, he makes his way to Saint Joseph, Mo., where he boards an overland stage. After two days, he stops at a small town, where he first encounters Hiram Kane, an enterprising freed slave who's promoting an act where, for a nickel, white men can punch Bones, a "nigger" who's guaranteed not to hit back. Kane's cruel character leaves a strong impression on Twain, who is "part fascinated and part revulsed." Low on money, Twain decides to stay awhile in his next stop, a friendly town in northwestern Kansas. Soon he is aware that "Bleeding Kansas" is abroil with the question of slavery. Meeting Kane again, Twain learns the hard way that Bones is a skilled defensive fighter. Twain wins ownership of Bones in a poker game and wants to free him, but, discovering Bones has no prospects, he sets up a deal in which Bones fights and the proceeds are split 50-50. But a passionate liaison with beautiful woman rancher, and the suspenseful discovery of her betrayal, leaves Twain fearing that he must cancel the bout. Against the odds, they go ahead with the racially charged and exciting fight. A bittersweet ending perfectly caps this swift moral adventure. Succinct history lessons contextualize the tale, and the writing is so smooth it's impossible to tell which words are Twain's and which Hauser's. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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(Thomas Hauser's annual collections have been avidly antic...)
Thomas Hauser's annual collections have been avidly anticipated from the time A Beautiful Sickness was published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2001 until his most recent collection, Boxing Is . . . , was named a 2010 Best Sports Book of the Year by Booklist, which has called Hauser "the current champ in boxing literature." Sportswriter Donald McRae recently wrote, "Thomas Hauser has become boxing's indispensable writer with a stream of books and internet columns that strip away the layers of intrigue to reveal a seamy but addictive world. Whether writing Muhammad Ali's biography, or shredding boxing's power brokers, Hauser instills passion and gravitas into his work." Winks and Daggers continues that tradition with Hauser's writing from 2010. Hauser brings readers into Manny Pacquiao's intimate circle in the moments before last year's two biggest fights. His award-winning investigative journalism exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports and examines the use of performance-enhancing drugs in boxing. There's a look back in time at Rocky Marciano and Sugar Ray Leonard. And there's much more in this latest collection in the series that has become, according to reviewer Bart Barry, "an essential part of boxing's official record and the chronicles of this era most likely to endure."
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(Originally published in 1986 (McGraw-Hill), The Black Lig...)
Originally published in 1986 (McGraw-Hill), The Black Lights was the first book that fully explored the sport and business of professional boxing. Upon joining the training camp of superlightweight Billy Costello, Thomas Hauser was given unprecedented access to the fighter, his manager, and trainer as well as to the real heavyweights of the boxing world, promoter Don King, and World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman. The result, according to Playboy in their review of the original, is a book that "explains why fighters fight, what they go through to win, and how they feel when they lose. It is a great book." In this gracefully written, fast-paced narrative, the author slips quietly into the background and gives us a firsthand look at a business that is often cruel and exploitative and a sport that is at once violent and beautiful. As the San Francisco Chronicle points out, The Black Lights provides ammunition for both sides in the debate over boxing: "Hauser has written what is clearly the most complete and fairminded work on the subject to date." In an age when the controversy surrounding the evils and merits of boxing still rages, this classic account is more timely than ever.
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(Thomas Hauser has become "must reading" in the boxing com...)
Thomas Hauser has become "must reading" in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. Boxing Is . . . brings together all of Hauser's 2009 articles. In them, Hauser illuminates the behind-the-scenes stories of the year's most memorable personalities and events. He takes us from Manny Pacquiao's dressing room in the tense moments before 2009's biggest fight to an in-depth portrait of the incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson, all the while continuing to show why his annual collections, avidly anticipated by fans and critics alike, have become, according to columnist Bart Barry, "an essential part of boxing's official record and the chronicles of this era most likely to endure."
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(A unique collection of the finest of Thomas Hauser's clas...)
A unique collection of the finest of Thomas Hauser's classic articles on the boxing world gathered together for the first time. Brutal Artistry studies the art and craft of all the great boxing superstars and provides an insider's critique of the sweet science today. Satirical, whimsical, and pungent, Hauser deftly maps the drama and excitement of the world's only true universal sport.
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( Booklist called Straight Writes and Jabs, last year’s c...)
Booklist called Straight Writes and Jabs, last year’s collection of boxing articles by Thomas Hauser, wonderful writing from a world-class journalist.” This year’s collection, Thomas Hauser on Boxing, is the latest in the popular annuals bringing together all Hauser’s writing from the previous year. Readers will enter the dressing room with elite champions in the moments before some of 2013’s biggest fights. Hauser’s award-winning investigative journalism is on display in his prize-winning exposé of the tragedy that befell heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov. There’s a look at the incomparable Don King in the twilight of his career, and much more.
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( As I travel the circle of my life near to its completi...)
