Richard Jewell by Marie Brenner
Soon to be a major film from Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood--starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Walter Hauser This collection of captivating profiles from Vanity Fair writer Marie Brenner spans her award-winning career and features larger-than-life figures such as Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai, and Richard Jewell--the security guard whose dramatic heroism at the bombing of the 1996 Olympics made him the FBI's prime suspect. Previously published as A Private War, Marie Brenner's Richard Jewell tells a gripping true story of heroism and injustice. In the early morning hours of July 27, 1996, three pipe bombs exploded at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, killing one person and injuring 111 others. Hundreds more potential casualties were prevented by the vigilance and quick actions of security guard Richard Jewell, who uncovered the bombs and began evacuating the area. But no good deed goes unpunished. Desperate for a lead, investigators and journalists pursued Jewell as a potential suspect in the case, painting him as an obvious match for the infamous lone bomber profile. Accused of being a terrorist and a failed law enforcement officer who craved public recognition for his false heroics, he saw his reputation smeared across headlines and broadcasts nationwide. After a months-long investigation found no evidence against him, the US Attorney finally cleared Jewell's name. Yet Jewell would not be fully exonerated in the eyes of the public until the actual bomber confessed in 2005, just two years before Jewell's premature death at the age of forty-four. In Richard Jewell, veteran journalist Marie Brenner brilliantly chronicles Jewell's ordeal to share the story of an ordinary man whose life was shattered by a false narrative. This collection also includes Brenner's classic encounters with Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai, Marie Colvin, and others.Marie Brenner is a Vanity Fair writer-at-large and an author. She is the author of five books, including Great Dames: What I Learned from Older Women and The Bingham Family of Louisville, which was a New York Times bestseller. She began working at Vanity Fair in 1985 and has since worked as a writing editor for New York magazine and the New Yorker, as well as contributing stories to the New York Times Magazine and Vogue. Six First Page prizes for journalism and the Frank Luther Mott Kappa Tau Alpha Award for research have been bestowed upon her. Her investigation (France's Scarlet Letter) into the increase of anti-Semitism in France in 2003 made international headlines.
The Man Who Knew Too Much, her expose of the tobacco business, was adapted into the 1999 film The Insider, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Obsessed, based on her piece Erotomania, was made into a Lifetime movie. She currently resides in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781982148720 |
| ISBN 10 | 1982148721 |
| Title | Richard Jewell |
| Author | Marie Brenner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon And Schuster |
| Year published | 2019-12-10 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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