H. A. Dorfman

Babbling Echoes

Soundings from Yesteryear

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Produktbeschreibung

Harvey Dorfman was an educator, journalist, counselor, coach, and consultant. This volume is a collection of selected articles written by Dorfman over the span of four decades. Included are personal reflections, social commentary, interviews of both public and private personages, and feature stories on subjects of general interest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780761859277
• ISBN-10: 0761859276
• Artikelnr.: 35938321

Autorenporträt

H. A. Dorfman was a staff member of the Oakland Athletics, the Florida Marlins, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over a period of fourteen years. In 1999, Dorfman became a full-time consultant in sport psychology for the Scott Boras Corporation, an agency that represents professional baseball players. He was still consulting - and writing - at the time of his death in 2011.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Edmund and the Birds Upland Winter
January-February
1973 2. A Labor Day Revisited The Manchester Journal
August 30
1973 3. Theo North: Scourge of Christmas Past The Bennington Banner
January 5
1974 4. Good News for Mankind The Manchester Journal
March 14
1974 5. Youth Revisited
or
Victory for Milton and Friends The New York Times
April
21
1974 6. Trying to Go Home Again The Manchester Journal
April 25
1974 7. Dear Visitor
Enjoy Our Home The Vermont Times
September
1974 8. The Udder Side of the Mountain The Vermont Times
October
1974 9. The Umpire Is Always Right
Except When He Is Proved Wrong The New York Times
October 20
1974 10. A Tongueless Grief The Manchester Journal
December 19
1974 11. The Chocolate Surprise Incident The Manchester Journal
January 9
1975 12. The Pinewood Project The Manchester Journal
February 6
1975 13. Lincoln Lore The Manchester Journal
February 13
1975 14. Relationship of Sports
Society
'75 The Rutland Herald
March 19
1975 15. The National Pastime Or
A Little Bit of Luck The New York Times
April 6
1975 16. Call This Phenom's Story a Change of Pace The Boston Globe
May 9
1975 17. You Get the Message? The Manchester Journal
July 24
1975 18. Woman Umpire Story: The Perils of Christine The New York Times
August 17
1975 19. Books
Children and Parents The Manchester Journal
December 18
1975 20. Christine Wren: Another Season The New York Times
June 6
1976 21. Casey Stengel
Facts and Much Fiction The New York Times
September 26
1976 22. Things Have Gone Real Well for Floyd Patterson The Rutland Herald
October 10
1976 23. No Hugging
Ma'am
Just the 3 R's The Rutland Herald
May 4
1978 24. A Big Snoot Full of Very Sour Grapes The Rutland Herald
June 22
1978 25. A Barrel Full of Uneeda Philosophy The Rutland Herald
August 3
1978 26. Turning Back to One Who Made a Mark The Rutland Herald
August 10
1978 27. Dear Ms. Jane Pauley The Rutland Herald
May 3
1979 28. A 19-Year-Old Metamorphosis The Rutland Herald
May 17
1979 29. Their Night at the Races The Rutland Herald
May 31
1979 30. Dealing with Skeptics
the Little League
Coaches and Mothers The Rutland Herald
June 7
1979 31. Aunt Rose's Lasting Gift The Rutland Herald
June 14
1979 32. Three Cheers Please for a Sportswriter The Rutland Herald
August 2
1979 33. There She Goes
His Ideal - and Hope The Rutland Herald
August 16
1979 34. A Father Gives His Young Son a Lesson
and Also Learns One The New York Times
August 26
1979 35. The Lone Ranger's Call Heard Clearly Here The Rutland Herald
August 30
1979 36. From the Armchair of Harvey Dorfman The Rutland Herald
September 12
1979 37. Real Hearts Have Their Reasons The New York Times
February 14
1981 38. An Old Man and a Sand Castle The Miami Herald
March 15
1981 39. Coffee Cutoff Causes Chaos The Boston Herald American
April 23
1981 40. Pragmatism Is Perpendicular The Rutland Herald
May 28
1981 41. Banana Belt Still Fights an Old Battle The Rutland Herald
August 15
1981 42. Galbraith's View of Vermont The Rutland Herald
August 24
1981 43. Herbie Dorfson Fights Back The Hartford Courant
November 3
1981 44. Lola Aiken: Another View from Putney The Rutland Herald
February 2
1982 45. The Right Idea
The Wrong Button The Rutland Herald
April 1
1982 46. It's Also the Molly Stark Trail The Rutland Herald
April 25
1982 47. Hell Hath No Fury Like Nancy Kissinger The Rutland Herald
June 17
1982 48. Dad and Me The Rutland Herald
June 20
1982 49. Some Lives Go On Previously unpublished
July
1989 50. Late Shot The Los Angeles Times
October 3
2001 About the Author