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A
AIDS, reporting on, 327, 328
Allen, Robert J., 213
Amaler, Joseph, 146, 148
American Lives (Newsday), 378–379
Andersen, Kurt, 222
Anderson, Dave, 103
Arnett, Peter, 200
B
Bankhead, Tallulah, 97
Barrett, Wayne, 310, 311, 315–316
baseball. See major league baseball
Beame, Abe, 57, 65, 350
Bellows, Jim
on Breslin and Wolfe, 98
on Breslin’s work habits, 168, 170
New York Herald Tribune editor, 93, 95, 195, 332
The World of Jimmy Breslin, 121, 127–128
Bennett, James Gordon, 92, 97, 122, 153
Bennett, Joan, 97
Berger, Meyer, 202
Berkowitz, David (“Son of Sam”)
letter to Breslin, 19, 43–56, 67–68
“Son of Sam” communications, 38–42, 297
summer of 1976, 23–32
summer of 1977, 57–66
Bigart, Homer, 93, 96, 97
Bloomberg, Michael, 385
Bochco, Steven, 61
Bonanno, Joe “Bananas,” 135
Borelli, Joseph, 38, 46
Boston Globe, 335–336
Bracato, Joey, 153
Bradlee, Ben, 332
Bratton, Bill, 15
Brennan, Mickey, 358–360
Breslin, Christopher (Jimmy’s son), 70
Breslin, Deirdre (Jimmy’s sister), 19, 69, 78, 83, 217
Breslin, Frances (Jimmy’s mother), 69–70, 78, 83
Breslin, James (Jimmy’s son), 70, 267, 396
Breslin, James Earle, Sr. (Jimmy’s father), 19, 69, 75, 78
Breslin, James Earle “Jimmy”
accused of sexism, 351–355
ambition and ego, 74, 85, 207, 221
brain tumor, 319, 352
childhood/youth, 15–16, 19, 80, 83–84
chronology of life events, 397–401
depression, 202–203, 204–205
education, 82–83
family, 14, 27, 46, 142–144
father, loss of, 75, 78
friendship/betrayal, 356–361
marriage, first, Rosemary Dattolico, 70–73
marriage, second, Ronnie Eldridge, 292–295
memorial service for, 388–392
personality, 12–15, 48, 142–144, 157–158, 162–164
political campaign with Mailer, 239–246
Breslin, James Earle “Jimmy”: books
Branch Rickey, 401
Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?, 75–77, 105
The Church that Forgot Christ, 15, 247, 260–266, 361
Damon Runyon: A Life, 13, 139, 156, 364
Forsaking All Others, 399
.44, 399
The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight, 21, 117, 137, 213
The Good Rat, 119, 281–282, 288
He Got Hungry and Forgot His Manners, 400
How the Good Guys Finally Won, 247, 251–259
I Don’t Want to Go to Jail, 400
I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me, 157, 292, 319
The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Guttierez, 400
A Slight Case of Amazing Grace, 400
Sunny Jim, 104–105, 127, 366–367
Table Money, 399
The World According to Breslin, 101, 318
World Without End, Amen, 399
Breslin, James Earle “Jimmy”: characters, 14, 17, 80–81, 156–159, 318
Fat Thomas, 134, 181–182, 395
Klein the Lawyer, 162, 318–325, 328, 352, 374
Marvin the Torch, 134, 154–155, 162
Mutchie, bar owner, 159, 326
Pep McGuire, bar owner, 133, 161, 280–281
Un Occhio, 136–137, 138, 157
Breslin, James Earle “Jimmy”: columns
“A Death in Emergency Room One,” 122, 127–133, 269
“A Farewell to Bumpy,” 215–217
“The Gravedigger,” 128–131
“How I Made Lindsay Mayor,” 225
“It’s a Crime the Way the Mafia Does Business,” 137–138
