A dual portrait of the leader of the Oglala Sioux and thegeneral of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry in 1876 cites the battle ofJune 25 and chronicles the sometimes striking similarities in thelives of both men. Reprint. LJ.
He had a number one hit at eighteen. He was a millionaire withhis own record label at twenty-two. He was, according to Tom Wolfe,“the first tycoon of teen.” Phil Spector owned pop music. From theCrystals, the Ronettes (whose lead singer, Ronnie, would become hissecond wife), and the Righteous Brothers to the Beatles (togetherand singly) and finally the seventies punk icons The Ramones,Spector produced hit after hit. But then he became pop music's mostfamous recluse. Until one day in the spring of 2007, when his namehit the tabloids, connected to a horrible crime. In Tearing Downthe Wall of Sound , Mick Brown, who was the last journalist tointerview Spector before his arrest , tells the full story ofthe troubled musical genius.
There has never been a golfer to rival Arnold Palmer. To thelegions of golf fans around the world, Palmer is a charismatichero, the winner of sixty-one tournaments on the PGA Tour and stillgoing strong on the Senior PGA Tour. But behind the legend, thereis the private Palmer--a man of wit, compassion, loyalty, and truegrit in the face of personal adversity. Writing with the humor and candor that are as much his trademarkas his unique golf swing, Palmer narrates the deeply moving storyof his life both on and off the links. He recounts the lovingrelationship he shared with his father, "Deacon" Palmer, the coursesuperintendent and head professional at the Latrobe Country Clubwhere young Arnie developed his game, his friendships and rivalrieswith golf greats, his enduringly happy marriage with Winnie, hislegendary charges to triumph and titanic disasters, and his valiantbattle against cancer and remarkable recovery. Arnold Palmer has lived one of the great sporting lives of thetwentieth century
From the author of the national best seller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th century that "not only paints a highly attractive portrait of Feynman but also . . . makes for a stimulating adventure in the annals of science." ( The New York Times ).
Contributors include Harold Bloom, Jules Feiffer, John Guare,Norman Mailer, Peter Matthiessen, Maggie Paley, Richard Price,James Salter, Robert Silvers, William Styron, Gay Talese, CalvinTrillin, Gore Vidal, and 200 other Plimpton intimates Norman Mailer said that George Plimpton was the best-loved man inNew York. This book is the party that was George’s life–and it’s abig one–attended by scores of famous people, as well aslesser-known intimates and acquaintances. They talk about his life:its privileged beginnings, its wild and triumphant middle, itsbrave, sad end. They say that George was a man of many parts: the“last gentleman,” founder and first editor of The ParisReview, the graceful writer who brought the NewJournalism to sports, and Everyman’s proxy boxer,trapeze artist, stand-up comic, Western movie villain, and Playboy centerfold photographer. George’s last years were awesome, truly so. His greatest gift wasto be a blessing to others–not all, truth be told–and that giften
Using the oral-biography style that made his Edie (editedwith Jean Stein) a bestseller, George Plimpton has blended thevoices of Capote's friends, lovers, and colleagues into acaptivating and narrative. Here we see the entire span of Capote'slife, from his Southern childhood, to his early days in New York;his first literary success with the publication of Other Voices,Other Rooms; his highly active love life; the groundbreakingexcitement of In Cold Blood, the first "nonfiction novel"; hisyears as a jet-setter; and his final days of flagging inspiration,alcoholism, and isolation. All his famous friends and enemies arehere: C.Z. Guest, Katharine Graham, Lauren Bacall, Gore Vidal,Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, John Huston, William F. Buckley, Jr.,and dozens of others.
