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Halberstam, David was born on April 10, 1934 in New York City. Son of Charles A. and Blanche (Levy) Halberstam.
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Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam
("Sometimes sports mirrors society, sometimes it allows us...)
"Sometimes sports mirrors society, sometimes it allows us to understand the larger society a little better. But mostly, it is a world of entertainment of talented and driven young men and women who do certain things with both skill and passion." --David Halberstam David Halberstam was a distinguished journalist and historian of American politics. He was also a sports writer. Everything They Had brings together for the first time his articles from newspapers and magazines, a wide-ranging collection edited by Glenn Stout, selected over the full scope of Halberstam's five decades as one of America's most honored journalists. These are dazzling portraits of some of the most compelling sports figures of our era, the superstars of popular sports like basketball, football, and baseball, but also fishing, soccer, and rowing, and the amateur athletes who play for the love of the game. In "My Dinner with Theodore," Halberstam recounts his long anticipated--and unforgettable--meeting with Red Sox legend Ted Williams. Against the backdrop of 1960s Nashville, he beautifully recounts a lifelong love of football in "How I Fell in Love with the NFL." And "Men Without Women," set on a fishing expedition in Patagonia, is more than a hunt for giant brown trout--it is a story of fishing, friendship, and fellowship. These and many more stories exemplify the breadth and depth of David Halberstam's devotion to diverse sports and his respect and fascination for the men and women who play them so well. The result is an intimate and personal collection that reveals the issues and the ideals David Halberstam cared about--racial equality, friendship, loyalty, and character--and creates a vivid and unforgettable portrait of the author himself. Everything They Had takes its rightful place alongside Halberstam's bestselling sports titles, which include The Breaks of the Game, The Amateurs, Summer of '49, and The Education of a Coach.
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The Fifties
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Breaks of the Game
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October 1964
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The Best and the Brightest
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Highlights the political and military figures who rose to prominence in the sixties and examines their role in shaping domestic and foreign policies, focusing on American involvement in Vietnam
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The Reckoning
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Presents a study of the crisis in the automobile industry, in a volume that focuses on the Ford Motor Company
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)
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Explores the lesser-known elements of heroism and pathos that marked the Korean War and evaluates political decisions and miscalculations on both sides of the conflict.
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The Powers That Be
(Recounts the growth in power and influence of the great m...)
Recounts the growth in power and influence of the great media institutions and the changes that they have brought about on the American scene, focusing on the people who make up Time Incorporated, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and CBS
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- The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy (The Pulitzer prize-winning newsman's analysis of Ken...)
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David Halberstam, American Journalist, author. Recipient Pulitzer prize for international reporting, 1964, George Polk Memorial award, 1964; Louis Lyons award, 1964; Page One award for Congo reporting, 1962; Overseas Press Club award, 1973. Trustee The Brearley School, 1993. Member Society American Historians.
Education
AB, Harvard University, 1955. Degree (honorary), City College of New York. Degree (honorary), Colby College.
Degree (honorary), Colorado State Columbia Teachers College, New York City. Degree (honorary), Columbia College, Chicago. Degree (honorary), Dartmouth College.
Degree (honorary), Drew University. Degree (honorary), Elizabethtown College. Degree (honorary), Ithaca College.
Degree (honorary), Knox College. Degree (honorary), Lake Forest College. Degree (honorary), Lawrence College.
Degree (honorary), Mercy College. Degree (honorary), University Michigan, Ann Arbor. Degree, Nazareth College, Rochester, New York.
Degree (honorary), University New Haven. Degree (honorary), Niagara College. Degree (honorary), Tufts University.
Degree (honorary), Tulane University. Degree (honorary), University South, Sewanee. Degree (honorary), University South Carolina, Spartanburg.
Degree (honorary), Wesleyan University.
Career
Reporter, West Point (Mississippi) Daily Times Leader, 1955-1956; Reporter, Nashville Tennessean, 1956-1960; member of staff, New York Times, 1960-1967; correspondent, New York Times, Congo, 1961-1962; correspondent, New York Times, Vietnam, 1962-1963; correspondent, New York Times, New York City, 1964-1965; correspondent, New York Times, Warsaw, Poland, 1965-1966; expelled, 1966; assigned, New York City, 1966-1967; contributing editor, Harper's magazine, 1967-1971.
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The Powers That Be
(Recounts the growth in power and influence of the great m...)
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The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy
(The Pulitzer prize-winning newsman's analysis of Kennedy'...)
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The Best and the Brightest
(Highlights the political and military figures who rose to...)
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)
(Explores the lesser-known elements of heroism and pathos ...)
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The Reckoning
(Presents a study of the crisis in the automobile industry...)
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Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam
("Sometimes sports mirrors society, sometimes it allows us...)
- The Fifties
- Breaks of the Game
- October 1964
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The Powers That Be
Membership
Trustee The Brearley School, 1993. Member Society of America Historians.
Connections
Married Elzbieta Tchizevska, June 13, 1965 (divorced 1977). Married Jean Sandness Butler, June 29, 1979. 1 daughter, Julia Sandness.
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Recipient Pulitzer prize for international reporting, 1964, George Polk Memorial award, 1964, Louis Lyons award, 1964, Page One award for Congo reporting, 1962, Overseas Press Club award, 1973, Elijah Lovejoy award Colby College, 1997, Bob Considine award St. Bonaventure College, 1999, Robert Kennedy Book award, 1999, Christopher award, 1999, Frederick Melcher Book award Unitarian Church, 1999, All for the Children President award, Trinity College, Jean Mayer Award, Tufts University, 1999.Recipient Pulitzer prize for international reporting, 1964, George Polk Memorial award, 1964, Louis Lyons award, 1964, Page One award for Congo reporting, 1962, Overseas Press Club award, 1973, Elijah Lovejoy award Colby College, 1997, Bob Considine award St. Bonaventure College, 1999, Robert Kennedy Book award, 1999, Christopher award, 1999, Frederick Melcher Book award Unitarian Church, 1999, All for the Children President award, Trinity College, Jean Mayer Award, Tufts University, 1999.