Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
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Edition 15 (2005) Nominee
Allen Barra
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Allen Barra
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Birmingham, Alabama (grew up) → South Orange, New Jersey (current)
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, author, sportswriter
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- American Heritage magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Salon
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Inventing Wyatt Earp: His Life and Many Legends
1998 BiographyA well-researched, provocative study of the man and his legend.
Wyatt Earplegendshistory
Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee
2009 Sports biographyBiography of Yogi Berra.
baseballYogi Berra
Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark
2010 Sports historyHistory of Rickwood Field, America's oldest ballpark.
ballparkhistory
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- sports writingjournalistic
- Recurring Motifs
- sportsbaseballbiography
Legacy
American journalist and author principally of sports books, noted for works on Wyatt Earp and Yogi Berra.