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The definitive biography of the baseball legend who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record—the natural way—and withstood a firestorm of media criticism to become one of his era's preeminent players.

ROGER MARIS may be the greatest ballplayer no one really knows. In 1961, the soft-spoken man from the frozen plains of North Dakota enjoyed one of the most amazing seasons in baseball history, when he outslugged his teammate Mickey Mantle to become the game's natural home-run king. It was Mantle himself who said, "Roger was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was." Yet Maris was vilified by fans and the press and has never received his due from biographers—until now.

Tom Clavin and Danny Peary trace the dramatic arc of Maris's life, from his boyhood in Fargo through his early pro career in the Cleveland Indians farm program, to his World Series championship years in New York and beyond. At the center is the exciting story of the 1961 season and the ordeal Maris endured as an outsider in Yankee pinstripes, unloved by fans who compared him unfavorably to their heroes Ruth and Mantle, relentlessly attacked by an aggressive press corps who found him cold and inaccessible, and treated miserably by the organization. After the tremendous challenge of breaking Ruth's record was behind him, Maris ultimately regained his love of baseball as a member of the world champion St. Louis Cardinals. And over time, he gained redemption in the eyes of the Yankee faithful.

With research drawn from more than 130 interviews with Maris's teammates, opponents, family, and friends, as well as 16 pages of photos, some of which have never before been seen, this timely and poignant biography sheds light on an iconic figure from baseball's golden era—and establishes the importance of his role in the game's history. ... Read more

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No Truer Yankee Than This
"Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero" is the complete Roger Maris biography.And, because Maris was a private person who shared very few personal details with writers of the day, the book holds surprises even for those who witnessed the pressure-packed 1961 season and believe they already know the Roger Maris story. Few, for instance, are likely to know that Maris was not born in North Dakota as he claimed or that "Maris" is not the original spelling of his surname - or about the dysfunctional family dynamic that caused the spelling to be changed.

The biography, however, rightfully focuses on the way New York sportswriters and broadcasters conspired to ruin a good man's reputation and to make him miserable during what could have been the best year of his life.Old-school writers, in particular, hated to see Babe Ruth's home run record fall and, if it had to be broken at all, the last thing they wanted to see was someone like Roger Maris do the breaking.Because they did not consider Roger Maris to be a "true Yankee," this unethical group of writers trashed his reputation on a daily basis.They portrayed him as surly and unappreciative, a man who refused to play through his injuries the way Mantle played through his own.They even covered for Mantle's drinking problems and resulting lack of hustle while attacking Maris for not going full out even when ordered to play at a slower pace (to protect an injury) by his manager.And it worked - fans in every American League city hated Maris and never failed to boo or jeer him, even in his home ballpark.

That was bad enough.But just as bad was the unethical wayCommissioner Ford Frick decided to protect the home run record of Babe Ruth, a friend of his, by hanging the infamous "asterisk" on Maris, insisting that Ruth was still the single season champion for a 154-game schedule and that Maris was only the champion for a less impressive 162-game schedule (even though Ruth had three more overall at-bats than Maris).But it gets still worse because, later in his Yankee career, the full extent of a hand injury was kept from Maris by the Yankee front office and his manager, Ralph Houk, a decision that all but ensured he would never fully regain the grip in that hand or be able to pull a ball like he did when it was healthy.This is the same front office that failed to protect Maris from the rabid press in 1961 or even to promote his continuing chase to catch Ruth after the 154th game of the season, the same people who would send him off to St. Louis without ever recognizing what a great Yankee player he actually had been.

Understandably, Roger Maris hated the Yankee organization and Yankee fans by the time he was traded to St. Louis in an underhanded deal that turned out to be the biggest blessing of his career.That he would be able to reconcile with the Yankee organization, thanks to the efforts of George Steinbrenner, and that he would learn to love baseball again because of his experiences with the St. Louis Cardinals, is the best part of the Roger Maris story.When he died at age 51, still in the prime of life, baseball lost one of its all time greats, a man that, in my opinion, deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame despite the successful efforts of a group of despicable writers to keep him out of it.

"Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero" is not just a book for baseball fans because Roger Maris is a true American hero, a man whose story will be an inspiration to anyone who reads this revealing biography.

A biography every baseball fan should read
Although authors Tom Clavin and Danny Peary subtitle their biography of Roger Maris--"Baseball's Reluctant Hero"--many fans and sportswriters rejected Maris as a hero.He was one of the most unpopular and vilified athletes in 1961 as he chased Babe Ruth's single season home run record.

New York sportswriters painted Maris as a "surly, money-hungry ingrate."They treated him as an outsider (he had arrived in New York in 1960), favored Mickey Mantle over him and belittled his feat of 61 homers in 162 games.

Maris was never cut out to be, nor did he want to be, a hero.He just wanted to do his job and be left alone.He wasn't flashy and didn't like to talk about himself.He was serious, quiet, shy and thin skinned.The press, however, wanted him to be dynamic, garrulous and bigger than life.When he disappointed them (which he usually did), he paid the price.

Maris always felt embarrassed about discussing his accomplishments because of the misfortunes of his older brother, Rudy Jr., who was the better athlete until he contracted polio.Maris felt that it was his brother who really deserved to be the hero.

During the 1961 season, Maris was constantly hounded by the media, completely unprotected by the Yankees front office.Writer Maury Allen said Maris faced "the most pressure of any athlete in 55 years" he covered sports.Mantle, who finished with 54 homers in 1961, termed Maris' 61 homers as "the greatest feat in sports history."The Yankees, however, did nothing to recognize the achievement.

Hard to believe, but the fans and press were even harder on Maris in 1962.Mantle said, "The fans gave Maris the worst beating any ballplayer ever took."Playing 157 games, Maris led the Yankees with 33 homers (5th in the AL) and 100 RBI.Mantle, who played 123 games, was voted the American League MVP with 30 homers and 89 RBI. Incredulously, Maris did not receive one single vote for league MVP.Instead, UPI named him Flop of the Year.

Plagued by injuries, Maris' production fell the next four seasons.Although the Yankees promised him that they wouldn't trade him after the 1966 season, they sent him to the St. Louis Cardinals for an unknown player, Charlie Smith.That left a bitter taste in Maris' mouth.

He was, however, cheered and appreciated by the St. Louis fans and readily accepted by his Cardinal teammates.He earned high praise for his clutch hitting and all-round play.He helped lead the Cardinals to the World Series in 1967 and 1968.Maris appeared in more World Series in the 1960s (seven) than any other player.In two seasons with the Cardinals, he hit just 14 home runs.

Maris retired after the 1968 season.In retirement, Maris, who was awarded a valuable beer distributorship by the Busch family, mellowed and reconciled with the Yankees, thanks mainly to the efforts of George Steinbrenner.

In the end, Maris was able to say, "The game was good to me.The good outweighed the bad."He died in 1985 at the age of 51.

The authors did a great job of covering Maris' early years growing up and his career with the Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Athletics before coming to the Yankees.This is a biography that all baseball fans should read.

Home Run King!
After reading this book I have even more respect for Roger Maris than ever. This is a man who deserves Hall of Fame admission.
If you want an excellent read, well crafted and filled with observations from witnesses to the events, this is your book!

Roger Maris
I was aware of all the crap that Roger Maris had to put up with during the 1961 season and the ensuing years with the Yankees, which will always amaze me.A very underrated player.He is the true single-season home run record holder, and not the frauds, like "Big Head" Barry Bonds, Sammy "I Don't Speak English" Sosa, or Mark "He Touched My Heart" McGwire, who cheated Maris, Ruth and Aaron, among others.

