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Title: The MAN TO SEE by Evan Thomas ISBN: 0-671-79211-3 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 November, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great Book
Comment: This is one of the best biographies ever written. A wonderful piece about an interesting man.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Magnificent Biography of a Fascinating Man
Comment: Take a fascinating subject-- Edward Bennett Williams. Add a highly-skilled author with remarkably deep interviewing and archival research skills-- Evan Thomas. Put in a lot of hard work. And presto-- you have Thomas' "The Man To See," one of the most thorough biographies ever written (I have read many hundreds).
Edward Bennett Williams was one of the most dynamic men of the 20th Century-- a great figure of destiny whose life would have seemed emptier had not Evan Thomas been his biographer. EBW was a self-made man in the days where one could still achieve that accolade. He was no spoiled yuppie of family money. Bright, hard-working, forward-thinking, compassionate and disciplined-- and a wonderful rogue!-- this was Edward Bennett Williams. Warts and all, Evan Thomas presents the larger-than-life lawyer who pioneered criminal law practice in postwar America, bringing the constitution into the 20th Century. He sought power for the purpose of doing good, after doing well. Thomas interviewed practically every living person with whom EBW had a conversation or situation.
I am re-reading "The Man to See" for the fourth time in ten years. It remains fresh and fun. What a brilliant book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, Excellent book
Comment: This is one of the best biographies I have ever read. It is a great story about a great man. I read a lot of biographies and I can tell when the author is fauning over his subject - just read some of Robert Slater's books on Jack Welch. Thomas book did none of that. Thomas made you feel that he was giving an accurate and true account of Williams life. Of couse Thomas was helped by selecting a subject that was larger than life, a one of a kind person both in legal talent and raw personality. This book is right up there with "Vince", Michael O'Brien's biography of Vince Lombardi. Interestingly, Lomardi and Williams were very much alike - both very religious yet profane, and above the rest of their competitors in their chosen fields. They were also both like to drink, were emotional and quick to say exactly what they thought or felt about something. I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read biographies about great men.
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Title: Lawyer: A Life of Counsel and Controversy by Arthur L. Liman, Peter Israel ISBN: 1586481770 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The VERY BEST MEN : Four Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIA by Evan Thomas ISBN: 0684825384 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 10 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Trial Lawyers: The Nation's Top Litigators Tell How They Win by Emily Couric ISBN: 0312051727 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The WISE MEN : Six Friends and the World They Made by Walter Isaacson ISBN: 0684837714 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Robert Kennedy : His Life by Evan Thomas ISBN: 0743203291 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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