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Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam1 review
David Halberstam

Hyperion, 2008

A Solid Collection
This is a very solid collection, and a reminder of what a talented writer Mr. Halberstam was. The themes he would turn into books can be found throughout the essays. He was, it seems, most interested in the combination of race, the media, fame, and friendship. There is a certain weight toward his more recent writings (much of it available online through espn.com and other sites). Certainly worth ... 		  
  







  
  
October 196455 reviews
David Halberstam

Ballantine Books, 1995

An Epochal World Series
A classic matchup: the establishment Yankees vs the underdog Cardinals, who field a younger, more diverse team. The St Louis team makes the Series by the slimmest of margins after overcoming what most thought to be an insurmountable September lead by the Phillies. Then (this was before the postseason playoffs that started in 1969) they were off to the Series to meet the mighty Yankees. The seven ... 		  
  







  
  
The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal17 reviews
David Halberstam

Ballantine Books, 1996

Another great book from David Halberstam
I read this book in spite of the facts that I have no interest in rowing and know nothing about it. I read it only because it was written by David Halberstam, and I've loved everything I've ever read by him. This book was no exception. Even though I still know very little about the sport, I now appreciate how grueling it is, and how much training these guys do. You can't go wrong with a ... 		  
  







  
  
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War117 reviews
David Halberstam

Hyperion, 2007

Halberstram's Best
A thoroughly readable, incredibly detailed history of MacArthur's North Korean initiatives. Give yourself a while to digest this book, it will be well worth it. It's tragic this is Halberstam's last work--but it's a joy to know he left us with his best. 		  
  







  
  
The Education of a Coach52 reviews
David Halberstam, 2005

Portrait of Belichick the Coach, not Belichick the Man
"The Education of a Coach" is not only about how Bill Belichick came to win three super bowls in four years, but the people that helped shape his career along the way, notably his father Steve. The book talks about Steve's years as a coach and how Bill was involved with football from an early age. The book also talks about Bill's involvement in football in school, his first job in football, his ... 		  
  







  
  
The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship76 reviews
David Halberstam

Hyperion, 2003

Baseball, Friendship and Life
This brief but excellent book covers a lot of ground. It is a fine baseball book that follows the lives of its four main characters from their humble roots through their shared baseball careers and into their post baseball lives. Along the way, the reader learns a lot about how baseball worked during simpler times both at the minor and major league levels. But it is much more. Among other ... 		  
  







  
  
The Best and the Brightest57 reviews
David Halberstam

Ballantine Books, 1993

History repeating itself
I read this book for the first time over ten years ago and returned to it for the bitter relevancy it has as I reflect on our situation in Iraq today. 		  
  







  
  
Summer of '49 (P.S.)46 reviews
David Halberstam

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Rattle Your Saber(metrics)?
Don't get a statistic wrong; don't you dare make a mistake. Okay, Bill James correctly points out some mistakes that Mr. Halberstam makes in this book. None of the mistakes are important to the story, nor do any of them detract from the book in any way. I can't hold that criticism against this book. This is an excellent baseball book. David Halberstam masterfully brings to life a ... 		  
  







  
  
The Gigantic Book of Fishing Stories5 reviews

Skyhorse Publishing, 2007

The indispensable fishing anthology
What a wonderful book! There's a lot of great writing about fishing out there, but I've never come across so much of it gathered in one place. Nick Lyons, who is himself a kind of legend in the fishing world, has assembled a sampling of the best of the classic and contemporary tales, memoirs, essays and poetry. The Gigantic Book of Fishing Stories is perfect for anyone who fishes, or knows ... 		  
  







  
  
The Fifties63 reviews
David Halberstam

Ballantine Books, 1994

Mr. Halberstam's Best Book, A very Colorful Survey.
Honestly, this book should be required reading for all of our high school students. It is far better than any traditional school texts we had covering this era. "The Fifties," is a finely written history of the decade that the author considers "seminal in determining what our nation is today." The author combines a very engaging historical narrative with deep social commentary that ... 		  
  







