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Allen Barra

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A New Biography of 'Smokin' Joe' Frazier, a Champ with the Common Touch

Allen Barra reviews Mark Kram Jr.’s Smokin’ Joe, a biography of Joe Frazier.

by Allen Barra via The National Book Review on October 23, 2020
Wyatt Earp Does Not Rest in Peace

A pair of new books about US Marshal Wyatt Earp are now out. Only one of them shoots straight.

by Allen Barra via Los Angeles Review of Books on August 19, 2020
Greil Marcus Takes a Deep Dive Into "the Stubborn Myth of The Great Gatsby"

An insightful exploration of the ways America has read ‘the Great American Novel.’

by Allen Barra via The National Book Review on July 17, 2020

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Rickwood Field is the oldest ballpark in the United States.

Everyone Should Know About Rickwood Field, the Alabama Park Where Baseball Legends Made History

The sport's greatest figures played ball in the Deep South amid the racism and bigotry that would later make Birmingham the center of the civil rights movement.

by Patrick Sauer via Smithsonian on June 12, 2024

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