Feagler's Cleveland Sc (Ohio) [Paperback]

Dick Feagler (Author)

Book Description

Series: Ohio | Publication Date: October 1998

Dick Feagler's sharp-witted newspaper columns and TV commentaries have told the stories of this city to hundreds of thousands of Clevelanders for more than three decades.

Now, the best of this award-winning columnist's compelling writing about his home town has been collected in a book for the first time. These 104 essays cover Cleveland politics, sports, crime, people (famous, infamous, and ordinary), and timeless tough issues from 1968 to today.

A vivid depiction of a city's colorful and not always picture-perfect past.

Dick Feagler is also author of "Did You Read Feagler Today?"

Editorial Reviews

Review

#1 Best Seller --The Plain Dealer; "Dick Feagler is to Cleveland what Jimmy Breslin is to New York and Mike Royko is to Chicago." --Cleveland Magazine; "Feagler has serenaded a city with his wit, insight and bell-ringing home runs." --Ohio Magazine; "An overdue treasure" --Northern Ohio Live -- Reviews in the Press

About the Author

Throughout the 1980s, Feagler's columns ran in many northern Ohio newspapers, including the Akron Beacon Journal, the Willoughby News-Herald, the Lorain Journal, the Painesville Telegraph, and the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram.

In 1993, Feagler signed on with The Plain Dealer, where his columns appear regularly on Page 2.

Dick Feagler's other media roles have included regular news commentaries for WKYC-TV3 and WEWS-TV5, hosting his own weekly interview program, "Feagler!," and co-anchoring TV-3's evening newscasts from 1991 to 1993. He served as a senior editor for Cleveland Magazine and contributing editor for Corporate Cleveland. He has appeared on NBC's "Today" and Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow," and many of his commentaries have aired on National Public Radio.

Feagler's many professional honors include the George Foster Peabody Award (1991), the Alfred I. DuPont Award (1991), 21 local Emmys, and numerous awards from United Press International and the Associated Press. Feagler was inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame in 1994.

Dick Feagler is also author of "Did You Read Feagler Today?"

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Gray & Co (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886228108
• ISBN-13: 978-1886228108
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,880,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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