Gary M. Pomerantz, Author . Crown $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-609-60633-9
The title refers to the time that elapsed from the catastrophic failure of flight 529's left engine to the moment the 65-foot fuselage came to a twisted halt in a hayfield in southeastern Georgia. The 29 passengers and crew (of which 19 survived)
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Gary M. Pomerantz, Author . Crown $25.95 (300p) ISBN 978-1-4000-5162-5
The innocuous game of bridge turned deadly in Kansas City, Mo., in 1929 when Myrtle Bennett apparently shot her husband dead in a dispute over a game. In recounting this tale, Pomerantz introduces an ensemble of 1920s characters ranging from Ely...
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Gary M. Pomerantz, Author Penguin Books $20 (688p) ISBN 978-0-14-026509-5
PW praised the ""rich details and vibrant characterizations"" of this history of two prominent Atlanta families, one black, one white. (May)
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Gary M. Pomerantz, Author Scribner Book Company $27.5 (656p) ISBN 978-0-684-80717-1
This compelling account of the rise of Atlanta from the devastation of the Civil War to its present role as host of the 1996 Olympics is told through a generational biography of two families--one black and one white. Displaying his excellent...
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Gary M. Pomerantz, Author Crown Publishers $24.95 (267p) ISBN 978-1-4000-5160-1
On March 2, 1962, in a drafty, half-full, 8,000-seat arena in Hershey, Pa., Wilt Chamberlain (aka the Big Dipper) scored a stunning 100 points in a single game against the New York Knicks-a watershed moment for the fledgling NBA. Drawing on...
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Gary M. Pomerantz. Simon & Schuster, $28 (480p) ISBN 978-1-4516-9162-7
The Pittsburgh Steelers won four Super Bowls between 1974 and 1979, thanks to a talented team that featured 12 Hall of Famers and some household names like Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Greene, and Franco Harris. Overdrawing from more than 200 interviews,
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Gary M. Pomerantz. Penguin Press, $28 (346p) ISBN 978-0-7352-2361-5
In this eloquent biography, Pomerantz (Wilt: 1962) details the relationship between Boston Celtics teammates Bob Cousy and Bill Russell, both now in the Hall of Fame. When Russell joined the Boston Celtics as the team’s only African-American player...
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Gary M. Pomerantz, Author, Boyd Gaines, Read by , read by Boyd Gaines. Simon & Schuster Audio $26 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7435-0591-8
The first tape of Pomerantz's account is almost unbearably dry: a detailed report of a young man's career decisions; a repair job on a stress-fractured propeller; groups of seemingly unrelated, meticulously recorded facts. And Gaines's...
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