I liked this book alot because it takes place in the era when I first came to love the game of baseball, and also because I'm a huge Yankees fan.My only quibble is that I could have done without all the Maras/Maris family history.It was confusing and boring to me.Thankfully, most of the book focuses, as it should, on its subject.For those who have friends or family who are Yankees' fans, this would make a great gift.
Recommended

Hall of Fame Player -- Hall of Fame Book
Very nice book, about a very mis-understood, but very nice man, and great ballplayer.How the press kept him out of the Hall of Fame is one of the biggest crimes perpetrated by the frustrated pundits.Though the book drags a bit with the family tree stuff, you do get a solid appreciation for a guy who has unfortuantely passed for over 25 years.The description of his two MVP seasons in '60 and '61 is very good, as are his two Cardinal years.The book focuses on more than his home runs, but the complete ballplayer he was.His bond with Mickey Mantle is well told also.The last 15 or so pages will tug at your heart, as it describes his last days, as well as his bonds with some of the special people in his life (including Mantle).I re-watched "61", the Billy Crystal movie immediately after reading this.If there is a just God, Roger gets his day in the sun at Cooperstown someday.I hope every voter on the Veterens Committee reads this in the future -- its a crime he's not in there with them.Class book on a class guy. ... Read more

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Title: Getting to Roger.(baseball player Roger Maris)
Author: William Loizeaux
Publication: American Scholar (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2001
Publisher: Phi Beta Kappa Society
Volume: 70Issue: 4Page: 113(11)

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Chapters: Roger Maris, Travis Hafner, Darin Erstad, Chris Coste, Tim Johnson, Rick Helling, Red Hardy, Ken Hunt, Tim Olson, Gary Serum, Mark Lee, Floyd Stromme. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Roger Eugene Maris (September 10, 1934 December 14, 1985) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who is primarily remembered for hitting 61 home runs for the New York Yankees during the 1961 season. This broke Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs (set in 1927) and set a record that would stand for 37 years. Maris played with four teams during a 12-year Major League career, appearing in seven World Series and winning three World Championships. The son of Croatian immigrants, he was born Roger Eugene Maras (he later changed his last name to Maris) in Hibbing, Minnesota. He grew up in Grand Forks and Fargo, North Dakota, where he attended Shanley High School. A gifted athlete, Maris participated in many sports while in Fargo, and excelled at football. He still holds the official high school record for most kickoff return touchdowns in a game, with four. At an early age, Maris exhibited an independent, no-nonsense personality. Recruited to play football at the University of Oklahoma, he arrived by bus in Norman and found no one from the university there to greet him. He turned around and went back to Fargo. In 1952, Maris joined the Reading Indians, the AA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. In the minor leagues, Maris showed talent for both offense and defense. He tied for the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League lead in putouts by an outfielder with 305 while playing for Keokuk Kernels in 1954. Meanwhile, in four minor league seasons (19531956) Maris hit .303 with 78 home runs. In Game 2 of the 1956 Junior World Series, Maris would set a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=303711 ... Read more

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"61 in '61." For years, the phrase held a special place in baseball lore. In three simple words, baseball fans could remember one of the most captivating summers in baseball history, a summer that the most celebrated record in baseball fell.

It was the summer in which two Yankees, everybody's hero, Mickey Mantle, and a farm kid from South Dakota, Roger Maris, staged a stunning assault on Ruth's record.

61* expresses how The Sporting News covered that exciting summer. From its spring training dispatches, through each and every home run, through the controversial so-called 'asterisk' ruling, to the final record-breaking home run, 61* chronicles in week-by-week format the home run race, up to and including the Yankees' World Series victory that year. ... Read more

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Top Notch in Every Category
The basic story of the 1961 Mantle and Maris home run race is pretty well known, but real fans like to know the details, the day-by-day occurrences:what it was like in the trenches for Roger and Mickey.