  
  
Fear And Loathing In America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist (Thompson, Hunter S. Gonzo Letters, ...35 reviews
Hunter S. Thompson

Simon & Schuster, 2000

Crazy Energy. Laugh Out Loud Funny
Ordinarily, I wouldn't think letters would be that interesting. But Thomson's style and sense of humor are so outrageous, I find myself laughing out loud every few pages or so. But it's much more than humor. The letters overlap the period of Martin Luther King's Assassination, Robert F. Kennedy's Assassination, the Democratic National Convention of 1968 (which he attended), etc. I was ... 		  
  







  
  
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made66 reviews
David Halberstam

Broadway, 2000

Best Jordan/Bulls book ever by a legendary writer
This book not only offers the most incisive portrait of Jordan, the Bulls championship years, and the NBA of that era, but is also wonderful Halberstam, who tells the story with an epic sweep. Simply a beautiful work from cover to cover. 		  
  







  
  
A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti13 reviews

Algonquin Books, 1998

A Glorious Book About A Glorious Game
When renaissance scholar A. Bartlett Giamatti was asked to become president of Yale University, he said the only presidency he had ever aspired to was that of the American League. Instead, a few years later, he took the helm of the National League, and shortly after that, became commissioner of baseball. Tragically, his tenure in that office ended after only five months with his sudden death at ... 		  
  







  
  
Breaks of the Game7 reviews
David Halberstam

Knopf, 1981

Why is this not in print?
This book is really one of the best sports books of all time. Halberstam goes all over the map to show that basketball is "more than a sport." Sure, that's a cliche at this point, but everything is incorporated seamlessly: race, TV, finances, a fickly city, hippies, violence, free agency, college. You can't help but realize that all of the problems in the book still exist today in not just the ... 		  
  







  
  
The Children28 reviews
David Halberstam

Ballantine Books, 1999

if you need to renew your faith in America, read this
Halberstam has produced another masterpiece, perhaps his best since B&B. As with Vietnam, this book is permeated by his personal experience as a young reporter full of ambition and working hard to find a story. The story here are the young people, who appeared as if out of nowhere in Tenessee, and entered history with their courage and dignity. What distinguishes this book from others on the ... 		  
  







  
  
The Best American Sports Writing of the Century17 reviews

Houghton Mifflin, 1999

Outstanding collection but a small part of what is out there
Years ago I read a piece included in this book, called 'Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu' by John Updike. I was reading a lot of Updike at that time, and found it strangely to be the most moving, the best thing he had written. I will venture to say it is one of the best things in this book. Other sports - writing I loved a lot came not from the daily papers or columns or magazines but from longer often ... 		  
  







  
  
Suburbia5 reviews
Bill Owens

Fotofolio, 1999

Suburbia Lives On!
It's long overdue that this 1972 rare cult classic book was republished. In the early 70s, photographer Owens acted as an anthropologist objectively documenting suburban inhabitants, their native environs, and their daily rituals. By pairing the images with quotes made by the subjects, Owens has created a hilarious and absurd account of life in the suburbs. Tupperware parties, backyard ... 		  
  







  
  
The Powers That Be13 reviews
David Halberstam

University of Illinois Press, 2000

Amazing Book--Must Reading for All
I read this book years ago and it still sticks with me. As a reporter in Vietnam, Halberstam was a thorn in the side of the Johnson and Nixon administration. He was watched by Nixon's plumbers and the FBI; Nixon thought he was a subversive. What he is is an exceptionally perceptive historian. In this book he follows the growth of the media industry from newsprint to magazines, radio and ... 		  
  







  
  
Larry Burrows: Vietnam16 reviews
Larry Burrows

Knopf, 2002

Incredible.
This collection of Burrows' work in Vietnam is unbelievable. At great risk, he captured photos of American soldiers and Marines in Vietnam -- photos of young men that seem to leap off the page. Nothing like this has come of coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- not because the photos weren't taken, but because of the incredible cowardice and corruption of the American media. This ... 		  
  







  
  
The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water19 reviews
Daniel J. Boyne

The Lyons Press, 2005

The Tabula Rasa of US Women's Rowing
If Odysseus could have read Daniel J.Boyne's book `The Red Rose Crew" he would have had no reason to be tied to the mast to cox his ear-waxed crew through the Sirenum Scopuli unscathed. The Sirens would have gladly faced their un-timely end with the knowledge that women's rowing had a champion who took the time and effort to chronical a arduous voyage that will be remembered as the break though ... 		  
  







  




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