The Life and Los Angeles Times of Jim Murray

Steven Travers

Forget Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, and the others. Jim Murray of the Los Angeles Times was not merely the best writer but the single greatest sports columnist who ever lived - fullstop. Known for his highly descriptive metaphors and phrasing - i.e "a strike zone the size of Hitler's heart” - Murray was a poet.

Publication date:

February 2013

Publisher :

Potomac Books, Inc.

Language:

English

Illustration :

16 B&W photos; chronology; bibliography; index

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Hardback ISBN : 9781597978545 Dimensions : 152 X 228 cm	- +	£16.99

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Overview
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• A biography of one of the greatest sports columnist who ever lived

Forget Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, and the others. Jim Murray of the Los Angeles Times was not merely the best writer but the single greatest sports columnist who ever lived - fullstop. Known for his highly descriptive metaphors and phrasing - i.e “a strike zone the size of Hitler’s heart” - Murray was a poet. Steven Travers provides an in-depth look at a man whose influence went far beyond the baseball diamond and the boxing ring.