“Jimmy Bennett Doesn’t Work Here Anymore,” 151–153
“Jimmy’s 1970 Black List,” 225
“The Last Gallo Living at 51 President St.,” 116–117
“My Triumphant Return to New York,” 225
“Occupy Wall Street,” 401
“People I’m Not Talking to This Year,” 225
“A Retiring Frank Costello,” 113–114
“The Sign in the Yard,” 162–165
“The Smooth Transfer of Power,” 132–133
“Tony’s Fluke Day,” 107–113
“Valachi: A Flashback,” 113
“A Way of Life,” 113
Breslin, James Earle “Jimmy”: journalism
City Column format, 80–81, 157–158
crime writing, 41–42, 81, 82, 102–103, 107
first bylined article, 19–20, 86–88
Herald Tribune, 102–103
Long Island Press, 86, 88–90
New Journalism, 248–250
New York Daily News, 16, 54, 268–269, 399
New York Herald Tribune, 91, 92–101
New York Journal-American, 397
New York magazine pieces, 225–228
New York Newsday, 96, 329, 332, 333, 335, 365, 375, 379–380, 400
New York Post, 205–214
“Reporter’s Notebooks,” 168–169
Breslin, James Earle “Jimmy”: writing
deadlines, meeting, 142–143, 145–146
detail, use of, 131–132, 176
fiction vs. nonfiction, 213–214, 250–251
impact and legacy, 11–13, 379–380
innovative techniques, 20–22
portraiture, gift for, 234–235
second-person writing, 150–152
sportswriting, 103, 208
storytelling, 122, 125, 149–150
work habits, 16–17, 81–82, 99, 106, 134, 142, 364–371
writing, errors in, 125
writing style, 13–14, 29, 34
Breslin, Kelly (Jimmy’s daughter), 70
Breslin, Kevin (Jimmy’s son), 46, 70, 72, 142, 171, 195, 198–199, 289–290, 291–292
Breslin, Patrick (Jimmy’s son), 70
Breslin, Rosemary (Jimmy’s daughter), 70, 361–363
Breslin, Rosemary Dattolico (Jimmy’s wife), 69, 70–73, 196
illness and death, 287–292
Broken Covenant (Sennott), 261
Browne, Arthur, 315, 316
Browne, Malcolm, 200
Brydges, Earl, 240
Buchwald, Art, 333
Buckley, Bill, 244
Bunche, Ralph, 179
Burke, Jimmy, 160, 279, 280, 282, 283–286, 287–289
Burnett, Michael, 313
Burton, Richard, 358–359
Bush, Barbara, 261
C
Cabey, Darrell, 297–298
Caggiano, Ann Marie, 46, 83
Cahill, Kevin, 289
Cama, Tony, 28, 32, 33–34
Camacho, David, 328
Camera, Al, 88–89
Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game? (Breslin), 75–77, 105
Capasso, Andy, 311
Capote, Truman, 247
Carey, Hugh, 340
Carroll, Mickey, 333
Carter, Jimmy, 274, 359
Casso, Anthony “Gaspipe,” 119
Catholic Church, 15–16
The Church that Forgot Christ (Breslin), 15, 247, 260–266, 361
Central Park Jogger case, 342–343, 345–350
Cerbone, Steve, 283
Chambers, Robert, 341
Chaney, James, 174
Chapman, John, 273
Chavez, Cesar, 189
Chevlowe, Shelly, 316
Chicago, Democratic Convention (1968), 236–240
Churchill, Winston, 21, 196–197
The Church That Forgot Christ (Breslin), 15, 247, 260–266, 361
City for Sale (Barrett & Newfield), 310, 311
Civil Rights movement, 166–185
Clark, Bill, 39, 58–59, 61, 62, 68
Collins, Gail, 333
CompStat, 15
Conlon, Richard, 35
Convey, Kevin, 385–386
Cooke, Terence Cardinal, 188
Costello, Frank, 21, 113–115, 119, 234–235
Costikyan, Ed, 225–226
The Cost of Good Intentions (Morris), 218
