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Jim Stovall

William Roughead, founder of modern true-crime books

No one that I know of has the title of Founder of Modern True-Crime Literature (or some such), but if such a title existed, the leading…

Mar 30, 2020

William Roughead, founder of modern true-crime books

Mar 30, 2020

Jim Stovall

Ida Tarbell — the sharp, powerful arrow of her words (part 1)

When Ida Tarbell fired an arrow of words at a target, she aimed with the accuracy and power of a book full of facts.

Mar 25, 2020

Ida Tarbell — the sharp, powerful arrow of her words (part 1)

Mar 25, 2020

Jim Stovall

Jack Higgins, aka Harry Patterson

When The Eagle Has Landed was published in 1975, it was an immediate and huge hit for its author Harry Patterson, who was writing under the…

Mar 9, 2020

Jack Higgins, aka Harry Patterson

Mar 9, 2020

Jim Stovall

Is American football dying? Not yet, but the longterm outlook is unclear

Football is still the most popular sport on American television, but the thrill of the game seems somehow diminished.

Mar 24, 2019

Is American football dying? Not yet, but the longterm outlook is unclear

Mar 24, 2019

Jim Stovall

The Belfast Project tapes and the murder of Jean McConville

The Troubles is how everyone refers to it — the violence that wracked Northern Ireland for much of the latter half of the 20th century.

Mar 23, 2019

Mar 23, 2019

Jim Stovall

Marie Owens, America’s first female police officer — and others

America’s first female police officer was, for nearly a century, lost to us for nearly a century because of a historian’s mistake. In the…

Mar 22, 2019

Mar 22, 2019

Jim Stovall

The college admissions scandal: a modest proposal

What has practically every story you’ve read or heard during the last couple of weeks about the college admissions scandal had in common?

Mar 21, 2019

The college admissions scandal: a modest proposal

Mar 21, 2019

Jim Stovall

Dick Francis, a top jockey and an even better mystery author

When Dick Francis took his horse Devon Loch up over the last hurdle at the 1956 Grand National Steeplechase, he was on top of the British…

Mar 21, 2019

Dick Francis, a top jockey and an even better mystery author

Mar 21, 2019

Jim Stovall

Emma Lathen: a dual force in mystery literature

If you were an avid reader of mystery novels in the 1960s, you were probably aware of three female mystery writers more than any others…

Mar 21, 2019

Mar 21, 2019

Jim Stovall

Dan Jenkins, 1928–2019, RIP

Back in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, if you had a sacred cow — particularly if it had to do with sports or anything connected — Dan Jenkins…

Mar 21, 2019

Dan Jenkins, 1928–2019, RIP

Mar 21, 2019

Jim Stovall

Jim Stovall

Jim Stovall: retired journalism prof; writes regularly about journalism, writing, books, beekeeping, art and just about anything else; his website is JPROF.com

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