In "61*" The Sporting News editors give week-by week commentaries on the fortunes of these two Bronx Bombers with an eye-friendly layout.The glossy pages are loaded with large photographs, some in color and some taking up an entire page.Green box charts detail the homers by both sluggers during the week.Newspaper clippings are superimposed. There was so much going on: Japanese newspapers were asking Maris questions, Mantle and Maris were being cast in a movie with Doris Day, and computers were being asked whether one or both would break Babe Ruth's home run record.

The season started hot for Mantle and cold for Maris, and even after Roger had his share of home runs, his batting average was low until a midsummer surge. Shortly after midseason came Commissioner Ford Frick's controversial asterisk ruling (this book is titled "61*," not "61"), which hardly needs an introduction.It seems that today, everyone (I certainly do) thinks it was wrong.Yet photos/comments of 10 AL and NL stars pulled from TSN archives show that more than half agreed with Frick, Ruth's ghostwriter, that in this first 162-game season, 61 homers would have to be hit in the first 154 games for Ruth's record to be considered broken. Mantle agreed: "Mick 'Wouldn't Want Mark If It Was Set in 155 Games'" is the banner head of the double-page display featuring their comments. Hindsight tells us that a season is a season; people who want to count at-bats, plate appearances, and games can do so informally if they want.But Frick's ruling dominated the dialogue on the home run race that was dominating the season.An irony, as "61*" filmmaker Billy Crystal points out in his forward, was that on the day Frick's ruling was announced, both M&M boys lost a homer when a game was rained out.

Crystal wrote that "The summer of 1961 was the greatest of my life." Wasn't it for everyone?But a curious fact is that the Yankees drew only 1.7 million fans.As one writer later remarked, they should have drawn 3 million.There were many empty seats in the Yanks' final games.Nevertheless, the world listened breathlessly, and the tension surrounding Roger's final three homers is a great, detailed story here.Roger hit #59 in game 154 with the wind blowing heavily in, and then had a few near misses in a gallant effort at upsiding Frick.The final pages include commentary on post-1961 years for Mantle and Maris, an interview with Crystal about his film, and yes, a little on Mark McGwire (who had an advantage over Maris, as Barry Bonds had, that I will allow to remain implicit).

This book packs a lot of passion, in prose and photographs.Aside from the seasonal drama, readers will feel that they have learned the true story of Mantle and Maris as men.

A chronicle of that year in baseball and an honest description of the two major players in the drama
In 1998, Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa both broke the major league record for home runs in a season, McGuire finishing with 70 and Sosa with 66. Their joint quest for the record is credited by some with saving baseball after years of labor difficulties, including a lengthy player's strike.
To the older fans, it brought back memories of the 1961 season, when the same thing was happening, only the names were the often revered Mickey Mantle and the man considered an upstart, Roger Maris. Maris ended the season with 61 home runs, one better than the previous record held by the incomparable Babe Ruth. Major controversy was introduced into the chase when baseball commissioner Ford Frick intervened. He decreed that since Ruth hit 60 in a season of 154 games and Maris hit his 61 in 162 games, the Maris record would appear in the record book with an asterisk beside it. Like Mantle, Maris was from a small town and he had a difficult time dealing with the pressures of pursuing a record while playing in New York.
This book is a week-by-week chronicle of that magical year for baseball, when two great players had a great season. It was also very gratifying to read that Maris and Mantle were actually close friends on and off the field. They even shared an apartment in New York City. Smith is also very clear about the difficulties that Maris had with the New York press and fans during his time as a Yankee. He points out that during the first years of his career as a Yankee; Mantle was often maligned, even though he played with constant pain.
1961 was a year when baseball was still the dominant national sport. I was young at the time and can still vividly remember my paternal grandmother giving me a baseball card of Roger Maris that was on the back of a box of Jello gelatin. I was awestruck because like so many boys, Mantle and Maris were my heroes in 1962. Reading this book will help you understand at least some of the excitement of that dynamic year in baseball.

