We lost a great writer recently to a car accident.
Mr. Halberstam was one of the greatest of America's non-fiction writers. He was certainly one of our most versatile. From sports to politics, he could write fluidly in poetic prose on anything.
This is my favorite sports book of all time. Maybe its because I'm a Yankees fan with deep respect for the archenemy Red Sox, maybe because this was one of the greatest pennant races ever. (In some ways, better than '78.) If you know a baseball fan that has not read this book, they will love it - and you for the gift.
This is the story of how America became tragically involved in the Vietnam War. I consider it a must read today, even if you don't feel that we are makng the same mistakes.
Seven years of research went into this book, ambitiously covering several decades of of the media and its movers and shakers. History from a different perspective.
This was the first World Series that I really remember well. In many ways, it was symbolic - as sport often is - of what America was going through at the time. The establishment Yankees - Mantle, Ford - against the rebellious Cardinals - Flood, Gibson.
It is interesting from another perspective as it was the last hurrah of this Yankke dynasty. They fell to sixth place in 1965, and, if memory serves, last place the next year. They would not be competitive again until the Steinbrenner era.
Summer of '49
The Best and the Brightest 
The Powers That Be
October 1964
The breaks of the Game
