Americas story has always been best told in its newspapers. From the local and mundane crime blotters, crop prices, and Sunday sermons to the Federalist Papers and Watergate, the press has played an outsized role in our nations culture and history.
Now in its fifth hardcover printing, Deadline Artists celebrates the relevance of the newspaper column through the simple power of excellent writing. It is an inspiration for a new generation of writers whether their medium is print or digitallooking to learn from the best of their predecessors.Contributors include: Jimmy Breslin, Ernie Pyle, Dorothy Thompson, Thomas L. Friedman, David Brooks, Ernest Hemingway, Will Rogers, Langston Hughes, Woody Guthrie, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, H.L. Mencken, Art Buchwald, William F. Buckley, Dave Barry, Anna Quindlen, George Will, and Pete Hamill.
