Richard Ben Cramer: Neilly Series Lecture

Title

Richard Ben Cramer: Neilly Series Lecture

Date

2001-10-12

Description

The Hero's Life: Its Worth and Its Costs: Meliora Weekend 2001 will feature Richard Ben Cramer. Mr. Cramer, who often writes about baseball and politics, is a best selling biographer. His latest book is Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life; he is also the author of What It Takes: The Way to the White House. He has written innumerable essays, television scripts, and documentaries. A former reporter, Mr. Cramer won a Pulitzer Prize for foreign reporting while at the Philadelphia Inquirer. At the Library, Mr. Cramer will discuss how he uses his writing to analyze the impact of American political and sports heroes on everyday life and their legacy in history.

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Event Type

lecture

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Citation

Cramer, Richard Ben, “Richard Ben Cramer: Neilly Series Lecture,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed December 10, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/4806.

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