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(1934-2007) Journalist, author. David Halberstam was born in New York City in 1934. Halberstam worked for the “Daily Times Leader” in West Point, Mississippi, the “Nashville Tennessean,” the “New York Times,” and “Harper’s” magazine. Halberstam was a 1964 Pulitzer Prize winner for his reporting on the Viet Nam war. Mr. Halberstam died in a car accident near San Francisco, California in 2007.

Full Name

David Halberstam

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


1934

BIRTH

David Halberstam was born in New York City in 1934.

1951

RESIDENCE

David Halberstam lived in Westchester County, New York and attended Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, New York, graduating in 1951.

1961

LITWORK

The Noblest Roman
Houghton-Mifflin
ASIN: B0007DSNRM

1964

OTHER

Halberstam was a 1964 Pulitzer Prize winner for his reporting on the Viet Nam war.

1965

LITWORK

The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam During the Kennedy Era
McGraw-Hill.
0-07-555092-X
Nonfiction.

1967

LITWORK

One Very Hot Day
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.
ASIN: B000HFUAT4

1968

LITWORK

The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy
Random House.
0-394-45025-6
Nonfiction.

1971

LITWORK

Ho
McGraw-Hill.

0-07-554223-4
Nonfiction.

1972

LITWORK

The Best and the Brightest
Ballantine Books.
0-449-90870-4
Nonfiction.

1979

LITWORK

The Powers That Be
University of Illinois Press
0-252-06941-2
Nonfiction.

1981

LITWORK

The Breaks of the Game
Ballantine Books
0-345-29625-7
Nonfiction.

1985

LITWORK

The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
Ballantine Books
0-449-91003-2
Nonfiction.

1986

LITWORK

The Reckoning
Avon Books
0-380-72147-3
Nonfiction.

1989

LITWORK

The Summer of '49
Harper Perennial Modern Classics

0-06-088426-6
Nonfiction.

1991

LITWORK

The Next Century
Random House
0-517-09882-2
Essay.

1993

LITWORK

The Fifties
Ballantine Books
0-449-90933-6
Nonfiction.

1994

LITWORK

23651
Ballantine Books
0-449-98367-6
Nonfiction.

1999

LITWORK

The Children
Ballantine Books
0-449-00439-2
Nonfiction.

1999

LITWORK

Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
Broadway Books
0-7679-0444-3
Nonfiction.

1999

LITWORK

Sports On New York Radio
McGraw-Hill
1-57028-197-1
Nonfiction.

2001

LITWORK

War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals
Scribner
0-7432-2323-3

2002

LITWORK

Firehouse
Firehouse
0-7868-8851-2

2003

LITWORK

The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship
Hyperion
0-7868-8867-9

2005

LITWORK

Bill Belichick: The Education of a Coach
Hyperion
1-4013-0879-1

2007

DEATH

David Halberstam died in a car accident near San Francisco, California in 2007.

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