Cotter, John, 261
Crawford, Joan, 97
crime investigation
ballistic evidence, 24, 27–28, 33–34, 40, 41
sketch artists, 37
witnesses, 24–25
crime rates, New York City, 272–277, 342
crime reporting, 102–103, 106–107
Crist, Judith, 93, 225
Crofton, Dessie, 289
Cronkite, Walter, 122
Crown Heights riots, 367–371
Cruz, Joseph, 336–338
Cuomo, Andrew, 341, 388
Cuomo, Chris, 388
Cuomo, Mario, 341, 388
Cuomo, Matilda, 388
D
Daley, Richard, 236
Daly, Michael, 13, 71, 83, 263, 276, 369, 390–391, 393–396
Damon Runyon: A Life (Breslin), 13, 139, 156, 364
Daniel, Clifton, 96
Dattolico, Rosemary (Breslin). see Breslin, Rosemary Dattolico
Davidson, Mark, 302–307
A Deadline Artist (documentary), 106
Dean, John, 251
Death in the Afternoon (Hemingway), 127
DeMasi, Donna, 36
De Niro, Robert, 117
Denson, John, 94–95
Detroit, Michigan riots, 212
Diallo, Amadou, 167
Dick Schaap as Told to Dick Schaap (Schaap), 94
Diel, John, 27, 36
DiMaggio, Joe, 335
Dinkins, David, 349–350, 368, 372
Doar, John, 174–175, 178, 253, 258
Dougherty, Steve, 279
Dowd, Michael, 309, 310, 312, 313–314, 319–325
Dowd, Timothy, 38
Duggan, Dennis, 332
Dunleavy, Steve, 55–56, 62–64, 66
Dunn, Martin, 70, 84–85
Duryea, Perry, 240
Dwyer, Jim, 333
E
Edwards, Parnell, 278
Eldridge, Ronnie, 69, 73–75, 182, 189, 191–192, 292, 356, 388, 392–393
Engelman, Ralph, 175
English, Bella, 339
Esau, Alexander, 39–40
Esau, Rudolf, 39–40
Esposito, Meade, 310, 312
Esquire magazine, 96, 222, 229–230
F
Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, 85
Federici, William, 40
Felker, Clay, 95–96, 99, 221, 222–224, 276
fiction, 100, 213–214, 248, 250–251
Fischler, Stan, 147
Fitzsimmons, James “Jim,” 105, 127
Flaherty, Joe, 214, 242, 244, 357
The Flash (neighborhood newspaper), 84–86
Floyd, George, 308
Fonzi, Gaeton, 313
Ford, Gerald, 255, 259
Forst, Don, 94, 329–331, 351, 354–355, 364
Foss, John, 139
Freund, Christine, 27, 35, 36
Friedman, Stanley, 310
G
Gallico, Paul, 101
Gallo, Crazy Joe, 21, 116–118
Gallo family, 135–136
Gambino, Carlo, 135
Gambino, Johnny, 119
The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight (Breslin), 21, 117, 137, 213
Garner, Eric, 308
Gentile, Don, 317
Gilligan, Thomas, 167
Giuliani, Rudy, 310, 313–314, 315, 350, 372, 373
Goddard, Paulette, 97
Goetz, Bernie, 277, 296–299
Goldsmith, Barbara, 222
Goodfellas (film), 279
Goodman, Andrew, 174
The Good Rat (Breslin), 119, 281–282, 288
Goodwin, Dick, 184
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 369
Gotti, John, 81, 118–119, 232, 284
Gouletas, Evangeline, 340–341
Graham, Bill, 334
Gravano, Sammy the Bull, 119
Grayson, Harry, 103
Greeley, Horace, 92, 97, 122
Greene, Gael, 94, 224, 330
Grier, Rosey, 198
Griffith, Michael, 341–342
Guys and Dolls (Runyon), 21, 81
H
Halberstam, David, 200
Hamill, Denis, 50–53, 333, 374
Hamill, Pete
on Breslin’s childhood, 69, 71, 78
on Breslin’s marriage to Ronnie, 73–75
on Breslin’s work habits, 50
New Journalism, 99, 225, 332–333
New York magazine, 88
Hamilton, Alexander, 54, 205
