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David Halberstam was a man who a man who had been a friend to me for more than 25 years. In the business that abounds with small-minded cynics, David was a warm-hearted and generous man. In a ...
When David Halberstam was killed in a car crash near San Francisco last spring, he’d just finished what turned out to be his final book, “The Coldest Winter,” a history of the Korean War ...
One of the greatest careers in American journalism -- full of professional accolades and best-selling success -- came to an abrupt end Monday when an auto crash claimed the life of author David ...
DAVID HALBERSTAM: 1934-2007 / Author was on his way to an interview / He was to meet with Y.A. Tittle to talk about football By John Coté , Chronicle Staff Writers April 24, 2007 ...
FOR THOSE who knew the celebrated author David Halberstam only a little bit, his sudden death, Monday, hit one much harder than the rest. And that’s David Halberstam, or, “the other Dav… ...
The choice David Halberstam — and the Times — made more than a generation ago to push back against Kennedy set a standard that can guide journalists today as they struggle to cope with ...
When he died, exactly 10 years ago in a freak car accident, David Halberstam wasn’t remembered as just any other reporter. His peers held him in such high regard, they launched what was billed ...