In "The Last Hero", Bryant chronicles Aaron's childhood in segregated Alabama, his brief stardom in the Negro Leagues, his complicated relationship with celebrity, and his historic rivalry with Willie Mays--all culminating in the defining event of his life: his shattering of Bab…
In "The Last Hero", Bryant chronicles Aaron's childhood in segregated Alabama, his brief stardom in the Negro Leagues, his complicated relationship with celebrity, and his historic rivalry with Willie Mays--all culminating in the defining event of his life: his shattering of Bab…
Henry Aaron's reputation has only grown in magnitude: he broke existing records (RBIs, total bases, extra-base hits) and set new ones (hitting at least thirty home runs per season fifteen times, becoming the first player in history to hammer five hundred home runs and three thou…
by Hodge, Roger, Armstrong, Ken, Bensinger, Ken, Brown, Barrett, Bryant, Howard, Ford, Paul, Garrison, Jessica, Hammer, Joshua, Miller, T. Christian, Mogelson, Luke, Schulz, Kathryn, Singer-Vine, Jeremy, Smith, Shane, Teague, Matthew, Winter, Meaghan, Zhang, Jenny
This year's Best American Magazine Writing features outstanding writing on contentious issues including incarceration, policing, sexual assault, labor, technology, and environmental catastrophe. Selections include Paul Ford's ambitious "What Is Code?" (Bloomberg Businessweek), a…