handwriting analysis, 44
Hansen, Al, 84
Hanson, Marla, 341
Harlem, New York riot coverage, 166–174, 211–212
Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited (HARYOU), 172
Hawkins, Yusef, 342
Hearst, William Randolph, 93
Hemingway, Ernest, 125–127
Henican, Ellis, 333, 370
Hill, Henry, 279, 280
Hill Street Blues (television series), 61
Hoffa, Jimmy, 107
Hopkins, Sandra, 170
Howard Beach Incident, 284–285
How the Good Guys Finally Won (Breslin), 247, 251–259
Humphrey, Hubert, 236, 335
I
In Cold Blood (Capote), 247
International Herald Tribune, 97
International New York Times, 97
Irish Americans, 340
I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me (Breslin), 157, 292, 319
J
Jagger, Mick, 334
Javits, Jacob, 335
Johnson, Bumpy, 215–217
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 183–184, 335
Johnson, Robert, 364–365
Journal-American, 103
journalism, 17–19
crime reporting, 102–103, 106–107
inverted pyramid style, 30
media landscape, contemporary, 299–300
newspaper “morgue,” 138–139
storytelling in, 42
tabloid journalism, 30–31, 43, 53–54, 59–60, 62–63, 64–65, 85
See also Breslin, James Earle “Jimmy”: journalism; names of individual newspapers; New Journalism
K
Kasparian, David “Froggy,” 268
Kates, Brian, 312, 315–316
Keenan, Barry, 146, 148–149
Kefauver, Estes, 114
Kelly, Ray, 350, 389
Kelly, Walt, 195
Kempton, Murray, 99, 225, 227, 230–233, 293, 329–333, 386
Kennedy, Edward, 340
Kennedy, Ethel, 188
Kennedy, Flo, 245
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 121, 188
Kennedy, John F., 20–21, 121–125
Kennedy, Joseph, 188
Kennedy, Robert, 186–193, 202–203, 293, 335
Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 188
Kernan, Michael, 339
Kerr, Walter, 93
King, Coretta Scott, 188
King, Martin Luther, 209–211
Kissinger, Henry, 255
Kluger, Richard, 94–95, 97, 122, 213
Koch, Edward “Ed,” 218, 272–273, 309–311, 341, 342
Kornberg, Marvyn, 304–307
Koza, Sam, 365–367
Krugman, Martin, 283, 286
L
La Guardia, Fiorello, 218
The Last Editor (Bellows), 95
LA Times, 96
Lauria, Donna, 23–24, 25, 36, 45, 47–48, 62
anniversary of death, 49–50, 57
Lauria, Rose, 48
Laventhol, David, 96, 194, 332
Law, Cardinal Bernard Francis, 262, 263
Lebetkin, Mel, 317–325, 352
Lennon, John, 267–271
Levin, Jennifer, 341
Lindsay, John, 218–220, 246, 295, 335
Liotta, Louie, 205–206
Lomino, Joanne, 36
Long Island Newsday, 376–379
Long Island Press, 19, 83, 86, 88, 375–376
Lord, Sterling, 153, 196, 206, 208
Los Angeles Times, 332
Louima, Abner, 308
Lucchese, Tommy, 135
Lufthansa warehouse heist, 278–286
M
Maas, Peter, 224, 239
Machiavelli, Niccolo, 329
Mafia, 114, 118–119, 135–138, 282
Magliocco, Joe, 135
Mailer, Norman
mayoral campaign, 239–246
New York Post, 222
major league baseball, 75–77
New York Mets, 75–76, 105
Malcolm X, 167, 178
Managing Mailer (Flaherty), 214, 242
Manes, Donald, 309, 313–314, 315–316, 319
Mangaliman, Jessie, 353
Manso, Peter, 242
Maple, Jack, 15, 263, 266
Marlette, Doug, 333
Marques, Stuart, 385
Matz, Morty, 63–64, 66
