In Red, the personality, career, and world of one of America's best writers and most honored sports journalists are brought warmly to life. From Red Smith's first story for the Milwaukee Sentinel in 1927 to his last column for the New York Times five days before his death in 1982, his inimitable style graced the country's sports pages for over half a century. Even in his earliest column, his writing showed evidence of the wit, clarity, and eloquence that would become his hallmarks. In 1976 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. The people who appear throughout Red comprise a distinguished twentieth-century hall of fame: Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Joe Louis, Ernest Hemingway, Grantland Rice, Ring Lardner, and Damon Runyon. A biography of one of this country's finest writers, Red is also American history of a rich and lasting sort.
- ISBN10 0070048525
- ISBN13 9780070048522
- Publish Date 1 December 1987 (first published 12 May 1986)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Companies
- Edition McGraw-Hill Pbk ed.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 312
- Language English