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Journalist and Author Jonathan Eig will Present as an Auditorium Speaker
Jonathan Eig is a jourportrait of a man who benalist and a New York Times
came a legend. The book
best-selling author. He has
is the first biography that
written five books: Luckiest
details Muhammad Ali's
Man: The Life and Death of
entire life. Based on more
Lou Gehrig; Opening Day:
than 600 interviews with
The Story of Jackie Robinson's
more than 200 people over
First Season; Get Capone:
the course of five years,
The Secret Plot that Capone might think that the
tured America's Most Wanted
process would have left
Gangster; The Birth of the
Eig exhausted. But he says,
Pill: How Four Crusaders Reebulliently, "It's the most
Jonathan Eig
invented Sex and Launched a (photo by Joe Mazza, Brave Lux)
fun I have ever had workRevolution; and Ali: A Life.
ing on a book. I actually
Ali: A Life released last Fall is a stunning told my editor that I wanted to work on this

book until I die." Eig uncovered thousands of
pages of previously unreleased FBI and Justice
Department files, as well dozens of hours of
newly discovered audiotaped interviews from
the 1960s.
Ali: A Life was named winner of the PEN/
ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, best
book of the year by Sports Illustrated, and one
of the ten best nonfiction books of the year
by the Wall Street Journal. It was a finalist
for Mark Lynton History Prize, the Plutarch
Award, the William Hill Sports Book of the
Year, and an NAACP Image Award.
Eig is a former staff writer for the Wall
Street Journal, where he remains a contribut-

Jonathan Eig
Auditorium Speaker Series

Sunday 6/24, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt

ing writer, and has written for the New York
Times, the New Yorker, the Washington Post,
Slate.com, and others. He is currently working with Ken Burns and Florentine Films in
making a documentary on Muhammad Ali.
His session is sponsored by Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt.
Get details and add to your schedule now.

ERT Silent Auction Supports Christopher J. Hoy Scholarship Fund
The ERT Silent Auction supports the
Christopher J. Hoy Scholarship Fund.
Named for Christopher J. Hoy, who was
director of the ALA Conference Services
Office for over 20 years, the scholarship
was established with donations from the
family of Christopher J. Hoy and the
Exhibits Round Table (ERT) to honor
his memory. This $5,000 General ALA

Scholarship is awarded each year to
an individual who will be attending
an ALA-accredited program of library
and information studies leading to a
master's degree.
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throughout the year to create quilts to
be included in the auction. Bidding is
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