Mays, Willie, 230–233
McCarthy, Eugene, 189
McCarthy, Joe, 21, 197
McCarthy, Sheryl, 333
McDonald, Ed, 289
McDonald, Steven, 341
McGinniss, Joe, 225
McGovern, George, 236, 254
McGovern, Marie, 70
McGrory, Mary, 202
McLaughlin, Frank, 47
Meese, Ed, 261
Memminger, Denise, 302
Meredith, James, 174–175
Meskil, Paul, 40
Messing, Phil, 312
Metesky, George, 57
Meyer Berger Award, 326
Miami and the Siege of Chicago (Mailer), 239
Miami/South Florida (magazine), 313
Miller, John, 267–268
Moskowitz, Stacy, 55–56, 58
Moyers, Bill, 332
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 202, 340
Ms. magazine, 182, 224
Muhammad, Elijah, 177–178
Murdoch, Rupert, 19, 54–55, 205–206, 225
Myerson, Bess, 311
N
Namath, Joe, 226–227
Nassivera, Joan, 293
Nation of Islam, 177
Nelson, Lars-Erik, 315
Newfield, Jack, 239, 310, 311, 315–316
Newhouse, S. I., 89
New Journalism, 21, 42, 65, 98–99, 150, 194, 239, 247–249
New York (magazine), 95, 99, 221–228
New York Daily News, 19, 22, 385
art department, 340–341
Breslin’s final column, 334–335
Oliver as editor, 30
Roberts as editor, 16–18
Son of Sam coverage, 28–29, 59–60
The New Yorker, 64–65, 151–152
New York Herald, 92
New York Herald Tribune, 18–19, 20, 34, 77, 91–101, 107, 138–139, 222
suspension of, 194, 195
New York Journal, 93
New York Mets, 75–76, 105
New York Newsday, 96, 329–343, 365–366, 375
New York Parking Violations scandal, 309–325
New York Post, 19, 43, 53, 54, 204–205, 206–208
Breslin’s feud with, 220–222
The New York Times, 35, 57, 93, 128, 212–213, 229, 304, 318, 393
New York Tribune, 92
The Paper (Kluger), 122
New York World, 93
9/11 terrorist attack, 376–379
Nixon, Richard, 251–253, 254–255, 340
Northern Ireland, 340
Nunziata, Big Mama, 116–117, 120
O
Obama, Barack, 372
Occupy Wall Street movement, 381–385
O’Donnell, Lawrence, 202
O’Dwyer, Paul, 333
O’Hara, John, 101
Oliver, Dick, 11, 27, 30, 33, 34
O’Neill, Mike, 101
O’Neill, Thomas P. “Tip,” 251–253, 257–259, 340
Orbach, Jerry, 118
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 121
P
The Paper (Kluger), 122
Patz, Etan, 275
Payne, Les, 333
Payson, Joan Whitney, 69, 75–77
Pegler, Westbrook, 42
Pelleck, Carl, 188
Penn, Lemuel, 200
Perry, Malcolm, 122–124
Pileggi, Nick, 224, 279
Pipp, Wally, 375
Plate, Tom, 329–330
Playing with Fire (O’Donnell), 202
Plimpton, George, 198
Polisi, Sal, 279
Politico, 386
Polk, Karen, 333, 335–336
Pollard, Clifton, 129–130
Pompeo, Joe, 386
Powell, James, 167–168
Powers, Bert, 107
The Prince (Machiavelli), 329
Procaccino, Mario, 213
Profaci, Joseph, 135
Profaci family, 135–136
Provenzano, Tony, 107–112, 255, 256
Pulitzer, Joseph, 18, 93, 327
Pulitzer Prizes, 326–328
“The Pump House Gang” (Wolfe), 224
Purcell, J. Q., 153
Q
Quinn, Ed, 18
R
race riots
1960s, 166–174, 211–212
1990s, 372–375
Rand, Thomas, 181–182
Randolph, Philip, 179
Rather, Dan, 121–122
Ravitch, Richard, 275
Reagan, Ronald, 261, 275, 359
Reeb, James, 184
Reel, Bill, 333
Ridges, Thomas, 390, 396
Ritter, Bruce, 261–262
Roberts, Sam, 16–18, 46–47, 54, 57, 96–97, 102, 357–358, 374
