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The Forgotten
How the People of One Pennsylvania County Elected Donald Trump and Changed America
By Ben Bradlee, Jr.
Reviews of Ben Bradlee, Jr.’s “The Forgotten”:
The Forgotten review: Ben Bradlee Jr delivers 2020 lessons for Democrats - The Guardian 11/10/18
Second Washpost review of The Forgotten 11/01/18
Boston Globe 10/28/18
Associated Press 10/2/18
The Washington Post 10/19/18
TV AND RADIO INTERVIEWS
Rolling Stone Interview 11/6/18
9/28/18 Interview with Walter Isaacson for PBS' Amanpour & Company
10/30/18 Interview with Michael Smerconish on Sirius XM radio
10/29/18 interview with Brian Lehrer of WNYC, the NY NPR station
National Book Review interview 10/23/18
"Morning Joe" MSNBC 10/22/18
CNN Michael Smerconish 10/27/18
NPR "Here and Now" 10/17/18
OTHER MEDIA
Lawrence O'Donnell MSNBC 10/18/18
BBC America 10/4/18
Excerpt from The Forgotten in Politico 10/3/18
Life Elsewhere Interview 10/14/18
Go to Listen on Demand panel, then click date of interview 10/14/18 to play.
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Video of 10/24/18 WHYY interview with studio audience
Boston Neighborhood Network New 10/24/18
Wilkes-Barre PA Times Leader feature story on The Forgotten 9/29/18
Wilkes-Barre PA Times Leader editorial on The Forgotten 9/30/18
The Kid
The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
By Ben Bradlee, Jr.
Reviews of Ben Bradlee, Jr.’s “The Kid”:
American Spectator’s Paul Reid reviews “The Kid” in the March 2014 issue
The Wall Street Journal, by Howard Schneider, Dec. 6, 2013
The Splenetic Splinter
USA Today, by Don Oldenburg, Dec. 21, 21013
Ted Williams bio “The Kid” hits it out of the park
Amazon.com, by Neal Thompson, an “Amazon Best Book of the Month, December 2013” Dec. 1, 2013
UT-San Diego, Doug Williams, Dec. 1, 2013
A TRULY SPLENDID BIOGRAPHY: Bradlee’s “The Kid” paints a more complete portrait of Ted Williams than previous efforts
The Associated Press, by Jerry Harkavy, Dec. 3, 2013, published by more than four dozen newspapers
The Definitive Portrait of Baseball’s Greatest Hitter
Slate, by David Bry, Dec. 5, 2013
Natural Hitter My Ass: The Perfect Swing and Complicated Life of Ted Williams
The New York Times Sunday Book Review, by Charles McGrath, Dec. 7, 2013
The Splendid Splinter: The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams, by Ben Bradlee, Jr.
The Boston Globe, by Allan Barra, Dec. 7, 2013
An unsentimental look at Ted Williams the man, the player
The New York Times Sunday Book Review, by Gregory Cowles, Dec. 22, 2013
Inside The List
Claude R. Marx reviews “The Kid” in the Washington Times
The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune’s Bob D'Angelo reviews “The Kid”
The Washington Post’s Steven V. Roberts reviews “The Kid”
The New York Times reviews “The Kid”
The Denver Post’s Troy E. Renck reviews “The Kid”
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Glenn Atschuler reviews “The Kid,” Dec. 15, 2013
Lucas Mann reviews “The Kid” for the San Francisco Chronicle
“The Kid” is “The Best Book Ever Written About Red Sox Slugger Ted Williams”
Robert Israel recommends “The Kid” in ArtsFuse
Entertainment Weekly gives “The Kid” an A
TV and radio interviews in support of “The Kid”:
Christopher Lydon interviews Ben Bradlee, Jr. for “Radio Open Source”
Greater Boston, WGBH-TV (PBS), with Emily Rooney, Dec. 2, 2013
Baseball and Cryonics: Ben Bradlee, Jr. Talks About Red Sox Slugger Ted Williams
Fresh Air, with Dave Davies, Dec. 3, 2013, nationally syndicated NPR show. Segment had aired on more than three dozen regional NPR stations by Dec. 10, 2013
