David Halberstam, RIP - The American Spectator

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David Halberstam, RIP

by David Hogberg

April 24, 2007, 12:33 PM

Journalist and author David Halberstam was killed in a car crash yesterday.

He is probably best known for his work on the Vietnam War, The Best And The Brightest. However, his works Summer of ’49 and October 1964 are two of the best books on baseball ever written.

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