![]() | _Benwa: Are we having the Special Olympics on July 18? Or did this get postponed? about 5 minutes ago |
![]() | matlock: Excellent speech without notes or slides from @balf about 2012 Olympics. Now @hondanhon up to talk about sixtostart about 43 minutes ago |
![]() | lpsy05: thinking y is AYG much more Grand than Special Olympics?
is it that SO is for people with special needs? Or juz that we look down on them? about 3 hours ago |
![]() | _chalkie_: I think the local school are having a sports day on the playing field at the end of my road. Either that or they started the Olympics early! about 5 hours ago |
![]() | MelissaKeeeee: Don't talk to me about Asian Youth Games or Youth Olympics. Hate it. about 5 hours ago |
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Wilma Rudolph is a central figure in "Rome 1960." |
| By Drew Olson Senior Editor E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Drew Olson |
| Published July 24, 2008 at 1:24 p.m. |
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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Maraniss appears at 7 p.m. tonight at Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, 4093 N. Oakland Ave., in Shorewood.
Maraniss, a Madison native, is promoting his latest book, "Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World." In the book, he looks at some of the memorable figures from those games -- Wilma Rudolph, Cassius Clay, Rafer Johnson and others -- and explores how their exploits were shaped by the political, social and cultural forces at work at the time.
Maraniss' other books include "When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi," "First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton," "They Marched Into Sunlight -- War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967," and "Clemente -- The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero."
Maraniss got the idea for "Rome 1960" while researching his book about the late Pittsburgh Pirates star Roberto Clemente.
"His first great season was 1960, when the Pirates won the National League pennant and then the World Series against the Yanks," Maraniss said. "I was researching that book, looking through old sports sections from august and September of that year, I kept seeing these amazing names -- Wilma Rudolph, Cassius Clay, Abebe Bikila, Rafer Johnson, Jerry West and Oscar Robertson.
"That drew me to it. Then when I realized that through those games in Rome I could illuminate history and sociology at the same time and put together everything I love, that's when I dug into the book."
Look for a more in-depth interview with Maraniss in the coming weeks at OnMilwaukee.com.
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