A Perfectionist Ballplayer With Many Demons
Broadside, NECN-TV (Comcast-owned regional news network), with Jim Braude, Dec. 4, 2013
Telling the story of Ted Williams
Radio Boston, WBUR-FM, (NPR), with Bob Oakes, Dec. 5, 2013
Ben Bradlee, Jr. On Ted Williams
Taking Stock, Bloomberg News, with Pimm Fox, Dec. 6, 2013
What Ted Williams Was Like On and Off the Field
Stay Up Late with KO, ESPN TV, with Keith Olbermann, Dec. 6, 2013
Ben Bradlee, Jr. joins Keith Olbermann to discuss “The Kid”
WBUR-FM/The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Dec. 8, 2013, with Bob Ryan
Charlie Rose, PBS, with Charlie Rose, Dec. 16, 2013
WBZ-AM NewsRadio 1030, NightSide, with Dan Rea, Dec. 17, 2103
CBS This Morning, with Gayle King, Norah O’Donnell and Anthony Mason, Dec. 18, 2013
The Sporting Life, ESPN Radio, with Jeremy Schaap, Dec. 22, 2013
Midday Edition, KPBS, with Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh, Jan. 14, 2013
The City Club of San Diego hosts Ben Bradlee, Jr. , Jan. 14, 2014
News About “The Kid”:
Boston Globe special excerpts from “The Kid”
Details about Ted Williams’s life and last hours, first of three parts
Part Two: Feud with the sportswriters helped Ted hit harder
Part Three: Williams and DiMaggio approached things differently
Robert Birnbaum talks with Ben Bradlee, Jr. about “The Kid” and how it was received
The New Haven Register’s Chip Malafronte says Bradlee leaves “no stone unturned”
Orange County Register’s Marcia A. Smith on “The Kid”
Boston Globe chat readers ask Ben Bradlee, Jr. about “The Kid”
“The Kid” cited as a great seller for independent book stores
La Jolla’s Patch.com writes about Ben Bradlee, Jr.
Kevin Cullen writes about Ben Bradlee and “The Kid”
Tucker Shaw in the Denver Post: Five questions with Ben Bradlee Jr.
“The Kid” debuts on the New York Times’ Best Sellers’ List
A look inside the New York Times’ Sunday Book Review’s best sellers’ list by Gregory Cowles
Ted Williams: Mexican American Baseball Superstar, War Hero,
by Raoul Lowery Contreras
Ben Affleck talks about Ted Williams with Entertainment Weekly
Biographers International interviews Ben Bradlee, Jr.
Boston magazine’s Matthew Reed Baker on the “ultimate Ted Williams biography”
The Improper Bostonian “Ted Talk” interview with Ben Bradlee, Jr.
The New York Times Style Section on biographies that don’t “skimp” on details
Colby College’s alumni magazine profiles Ben Bradlee, Jr.
Recent News
Book Reviews of "The Forgotten"
TV and Radio Interviews
Morning Joe - MSNBC
CNN
NPR's "Here and Now"
Bradlee Featured in Recent PBS Documentary on Ted Williams
Ben - who wrote the 2013 biography "The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams" - discusses Williams in the 60-minute American Masters production: "Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived" which aired on 7/23/18
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Bradlee Featured in "Spotlight"
Ben was portrayed by actor John Slattery in the film "Spotlight", which won the Best Picture Oscar in 2016. The movie is about the Boston Globe's investigation into the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis for which the paper was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2003. As Deputy Managing Editor, Ben oversaw the four reporters on the Spotlight Team, the Globe investigative unit, which produced the stories: Walter Robinson, Mike Rezendes, Sacha Pfeiffer and Matt Carroll.
More About The Project »
Interview of Ben and John Slattery at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival Watch »
Interview of Ben and Mike Rezendes with Seymour Hersh at the 92nd Y in New York Watch »