As I travel the circle of my life near to its completion, I remember a time when I was young and more idealistic than I am today; when my step was lighter and my hair not so gray. For many of my days, I have been the most public of men. Yet I have kept the most important chapter of my life private and hidden from view. I write now of that time with the wisdom of a life fully lived and with the honesty of one who senses that the grave is near. I write so that, when I pass from this world, the events and people that I am about to describe shall be remembered forever.” England, 1870: His health failing, his most important work all but done, Charles Dickens is readying for the final bed. But there is one more story that he must tell. The Final Recollections of Charles Dickens blends a historically-accurate telling of Dickens’s life with a gripping portrait of betrayal, murder, corruption, obsession, and love. It’s the story of Dickens’s coming of age, caught between the worlds of England’s ruling elite and the seamy underside of London society. The novel captures a full range of Dickensian characters: Dickens; the hauntingly beautiful Amanda Wingate; Geoffrey Wingate, Amanda’s scheming financial-swindler husband; and Florence Spriggs, a mutilated prostitute whose once-lovely face has been carved into a mask of horror. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, The Final Recollections of Charles Dickens captures the voice of the beloved author, the divided city of London, and the uncertain tenor of the times.
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(The true story that inspired Audre Lorde's 1975 poem "Pow...)
The true story that inspired Audre Lorde's 1975 poem "Power"—a masterly, gripping, and true account of the tragedy of the early-morning shooting of a child and the trial of a policeman for murder that followed. Was it a case of mistaken identity or race hatred—or both? It happened on the morning of Saturday, April 28, 1973, in Queens, New York, at around 5:00 a.m. In the pre-dawn dark, ten-year-old Clifford Glover was walking with his stepfather, Add Armstead, toward the auto salvage yard where Armstead worked, as they did most Saturdays. Patrolman Thomas Shea and his partner, Walter Scott, drove by in an unmarked car. The cops were on the lookout for a pair of armed robbers dressed similarly to Clifford and his stepfather, and stopped to give chase. Fearing they were going to be robbed, the man and boy fled. Shots were fired, hitting the boy. Patrolman Shea would become the first New York City cop in fifty years to be charged with committing murder while on duty.
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(Recounting his life from his beginnings as a greenskeeper...)
Recounting his life from his beginnings as a greenskeeper's son to his being named ""Athlete of the Decade"" in the 1960s, a profile of a legendary golfer describes his private and professional life. 50,000 first printing. Major ad/promo. Tour.
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(Commenting on Thomas Hauser's annual collections of artic...)
Commenting on Thomas Hauser's annual collections of articles on boxing, Ring Magazine declared, "What makes Hauser's stories so extraordinary is that the man many consider 'The Dean of Boxing Writers' refuses to allow his admiration for the sport to blind him to its dark side. His annual volumes on boxing have become required reading for hardcore and casual fans alike." Straight Writes and Jabs is the latest in the popular series. It brings readers into the dressing room with elite champions in the moments before some of 2012's biggest fights. Hauser's award-winning investigative journalism is on display in a groundbreaking exposé of the use of performance-enhancing drugs. There's a look back in time at the incomparable Archie Moore and much more. Thomas Hauser is the author of forty-five books. His first work, Missing, was made into an Academy Award-winning film. He later authored Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, the definitive biography of the most famous fighter ever. In 2004, the Boxing Writers Association of America honored Hauser with the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism.
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(The Church Universal: A Series of Discourses on the True ...)
The Church Universal: A Series of Discourses on the True Comprehension of the Church, as Exhibited Mainly in the Holy Scriptures (1846)
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( "There is no one better equipped to write about boxing ...)
"There is no one better equipped to write about boxing than Thomas Hauser." —Joe Frazier Thomas Hauser's most riveting work to date tells the tale of a young fighter who rises from obscurity to challenge for the most coveted prize in sports, the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world. Moving back and forth with increasing intensity between the bright lights and the shadows of professional sports, this tale is about hope, anger, loss, and belief in oneself. It's a love story with a special twist. From an unparalleled chronicler of the world of boxing, this novel strips the sport bare of all glamour, giving readers an intimate look at the sweet science.
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(Originally published in 1979, this book is a standard wor...)
Originally published in 1979, this book is a standard work on the evolution of rigging, mast-making and sali-making. It is a comprehensive study on the subject. It was compiled over some ten years, from information obtained from contemporary manuscripts, books and models.
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(This is the latest, and best, writing on the sweet scienc...)
This is the latest, and best, writing on the sweet science by Thomas Hauser, whose work has been called incomparable and indispensable by the New York Times.
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(A startling look at the incident at Chernobyl, from the h...)
A startling look at the incident at Chernobyl, from the heroic American doctor who led an international team of doctors there to treat the victims.
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(Muhammad Ali has attained mythical stature in American li...)
