Moehringer speaks about his book sutton at the bookexpo america bea 2012. This is a book that sucks you into the story almost right from the. Journalist and author of the tender bar 2005 and sutton 2012. Moehringer as the man who cowrote the book with him. Search and get a list of all events for your favorite j.
David moehringer is 46 years old and was born on 09301973. Waiting for willie on his release are a reporter and a photographer that is all moehringer calls them. As a boy, jr would press his ear to a battered clock radio, straining to hear in that resonant voice the secrets of identity and masculinity. It was the voice of his father, a new york city disc jockey who vanished before j. He is also an avid bicyclist in the summer and gym rat in the winter. Moehringer at a book reading in bryant park i wanted to thank him for his insights. T he past is deeply embedded in the obscure corners of the mind. In the tradition of this boys life and the liars club, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar. Inspired by agassis ringing recommendation of the tender bar, i decided to take a chance on it. Sutton gives them a greatesthits tour of his past, while readers get more substantive flashbacks. Heres just some of the telling hardware moehringer has taken home for his stories.
A 1986 graduate of yale university, moehringer began his journalism career as a news assistant at the new york times. Moehringer, author of sutton americas 1920s, bankrobbing robin hood in his first novel, j. Why tiger woods memoir could be among his greatest. My father left but after we had moved to scottsdale. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Jr moehringer grew up listening for a voice, the voice of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before jr spoke his first words. Moving and funny, this is a wonderful memoir of the authors early years. If you are the author, or personally familiar with the author, and disagree, please tell us.
Sutton was selected by amazon books editors as one of our best books of the month for september. We use cookies on this site to enhance the visitor experience. Roundup of sports books of the year the irish times. The new york times bestseller and one of the 100 most notable books of 2005. The immortal life of henrietta lacks, and a related 20 oped.
Jr moehringer podcasts from the tender bar authors on tour. Moehringer does for bank robber willie sutton in this fascinating biographical novel of americas most successful bank robber newsday. Chris bohjalian is the third most talented artist in a family of three. In 1990, he moved to breckenridge, colorado, and worked at the rocky mountain.
Trivia 2 he and david spade attended saguaro high school in scottsdale, arizona together. The reporter wants the big scoop on who killed arnold schuster. Moehringer writes from the point of view of willie sutton, whom he calls the. Moehringer is a work of fiction but the protagonist, willie sutton actually existed. Other names that david uses includes dave moehringer and david c moehringer. Davids present occupation is listed as a massage therapist at selfemployed. Moehringer the tender bar pulitzer prizewinning journalist j. Willie sutton was born in the irish slums of brooklyn in 1901, and he came of age at a time when banks were out of control. Moehringer completely misses vollmanns point that cold mountain is, much like shangrila, an unobtainable destination, although he does seem to understand. Moehringer writes a masterful book to show us we never really know each other. This one is about the rapist and murderer, the golden state killer. Moehringer born december 7, 1964 is an american novelist and journalist.
Each stop on the tour is a touchstone for willie as he relives and recounts these seminal moments. See more ideas about book trailers, books and this or that questions. As part of the stories of the year collection, this piece is being resurfaced along with others in the coming days as espn digital and print. Moehringer memoir the tender bar, with melfi to write the script and direct. Moehringer author of the tender bar and coauthor of andre agassis memoir, open stopped by. He graduated from saguaro high school in scottsdale in 1982. But shea was his home and he had to make one last visit. Like denfield, moehringer has reading comprehension problems, although thankfully not as severe. Moehringer, author of the tender bar, on librarything. Moehringers writing that makes you feel you arent stepping into a book so much as a dimly lit but welcoming bar. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for john moehringer.
Why we even had our own joey d and our cager was simply arnie who wore his camos and carried an m 16 on his hip while he searched for army deserters in bed sty. People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream filling in an oreo, should stick to comic strips and soap operas. Sutton saw only one way out and only one way to win the girl of his dreams. Among the most notorious criminals in american history, he spent half his life in prison, the other half.
Moehringer talks about the inspiration for sutton at the book expo. Its the force that shaped mary lees world, drew it like a hurried artist signing his name with a piece of charcoal in the lower. Find j moehringers phone, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory. Moehringer was born on december 7, 1964 in new york city, new york, usa as john joseph moehringer jr. He is a writer, known for resurrecting the champ 2007, the tender bar and sutton. Many memories are forgotten, while others are promptly recalled with the help of a triggera smell, a phrase, a taste. A better title for this novel might have been, had.
Moehringers novel cracks vault on robber willie sutton. Awardwinning news and culture, features breaking news, indepth reporting and criticism on politics, business, entertainment and technology. He was the winner of the pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2000, and a pulitzer finalist for feature writing in 1998 for his magazine piece resurrecting the champ, an article which was recently adapted for a film starring samuel l. Nyt bestselling and pulitzer prizewinning journalist j. Im told that sony pictures and chernin entertainment are nearing a rights deal for the j. Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the kindle edition of this book. If you believe the author, in this moving and very human portrait of willie sutton, he was a good boy gone bad because of circumstances beyond his control. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for thomas moehringer. Moehringer is a former nieman fellow at harvard university. Jr moehringer and i are like brothers from similar, but different mothers. Jr moehringer brings to life one of the most interesting and notorious criminals of the 20th century. His lovely bride is a photographer and their daughter is an actor. Moehringer was born in new york city and was raised by a single mother in manhasset, new york and, later, in scottsdale, arizona. Careers blog about amazon press center investor relations amazon devices amazon tours.
The guess about moehringer is based primarily on these. Willie sutton was driven by two things a lost love and a fierce vendetta against banks. It uses the present tense, as if the book already exists. An astounding and rare true crime book appears on crime fiction lover. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Discover book depositorys huge selection of j r moehringer books online.
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