Ted Odenwald


Bill Moyers: Genesis and The Language of Life

Bill Moyers. Genesis: A Living Conversation. New York: Doubleday, 1996. and Bill Moyers. The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets. New York: Doubleday, 1995. Reviewed by Ted Odenwald Though both of these books have been around for 15 years, neither is outdated. Though both are companion pieces to a […]


Ted Kennedy – Memoir vs. Biography

Kennedy, Edward M. True Compass: a Memoir. New York: Twelve, 2009. and Team at the Boston Globe: Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009. as reviewed by Ten Odenwald Here is an interesting choice: the memoir of the late Massachusetts Senator or […]


Yankee for Life

Yankee for Life by Bobby Murcer with Glenn Waggoner New York: Harper, 2008. Bobby Murcer’s Yankee for Life is a refreshingly simple memoir of the late outfielder/sportscaster’s passion for baseball, a passion overshadowed only by his love of his family. In an age where many headline stories about professional athletes […]