Richard Jewell : and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades
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Richard Jewell : and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades

By Brenner, Marie, author.

Genre Biographies.

Published 2019 by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York

ISBN 9781982148720

Bib Id 2318000

Copyright 2019

Edition Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.

Description 336 pages ; 21 cm

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ISBN
1982148721
9781982148720 (paperback) $17.00
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920.02 B
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Richard Jewell : and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades
Edition
Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
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2019 by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York :
Copyright Date
©2019
Description
336 pages ; 21 cm
Note
"Previously published as A private war."
"Now a major motion picture"--Cover.
"The pieces in this collection were originally published in Vanity Fair. The piece 'Judge Motley's Verdict' was originally published in the New Yorker."--Title page verso.
Contents
The ballad of Richard Jewell -- Marie Colvin's private war -- The target -- After the gold rush -- France's scarlet letter -- Judget Motley's verdict -- The man who knew too much -- How Donald Trump and Roy Cohn's ruthless symbiosis changed America.
Summary
Over the course of her career, journalist Marie Brenner has profiled heroes, villains, and those who fall in-between. This collection includes profiles of war correspondent Marie Colvin, teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, Donald Trump, and Richard Jewell, whose life was turned upside-down after being wrongfully named as a suspect in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing.
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