Richard Ben Cramer
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Description
Richard Ben Cramer was an American journalist and writer. Cramer worked as a journalist at several well-known publications, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, Esquire Magazine, and Rolling Stone. He won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1979 for his coverage of the Middle East. His work as a political reporter culminated in What It Takes: The Way to the White House, an account of the 1988 presidential election that is considered one of the seminal journalistic studies of presidential electoral politics. His book, Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life was a New York Times bestseller in 2000. - Wikipedia
Books
How Israel Lost
"In How Israel Lost Richard Ben Cramer analyzes the four questions that have bedeviled Israel and Palestine for almost forty years." "Cramer insists that Israel is losing her soul by maintaining her occupation of the lands conquered in the Six Day War. Israel has become a victim of that occupation no less than the Palestinians, who must have a nation of their own. Cramer makes clear why the occupation endures and how it corrupts and corrodes the societies of both Arab and Jew."--BOOK JACKET.
What it takes
Cramer tells the life stories of the principal primary candidates, including Bush, Dole, Biden, Dukakis, and Gary Hart.
What do you think of Ted Williams now?
Profiles the life and career of the baseball legend, the last player to hit .400 for a season, discussing his playing days and his later years.
Joe Dimaggio
"In this biography, Richard Ben Cramer presents a stunning, often shocking portrait of the hero nobody knew. It is a story that sweeps through the twentieth century, bringing to light along the way not just America's national game, but her movie stars, mobsters, pols, writers...the birth (and the price) of modern national celebrity.". "This is the story Joe DiMaggio never wanted to tell - and never wanted anyone else to tell. It is the story of his grace - and greed; his dignity, pride - and hidden shame. After five years of relentless reporting, Cramer brings alive, for the first time, the story of DiMaggio the man."--BOOK JACKET.
Being Poppy
Drawn from the pages of the author's widely respected book What it takes, this newly edited portrait traces how seminal moments in President Bush's life formed his character and foretold his legacy.