loved the movie and the book
Like me Billy Crystal is a big Yankee fan.We are about the same age, so we were young boys in 1961 (I was 14).Mantle was my idol and in 1956 I was rooting for him to break Babe Ruth's record.Crystal took his own first hand experience and added extensive research to produce a very accurate account of the 1961 home run race.Like most Yankee fans who had grown up idolizing Mantle I too preferred to have Mantle break the record rather than the new and less popular Roger Maris.But I enjoyed the whole thing and every home run Maris hit was another run to add to the score and help the Yankees have one of their greatest season for a team with a history of great seasons.It was only comparable to the 1927 Yankees and perhaps now also the 1998 Yankees.Certainly the Maris and Mantle one-two punch resembled the Ruth and Gehrig punch of the 1927 Yanks.

Mantle was very relaxed during the race probably because he lived through it once in 1956 and also because Maris shared the press and took most of the media pressure away from him.Roger was not experienced at handling the media.This was only his second full season in New York.He previously played for Cleveland and Kansas City.Roger had not been a big home run hitter before coming to the Big Apple but he had a great swing and was a dead pull hitter,So the short low fence only 344 ft in right field and 299 ft at the right field foul poll really helped him as did the fact that the teams could not pitch around him since Mantle hit behind him in the clean-up spot.It was definitely true that Maris' hair started falling out due to the nervousness and pressure he experienced that September.Mantle's hip injury also made it harder in the end since the pitchers were no longer afraid of an occasion base on balls since Mantle was out of the line-up.

The Ford Frick controversy about the asterisk made game 1954 interesting especially since Maris hit his 59th in the game and came up a couple of times to try for sixty.Wilhelm was brought in for no other reason than to make sure that Maris didn't hit one out in his last at bat.It was exciting to see Maris hit number 60 off Jack Fisher even though it was after the 154th game.It also set-up the drama for the 61st in the final game of the season that fittingly occurred in Yankee Stadium with Maris hitting his patented shot into the lower right field stands.

It was real unscripted drama that was great for a movie and a book.Crystak made it seem very authentic.In the movie he even was able to find an actor that looked almost exactly like Roger.The characters that played Mantle, Berra, Cerv and Houk did not closely resemble their characters.

I loved the movie and the book and you will too especially if you are a Yankee fan and even more so if you are a Yankee fan and baby boomer like me!

Rewriting History- Mantle was a Draft Dodger
Crystal's rewriting of history does no one any service. His historical rewriting about Mantle complaining that he "failed" his draft induction physical is laughable at best. Mantle was selected to the all star team that year! Mantle was known as the "fastest man to first base" at this time, and his complaint that he couldn't serve is a joke. Boston Red Sox's Ted Williams, while in Korea on his SECOND tour of military duty (WWII was his first), stated when he was crash landed his fighter jet, he ran away from it "FASTER THAN MICKEY MANTLE!"Crystal a draft dodger himslf (Vietnam), should be ashamed of this portrayal of Mantle and rewriting history! Disgusting.

61*
What a "maaaaahvelous" book put out by Ron Smith and Billy Crystal. A perfect companion to the movie. This book takes us baby boomer Yankee fans back to a magical time in our lives.
The photgraphy is phenomenal and the text --smooth,easy to read and very informative. I loved this book so much I ordered for my sister for Christmas. I have no doubt she will enjoy as much as I did. Everything in the 6l season for the Yankees was amazing, Mantle, Maris, Ford, the unbelievable infeild--this book covers it ALL to perfection. i must read for aging Yankee fans. ... Read more

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In 1961 Roger Maris made Baseball history by hitting 61 home runs...and beating the great Babe Ruth's record. Yet he's still on the outside of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Has his time finally come? Did Maris earn his "title to fame?" ... Read more

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Too many mistakes
Although it was written in a very conversational manner, it has more typographical errors than I've ever seen in a book. I wished I had counted them as I went, but did not. However, there were quite a few. This inattention to detail made me wonder whether or not the author made factual errors. In addition, it was republished in 2002, but not updated. I am a huge Roger Maris fan, but I was fairly disappointed with the book.

