America lost one of its greatest journalists last night when David Halberstam was killed in a car accident in California. The author of about 20 books (I'm guessing I read about half of them), Halberstam wrote on such diverse topics as the war in Vietnam, politics, baseball, and firemen. My favorite of them were "Summer of '49," and "Playing For Keeps," the only truly great biography of Michael Jordan. Halberstam was 73, and will be greatly missed.
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 24, 2007 05:31 PM