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George Plimpton [1927-2003] American
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Journalist


George Ames Plimpton was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review.


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I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation.
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The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept.
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He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill.
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It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury.
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My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman.
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