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Pete Hamill (born June 24, 1935) is a prominent American journalist, novelist, and short story writer. He is currently on the staff of The New Yorker.

Hamill was born in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn as the oldest of seven children of Catholic immigrants from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He attended Catholic schools as a child, primarily Holy Name of Jesus Grammar School followed by a scholarship to the prestigious Regis High School in NYC, which he left at the age of 16 to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a sheet metal worker, and then joined the United States Navy. His brothers Denis and John Hamill are also writers. Denis Hamill writes for the New York Daily News (see [1])

In the early 1950s, he studied at the School of Visual Arts. In 1960, Hamill began working as a reporter for the New York Post. In subsequent years, he became one of the city's best known reporters, as columnist for the Post, the New York Daily News, and Newsday. As a foreign correspondent, he covered wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Lebanon and Northern Ireland. In different periods, Hamill was editor-in-chief of both the New York Post and the New York Daily News. His work landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.

Hamill published two collections of journalism, a book about the relationship of tools to art, and a book about New York City, along with Why Sinatra Matters, an essay on the music of the late singer. His articles have also appeared in the Village Voice, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Playboy and New York.

Hamill has also written fiction, producing eight novels and two collections of short stories. He also published a memoir, A Drinking Life, which detailed how he overcame his alcoholism.

Fox Broadcasting Company has introduced a television show for the 2007-2008 season, New Amsterdam, which bears a noticeable resemblance to the novel, Forever. It's not yet clear if this is just a coincidence.

Bibliography

  • North River
  • Downtown : My Manhattan (2004)
  • Forever (2003)
  • Why Sinatra Matters (2003)
  • Snow in August (1998)
  • A Drinking Life : A Memoir (1995)
  • Loving Women
  • The Guns of Heaven (1984)
  • The Deadly Piece
  • Flesh and Blood
  • Dirty Laundry
  • The Gift
  • A Killing for Christ

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Park Slope is a neighborhood in the western section of Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park West to 4th Avenue, Park Place to the Greenwood Cemetery according to the New York City Department of City Planning[1]
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United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. The U.S. Navy currently has over 340,000 personnel on active duty and nearly 128,000 in the Navy Reserve.
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Daily News

The December 16, 2005 front page of the
Daily News
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Owner Mortimer Zuckerman
Publisher Mortimer Zuckerman
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New York Post

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Daily News

The December 16, 2005 front page of the
Daily News
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Owner Mortimer Zuckerman
Publisher Mortimer Zuckerman
Founded 1919
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Newsday

The 2005-12-07 front page of Newsday
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Owner Tribune Company
Publisher Tim Knight[]
Editor John Mancini[0]
Founded 1940
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"Independence - Freedom - Happiness"
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A master list of Nixon political opponents was compiled to supplement the original Nixon's Enemies List of 20 key people considered opponents of President Richard Nixon. The master list was compiled by Charles Colson's office and sent in memorandum form to John Dean.
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The Village Voice
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Owner Village Voice Media
Publisher Michael Cohen
Editor-in-Chief Tony Ortega
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Esquire is a men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1933, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.

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Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions. In common and historic usage, alcoholism refers to any condition that results in the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages despite the
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