The poet : the life and Los Angeles Times of Jim Murray /
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| Author / Creator: | Travers, Steven. |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013] |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Murray, Jim, -- 1919-1998. Murray, Jim, -- 1919-1998. Sportswriters -- United States -- Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism. Sportswriters. United States. Electronic books. Biographies. Electronic books. |
| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11179847 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The poet : |b the life and Los Angeles Times of Jim Murray / |c Steven Travers. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 A Depression Kid; 2 "Beyond the Darkness, the West"; 3 Noir and Marriage; 4 Show Biz Is Not a Business; 5 Murray, Nixon, and Checkers; 6 Sports Illustrated; 7 The Times, They Are a-Changin'; 8 Decade of Change; 9 The Column; 10 Civil War; 11 Halcyon Days; 12 Visionaries; 13 The Poet of Brentwood; 14 Love, Tragedy, Redemption; 15 The Great Scribe in His Twilight Years; 16 Sic Transit Gloria; Appendix A: One-on-One with Bill Dwyre; Appendix B: Famous Last Words; Appendix C: "If You're Expecting One-Liners, Wait, a Column." | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Appendix D: Jim Murray's CareerBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author. | |
| 520 | |a Forget Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, and Jerome Holtzman. According to author Steven Travers, Jim Murray of the Los Angeles Times was the greatest sports columnist who ever lived-period. Known for his highly descriptive metaphors and phrasing-a strike zone the size of Hitler's heart, so painfully honest he could spot George Washington two answers in a lie detector test, the only pitcher I know who thinks of Homer as a Greek poet and not a lucky swing by a banjo hitter-Murray was a poet. Time magazine sent the Connecticut native to Hollywood in 1948 to cover the movies. But it was at the Los An. | ||
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