Part one of term paper
remembers it well. It was 1966. He was 32 and working in Paris for the New York Times when he read a piece of journalism that would change his life. The article was an Esquire magazine feature on Joe DiMaggio, written by Gay Talese. But it was more than just an insightful observation by Talese of a man who once was king of New York. It was ...

Part two of term paper
... know has been doing, and I want to try to do something like this. It's a very influential piece." Halberstam has since gone on to become one of the most respected observers of our time, penning sports books including "The Summer of '49" (reissued in 1997) as well as political jewels like "The Best and the Brightest" (1973, and a 20th-anniversary edition in 1993). Now he's paying tribute to some of the top sports reporting ever put on paper. His most recent project was to serve as guest editor ...