Excellent
My Mother read the book. She said it was fantastic. Could not have been written any better.

Mark McGuire
You said he could have been as big as Mark McGuire? I do not thing Roger took steroids my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Legend Deserves Better
As a teenager at Busch Stadium I thrilled to watch Roger Maris play right field during two Cardinal championship seasons.In "Still A Legend" I was introduced to the man wearing number "9".In this work, Harvey Rosenfeld does a good job at projecting the whole Roger Maris.Comparable emphasis is given to Maris the baseball player, Maris the family man, Maris the son of Fargo and Maris the faithful Catholic.

Roger Maris grew up an Fargo, North Dakota where he attended Catholic schools and met his wife, Pat, while developing into a great baseball star.After the minor leagues, Roger continued his march to stardom as a Cleveland Indian and a Kansas City Athletic.Even in Cleveland he was regarded as a surly loner.

After his playing time in his adopted home of Kansas City, Roger was ready for the Yankee pinstripes but not for the glare of the New York press.Although he changed teams, Roger retained a privacy which would forever bar the press from his world and would limit his enjoyment of public adulation.The press would demonize Roger in his pursuit of Babe Ruth's record, while manufacturing the legend of a feud between himself and his roommate, Mickey Mantle.

Throughout the ups and downs of his stormy and injury plagued career, Roger retained his love of baseball which was damped only during the most severe of the onslaughts by fans and media.

This book wears its themes on its sleeve.The main themes are that Roger was not properly appreciated, his purported surliness was merely a justified demand for privacy and that he has been unjustly denied admission into the Hall Of Fame.

Although written by an obvious fan, this book does not do justice to Roger Maris.Too often the story degenerates into a litany of quotes from Roger, his teammates, friends and detractors to be classified as good writing.The sections dealing with the media bias and the injustice of his exclusion from the Hall Of Fame run on too long.This book is more editorial than biography.Still, this book tells much about Roger Maris. It also tells us much about ourselves, the fans.Yankee fans booed the Roger Maris whom they regarded a surly usurper.By contrast, Cardinal fans loved Jolly Roger.This is in keeping with our reputation as the greatest fans in baseball.The story of how the Cardinals restored Roger's enjoyment of the game and delayed his retirement for two years confirm the stories I remember from the time.It is too bad that Roger did not become a Cardinal in 1960.He could have been as big as Mark McGwire. ... Read more

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After Babe Ruth erased Buck Freeman’s record in 1919, the new mark stood for 34 years before Maris bettered it, defying as he did an incredulous sporting public. And just as fans’ anger grew old and Maris was grudgingly credited—or discredited—with an unrepeatable hot streak, along came Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, two goliaths who in 1998 and the years just after proved fans wrong again. But when in 2001, only three years after McGwire seemed to put the record beyond reach, Barry Bonds topped him by two. This time fans were staunch in their disbelief, and while many celebrated Bonds’ achievement, others questioned its significance.

This revised edition of Bill McNeil’s Ruth, Maris, McGwire, and Sosa ("libraries especially will want this"—Library Journal) reviews the careers of each home run titan, with special attention to the record-breaking seasons. The cultural and social changes that may have affected both the players’ season totals and fan reception are also considered. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notable Sports Figures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1837 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Takes a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field. This work features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times. It also includes not only the record-breakers that dominated and changed their sport, but also the controversial figures that made headlines even apart from athletic events. ... Read more

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From the supplier: Ken Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire and Tim Martinez were the picks this year in the media's annual tradition of predicting the overthrow of Roger Maris's 1961 home run record. Newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcast media all participated in the rite, but once again the record stood, leaving plenty of opportunity for hopes to rise again next year.

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Title: The sports media's annual home run hysteria.
Author: Dennis Tuttle
Publication: American Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1997
Publisher: University of Maryland
Volume: v19Issue: n8Page: p14(1)

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