books by A. J. Liebling

books by A. J. Liebling

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A. J. Liebling

A Soldier's Story (Modern Library War)
Omar N. Bradley

Modern Library, 1999

D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory--Omar Bradley, the "GI General," was there for every major engagement in the European theater. A Soldier's Story is the behind-the-scenes eyewitness account of the war that shaped our century: the tremendous manpower at work, the ...

The Earl of Louisiana (Southern Biography Series)
A. J. Liebling

Louisiana State University Press, 2008

In the summer of 1959, A. J. Liebling, veteran writer for the New Yorker, came to Louisiana to cover a series of bizarre events that began with Governor Earl K. Long's commitment to a mental institution. Captivated by his subject, Liebling remained to write the fascinating yet tragic story of Uncle Earl's final year in politics. First published in ...

Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris
A. J. Liebling

North Point Press, 2004

New Yorker writer A.J. Liebling recalls his Parisian apprenticeship in the fine art of eating in this charming memoir.

A Neutral Corner: Boxing Essays
A. J. Liebling

North Point Press, 1990

Fifteen previously unpublished boxing pieces written between 1952 and 1963. Demonstrating A.J. Liebling?s abiding passion for the ?sweet science? of boxing, A Neutral Corner brings together fifteen previously unpublished pieces written between 1952 and 1963. Antic, clear-eyed, and wildly entertaining, these essays showcase a The New Yorker ...

Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer
A. J. Liebling

North Point Press, 2005

Abbott Joseph Liebling was one of the greatest of all New Yorker writers, a colorful figure who helped set the magazine's urbane tone and style. Just Enough Liebling gathers in one volume the vividest and most enjoyable of his pieces. Charles McGrath (in The New York Times Book Review ) praised it as "a judicious sampling-a useful window on ...

The Sweet Science
A.J. Liebling

North Point Press, 2004

A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story ...

A.J. Liebling: World War II Writings (Library of America)
A. J. Liebling

Library of America, 2008

One of the most gifted and influential American journalists of the 20th century, A. J. Liebling spent five years reporting the dramatic events and myriad individual stories of World War II. As a correspondent for The New Yorker , Liebling wrote with a passionate commitment to Allied victory, an unfailing attention to telling details, and an ...

The Road Back to Paris (Modern Library)
A.J. Liebling

Modern Library, 1997

Originally published in 1944, The Road Back to Paris comprises dispatches from France, England, and North Africa that A. J. Liebling filed with The New Yorker during the Second World War. The magazine sent Liebling to Paris in 1939, hoping that he could replicate in wartime France his brilliant reporting of New York life. Liebling succeeded ...

The Telephone Booth Indian (Library of Larceny)
A.J. Liebling

Broadway, 2004

A classic work on Broadway sharpers, grifters, and con men by the late, great New Yorker journalist A. J. Liebling. Often referred to as ?Liebling lowlife pieces,? the essays in The Telephone Booth Indian boisterously celebrate raffishness. A. J. Liebling appreciated a good scam and knew how to cultivate the scammers. Telephone Booth ...