Mike Love, with James S. Hirsch. Blue Rider, $28 (448p) ISBN 978-0-399-17641-8
In the 1960s, Love, along with his cousins Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, rode high on a wave of the Beach Boys’ popularity until it eventually came crashing to the shore when a swell of infighting, as well as Brian’s deteriorating mental condition,
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Mike Love, with James S. Hirsch, read by
Mike Love. Penguin Audio, 15 hrs., $45 ISBN 978-0-7352-8882-9
For the audio edition of his candid memoir, Love, a founding member of the Beach Boys, adopts a style that seems more akin to reading than performing the text. He keeps the pace relaxed and the tone generally understated. He subtly interjects...
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James S. Hirsch, Author . Houghton Mifflin $25 (368p) ISBN 978-0-618-10813-8
"But our boys who had learned their lesson/ On the blood-stained soil of France/ How to fight on the defensive/ Proposed not to take a chance." This rousing piece of verse is not a post-WWI veterans' drinking song but a poem recounting...
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James S. Hirsch, Author . Houghton Mifflin $25 (274p) ISBN 978-0-618-27348-5
Dozens of men held prisoner by the North Vietnamese were brutally tortured physically and emotionally for years on end. Among them were Fred Cherry, an air force F-104 fighter-bomber pilot and the highest-ranking black POW, and Porter Halyburton, a...
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James S. Hirsch, Author . Houghton Mifflin $25 (307p) ISBN 978-0-618-51461-8
Hirsch, a type 1 diabetic, agonized when his three-year-old son began exhibiting the symptoms of diabetes. More, he was prompted to take a look at diabetes and how it is treated in this country and the possibility of finding a cure for this ravaging
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James S. Hirsch, Author . Scribner $30 (628p) ISBN 978-1-4165-4790-7
The legendary outfielder remains an idol in this starstruck authorized biography. Journalist Hirsch (Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter
) makes Mays “the savior” of the floundering Giants franchise, celebrates his “su
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James S. Hirsch, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $25 (345p) ISBN 978-0-395-97985-3
This authorized biography of Carter by former Wall Street Journal and New York Times reporter Hirsch brings an objective historical perspective to the boxer's story. Scrupulously researched and expertly crafted, Hirsch's updated account of Carter's...
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