Rodino, Peter, 178, 253, 257–258
Romero, Juan, 186
Roncalio, Teno, 258
Rosenthal, A. M. (Abe), 160–162, 182, 324
Ross, Barbara, 14, 309, 310–311, 312–313, 314–315, 316–325, 352
Roth, Philip, 223
Rothstein, Arnold, 356
Rubin, Jerry, 240
Running Against The Machine (Mailer et al.), 242
Runyon, Damon, 13, 21, 42, 78–79, 81, 156, 356–357
Rustin, Bayard, 167
S
Salerno, Tony, 241
Sandow, Bernard, 313–314
Sann, Howie, 204, 208
Sann, Paul, 204, 206–207
Santucci, John, 304–307
Sarnoff, David, 85
Saturday Evening Post, 103
Scanlon, John, 240
Schaap, Dick, 94, 96, 195, 225, 295
Schanberg, Sydney, 333
Schefflien, Katy, 237
Schiff, Dorothy, 54, 204–205, 206–208
Schmidt, Benno, Sr., 98
Schultz, Dutch, 196
Schwerner, Michael, 174
Sennott, Charlie, 260–261, 263–264
Sepe, Angelo, 285
Sevareid, Eric, 220
Shanker, Albert, 240
Sharpton, Al, 342
Shawn, William, 65
Sheehan, Neil, 200
Sheehy, Gail, 99, 224
Sinatra, Frank, Jr., kidnapping case, 139–141, 142–150
The Sinatra Club (Polisi & Dougherty), 279–280
Singleton, Don, 43, 327
Sirhan, Sirhan, 186, 193, 198
Sirica, John, 254–256
Skakel, Ethel (Kennedy), 186
Smith, Liz, 333
Smith, Red, 93, 99
Smith, Warren, 188
Son of Sam. See Berkowitz, David
Spellman, Francis Cardinal, 183
Spencer, Gil, 309, 313
Sport (magazine), 103
sportswriting, 103–104, 208, 227–228
Starr, David, 86, 88, 89–90
Steinbeck, John, 93
Steinem, Gloria, 155, 182, 222–223, 224, 239–240, 243, 244, 245–246
Stengel, Casey, 76
Stewart, Michael, 302
Stockman, David, 359
Stun Gun case, 301–308
Sunday News (Daily News), 272–277
Sunny Jim (Breslin), 104–105, 127, 366–367
Suriani, Valentina, 39–40
T
tabloid journalism, 30–31
responsibility/irresponsibility, 64–65
rivalries, 43, 53–54, 59–60
sensationalism, 62–63, 85
Talese, Gay, 42, 99, 100, 225, 229, 233–234
Taylor, Carroll, 170
television, 86–87
Tell It to Sweeney (Chapman), 273
They Must Fall (Brennan), 360
Thompson, Hunter S., 225
Times Mirror Company, 332
Torres, Jose, 240
True (men’s magazine), 103–104
Trump, Donald J., 344–350
Tweed, William Magear “Boss,” 313
Twin Towers 9/11 attack, 376–379
U
Unruh, Jesse, 198
V
Valachi, Joe, 21, 114–115
The Valachi Papers (Maas), 239
Valenti, Jody, 23, 36
Vario, Paul, 279
Vietnam War era, 198–202
Violante, Robert, 56, 58
Voskerichian, Virginia, 26–28, 32, 41
W
Wald, Dick, 94–95, 121, 127, 194, 195
Wallace, George, 180
“War Medals for Sale” (Hemingway), 126
Watergate, 250–259
Weatroski, William, 176
Werner, Louis, 283, 286
Whitney, John Hay “Jock”
Breslin, working relationship with, 213, 334
New York Herald Tribune, 77, 93, 97–98, 112–113, 332
World Journal Tribune, 206
Will, George, 333, 359
Willig, George, 57, 375
Wills, Frank, 254
Willse, James, 328
Wiseguy (Pileggi), 279
Wolfe, Tom, 20, 34–35, 42, 65, 92, 98–101, 208
New York magazine, 222–223
The World According to Breslin (Breslin), 101, 318
World Journal Tribune, 206
The World of Jimmy Breslin (Wald & Bellows), 121, 127–128
Z
Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street, 381–385