Muhammad Ali has attained mythical stature in American life. But in recent years Ali has been subjected to an image makeover by corporate America as it seeks to homogenize the electrifying nature of his persona. Thomas Hauser argues that there has been a deliberate distortion of what Ali believed, said, and stood for, and that making Ali more presentable for ad agencies by sanitizing his legacy is a disservice to history and to Ali himself.
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(Thomas Hauser has become “must reading” in the boxing com...)
Thomas Hauser has become “must reading” in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. An Unforgiving Sport brings together Hauser’s 2008 articles from secondsout.com and espn.com, in which he exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports, goes behind the scenes at boxing’s biggest fights, revisits historical figures like John L. Sullivan, and offers revealing portraits of Don King, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, Bernard Hopkins, and a host of others. Booklist praised an earlier collection of Hauser’s articles as “one more testament to Hauser’s talent and passion for the most elemental of our sports.” An Unforgiving Sport adds to Hauser’s definitive record of the contemporary boxing scene.
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("Muhammad Ali is the most loved person in the world. Ever...)
"Muhammad Ali is the most loved person in the world. Everywhere he goes, wherever he goes, people of all colors and religions crowd around, hoping to get close to him. I've seen it happen so many times, and each time, I ask myself, 'If we can all get together and have a meeting of the minds on Ali, why can't we all get together, period?' I look at this man and I say to myself, 'God is trying to tell us something.'" Thomas Hauser Healing: A Journal of Tolerance and Understanding Is a joint project by Muhammad Ali and Thomas Hauser (who authored the international bestsellers Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times and Muhammad Ali: In Perspective), as part of a multi-dimensional, international campaign to combat bigotry and prejudice. This beautifully designed hardcover journal has been fashioned to encourage its readers to reflect on issues of tolerance, brotherhood and understanding. An introductory essay, written by Ali and Hauser, discusses these powerful issues and promotes empathy and awareness. Subsequent pages of the journal contain one or more illuminating quotations by a philosopher, a public figure or from a religious text, with space available on alternate pages for the reader to record his or her own thoughts. Healing: A Journal of Tolerance and Understanding can help each of us make a difference and Muhammad Ali is the ideal person to teach us how. Ali and Hauser's message is simple: "If today's world is to be truly to be healed, that healing must be achieved one person at a time. The tolerance and understanding necessary to heal must come from each and every one of us, arising out of our everyday conduct, until decency reaches a flood tide." Thomas Hauser is the author of nineteen books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, which was hailed by the New York Times as "The definitive Ali biography, incomparable and indispensable." The book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and was awarded the prestigious William Hill book of the year prize in England. Hauser's books are read worldwide in eighteen languages. He lives in Manhattan.
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Sound at Sight Bassoon Grades 1-8: Sample Sight Reading Tests for Trinity Guildhall Examinations
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(An unexpurgated biography of an American legend draws on ...)
An unexpurgated biography of an American legend draws on the words of more than two hundred of the great boxer's associates, opponents, friends, enemies, and Ali himself
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Columbia University; Columbia Law School.
He made his debut as a writer in 1978 with The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice. lieutenant was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and adapted as Costa-Gavras"s film. In 1981, he published a novel,, set in a fictional law firm, which was inspired by his experience as an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1971 through 1977, following his graduation from Columbia Law School in 1970.
In 1991 he was awarded the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award for, a biography of the boxer.
He is a keen follower of boxing and is a staff writer for leading boxing website www.thesweetscience.com. and www.boxingscene.com.
(Commenting on Thomas Hauser's annual collections of artic...)
(The true story that inspired Audre Lorde's 1975 poem "Pow...)
(Thomas Hauser's annual collections have been avidly antic...)
(Recounting his life from his beginnings as a greenskeeper...)
( As I travel the circle of my life near to its completi...)
(Veteran novelist (The Hawthorne Group) and biographer (Mu...)
(An unexpurgated biography of an American legend draws on ...)
(This is the latest, and best, writing on the sweet scienc...)
( Booklist called Straight Writes and Jabs, last year’s c...)
(A startling look at the incident at Chernobyl, from the h...)
(Originally published in 1986 (McGraw-Hill), The Black Lig...)
(The Church Universal: A Series of Discourses on the True ...)
( This is the second collection of articles on profession...)
(A unique collection of the finest of Thomas Hauser's clas...)
(Originally published in 1979, this book is a standard wor...)
( Acclaimed boxing writer Thomas Hauser admires the sweet...)
(Thomas Hauser on Boxing: Another Year Inside the Sweet Sc...)
(Thomas Hauser has become "must reading" in the boxing com...)
(Offers an insider's critique of boxing from top to bottom...)
(Thomas Hauser has become “must reading” in the boxing com...)
(Sound at Sight Bassoon Grades 1-8: Sample Sight Reading T...)
( "There is no one better equipped to write about boxing ...)
( Thomas Hauser has been called “one of boxing’s greatest...)
(Muhammad Ali has attained mythical stature in American li...)
("Muhammad Ali is the most loved person in the world. Ever...)
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He is the former chairman and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America"s membership committee.