Into the Story A Writer's Journey through Life, Politics, Sports and Loss

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Copyright: 1/4/2011

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One of the most successful and honored reporter-writers of his day selects pieces that illustrate his own education as a writer.

David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post. He won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, shared in the Post's 2008 Pulitzer for coverage of the Virginia Tech tragedy, and edited a series on Walter Reed Hospital that won the 2008 Pulitzer Gold Medal. He has also been a Pulitzer finalist three other times. He is the author of critically acclaimed books on Bill Clinton, Vince Lombardi, Roberto Clemente, Vietnam, and the Rome 1960 Olympics, and is at work on Out of This World, a multigenerational biography of Barack Obama. Visit the author at David Maraniss.com.

Introduction: Common Sense and Sensibility	p. ix
Ripped Apart and Sewn Together
A Bus Named Desire (Washington Post, 1985)	p. 3
Losing Wendy (Capital Times, 1997)	p. 6
The Sensations of Jim (Brothers, 2009)	p. 13
Connections (They Marched Into Sunlight, 2003)	p. 21
September 11, 2001 (Washington Post, 2001)	p. 31
"The Desk I Chose to Die Under" (Washington Post, 2007)	p. 50
Political Lives
Dreams from His Mother (Washington Post, 2008)	p. 67
January 20, 2009 (Washington Post, 2009)	p. 97
Where Clinton's Coming From (Washington Post, 1992)	p. 102
The Great Escape (First in His Class, 1995)	p. 111
"Nice Tie" (The Clinton Enigma, 1997)	p. 120
Al Gore's Sting (Washington Post, 1998)	p. 126
Jackson and King (Washington Post, 1988)	p. 133
The World According to Edwin Edwards (Washington Post, 1985)	p. 140
Back Home in Indiana (Washington Post, 1983)	p. 144
City of Presidents (Washington Post, 2004)	p. 152
Just Jack and Jackie (Washington Post Magazine, 2001)	p. 156
Sporting Passions
Ritual (Washington Post, 1985)	p. 163
When Football Mattered (Esquire, 1998)	p. 166
Ice (When Pride Still Mattered, 1999)	p. 173
The Passion of Clemente (Washington Post, 2006)	p. 191
Out of the Sea (Sports Illustrated, 2006)	p. 197
One Guy (Washington Post, 1997)	p. 210
Diamond in the Rough (Washington Post, 1987)	p. 217
When Worlds Collided (Sports Illustrated, 2008)	p. 221
Still the Greatest (Washington Post, 1997)	p. 238
The Arc Toward Home
Alamo Flags (Washington Post, 1986)	p. 251
Roadside Distraction (Washington Post, 1987)	p. 256
Dad and Ron Santo (Best American Sports Writing 2007)	p. 260
Uncle Phil's Brain (Washington Post Magazine, 2000)	p. 264
The Sweet Long Days (Capital Times, 1997)	p. 276
Crossing the Water (Capital Times, 2006)	p. 281
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