Deadline artists : America's greatest newspaper columns /
editors, John P Avlon, Jesse Angelo, Errol Louis.
- New York : Overlook Press, 2011
- 431 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
1. War -- 2. Politics -- 3. Sports -- 4. Humor -- 5. Crime -- 6. Civil rights and civil liberties -- 7. Local voices -- 8. Hard times -- 9. Farewells -- 10. The pursuit of happiness.
"[The United States of] America's story has always been best told in its newspapers. From the local and mundane - crime blotters, crop prices, and Sunday sermons - to the Federalist Papers and Watergate, the press has played an outsize role in our nation's culture and history. [This] celebrates the relevance of the newspaper column through the simple power of excellent writing. ..."--Back cover.