Reflections: Conversations, Essays, and Other Writings

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Reflections BOOKS BY THOMAS HAUSER GENERAL NON-FICTION Missing TheTrial of PatrolmanThomas Shea For Our Children (with Frank Macchiarola) The Family Legal Companion FinalWarning:The Legacy of Chernobyl (with Dr. Robert Gale) Arnold Palmer:A Personal Journey Confronting America’s Moral Crisis (with Frank Macchiarola) Healing:A Journal ofTolerance and Understanding WithThis Ring (with Frank Macchiarola) Thomas Hauser on Sports Reflections BOXING NON-FICTION The Black Lights: Inside theWorld of Professional Boxing Muhammad Ali: His Life andTimes Muhammad Ali: Memories Muhammad Ali: In Perspective Muhammad Ali & Company A Beautiful Sickness AYear AtThe Fights Brutal Artistry TheView From Ringside Chaos, Corruption, Courage, and Glory The Lost Legacy of Muhammad Ali I Don’t Believe It, But It’sTrue Knockout (withVikki LaMotta) The Greatest Sport of All The Boxing Scene An Unforgiving Sport Boxing Is . . . Box:The Face of Boxing The Legend of Muhammad Ali (with Bart Barry) Winks and Daggers And the New . . . StraightWrites and Jabs FICTION Ashworth & Palmer Agatha’s Friends The Beethoven Conspiracy Hanneman’sWar The Fantasy Dear Hannah The Hawthorne Group MarkTwain Remembers FindingThe Princess Waiting For Carver Boyd FOR CHILDREN Martin Bear & Friends Reflections Conversations,Essays,and OtherWritings Thomas Hauser The University of Arkansas Press Fayetteville 2014 Copyright © 2014 byThomas Hauser All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ISBN-10: 1-55728-650-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-650-5 e-ISBN: 978-1-61075-535-1 18 17 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 ∞The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Control Number: 2013956217 In September 1963, I enrolled as a freshman at Columbia College in the City of NewYork. I spent seven years at Columbia; four as an undergraduate and three more at the Columbia School of Law. The years I spent at Columbia shaped my thinking and contributed enormously to the person I am today. I learned in and out of the classroom and had a wonderful time during those years. This book is dedicated with gratitude to Columbia and to the many good people I met there. ...