Background
Edward Allen Linn was born on November 14, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He was a son of Hyman and Gertrude Linn. Edward had a sister.
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
In 1950 Edward Allen Linn graduated from Boston University.
(Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate sho...)
Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. His classic autobiography, written with the talented sportswriter Ed Linn, is an uproarious book packed with information about the history of baseball and tales of players and owners, including some of the most entertaining stories in all of sports literature.
https://www.amazon.com/Veeck-As-Wreck-Autobiography-Bill-Veeck/dp/0226852180/?tag=2022091-20
1962
(The Last Loud Roar, penned by the legend himself, Bob Cou...)
The Last Loud Roar, penned by the legend himself, Bob Cousy, with the assistance of Ed Linn, centers around the last two days of the career of the legendary Celtic player. The book recounts the legendary 1963 World Championship between the Boston Celtics and the LA Lakers, and Cousy relives highlights of his thirteen year Hall of Fame career. Besides speaking about his career, Cousy is outspoken about the world of basketball and the people in it: the players, coaches, officials, sportswriters, and fans. He also speaks openly about the grinding schedules, the rigging of games, and the fierce competition to recruit college players. Cousy doesn't mince words! An eye-opening book that takes the reader behind the career of this Hall of Famer and behind the facade of pro basketball. A good read with great photographs and original illustrations by Robert Riger.
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Loud-Roar-Bob-Cousy/dp/150114264X/?tag=2022091-20
1964
(Humorous book on baseball covering such information as th...)
Humorous book on baseball covering such information as the sale of the Yankees to CBS, the Mets, super stars, sportswriters, colorful old players, etc.
https://www.amazon.com/Hustlers-Handbook-Bill-Veeck/dp/1566638275/?tag=2022091-20
1965
(As a black man, a soldier, and an American, Captain David...)
As a black man, a soldier, and an American, Captain David Walsh was acclaimed a hero and feted with a hero's welcome, publicly and privately. Could he, for only personal reasons - integrity and honesty - give the lie to those honors and all that they meant?
https://www.amazon.com/Masque-honor-Edward-Linn/dp/B0006CZ6FQ
1969
(Big Julie is a real-life character who popularized the al...)
Big Julie is a real-life character who popularized the all-expenses-paid gambling junket to Las Vegas. This book takes you to the world of Big Action, High Rollers and all the crazy people involved.
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Julie-Vegas-Edward-Linn/dp/0802704670
1974
(The History of Baseball is rife with colorful characters....)
The History of Baseball is rife with colorful characters. But for sheer cantankerousness, fighting moxie, and will to win, very few have come close to Leo "the Lip" Durocher. Following a five-decade career as a player and manager for baseball's most storied franchises, Durocher teamed up with veteran sportswriter Ed Linn to tell the story of his life in the game.
https://www.amazon.com/Nice-Guys-Finish-Last-Durocher/dp/0226173887/?tag=2022091-20
1975
(For more than fifty years, Willie Sutton devoted his boun...)
For more than fifty years, Willie Sutton devoted his boundless energy and undoubted genius exclusively to two activities at which he became better than any man in history: breaking in and breaking out. The targets in the first instance were banks and in the second, prisons. Unarguably America’s most famous bank robber, Willie never injured a soul, but took on almost a hundred banks and departed three of America’s most escape-proof penitentiaries. This is the stuff of myth - rascally and cautionary by turns - yet true in every searing, diverting, and brilliantly recalled detail.
https://www.amazon.com/Where-Money-Was-Memoirs-Library/dp/0767916328
1976
(Following the career of Ted Williams from 1939, an experi...)
Following the career of Ted Williams from 1939, an experienced sportswriter presents the story of this great athlete, his dramatic professional baseball career, his service during World War II and the Korean War, and his record-breaking feats.
https://www.amazon.com/Hitter-Life-Turmoils-Ted-Williams/dp/0151931003/?tag=2022091-20
1993
Edward Allen Linn was born on November 14, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He was a son of Hyman and Gertrude Linn. Edward had a sister.
In 1950 Edward Allen Linn graduated from Boston University.
In the early 1950s, Linn worked for the United States Information Service and as an editor for Macfadden Publications. He became a freelance writer in 1953 and in the years that followed, wrote for the Saturday Evening Post and Sport magazines.
His first biography, Veeck: As in Wreck, which Edward Allen Linn wrote with baseball star Bill Veeck, was released in 1962. His subsequent works were collections of fiction, such as Masque of Honor and The Adversaries, and nonfiction pieces like Steinbrenner’s Yankees from 1982. In 1975 he co-wrote a book, Out of the Fire, with Ernst Papanek.
With Veeck, Linn wrote two more books - The Hustler’s Handbook and Thirty Tons a Day. With Durocher, Linn wrote the biography Nice Guys Finish Last; with Sandy Koufax, the biography Koufax; with basketball star Bob Cousy, The Last Loud Roar; and with Sutton, Where the Money Was.
On his own, Linn wrote such novels as Masque of Honor and The Adversaries and such nonfiction books as Big Julie: The Pied Piper of Las Vegas, Inside the Yankees: The Championship Season and Steinbrenner’s Yankees: An Inside Account.
But if a single celebrity marked Linn’s career, it was Ted Williams, and if a single book capped that career, it was "Hitter".
(Following the career of Ted Williams from 1939, an experi...)
1993(For more than fifty years, Willie Sutton devoted his boun...)
1976(The Last Loud Roar, penned by the legend himself, Bob Cou...)
1964(Humorous book on baseball covering such information as th...)
1965(As a black man, a soldier, and an American, Captain David...)
1969(Sandy Koufax tells how he became a famous pitcher, from h...)
1966(Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate sho...)
1962(Big Julie is a real-life character who popularized the al...)
1974(An in depth look at how George Steinbrenner ran the New Y...)
1982(The History of Baseball is rife with colorful characters....)
1975On June 12, 1949 Edward Allen Linn married Ruth Goldberg. They had three children: Michael, David, Hildy.