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Seymour Hersh (b. 1937) has been the most important, famous, and controversial investigative journalist in the United States for the last forty years. After beginning his career as a police reporter in Chicago, Hersh went on to become a journalist for United Press International and the Associated Press, before coming to work for the New York Times in 1972. Since then he has published a number of controversial books about U.S. figures and policy, winning several prizes for his efforts, including the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award. From his exposeof the My Lai massacre and its cover-up in 1969 to his revelations about torture at Abu Ghraib prison in 2004, Hersh has consistently captured the public imagination and spurred policymakers to reform. He has also drawn the ire of presidents with his revelations, including a revealing volume about the wild and reckless White House under John F. Kennedy. Tracing his journey from the streets of Chicago to the newsrooms of the most powerful newspapers and magazines in the United States, Seymour Hersh tells the story of this Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. Robert Miraldi scrutinizes the scandals and national figures that have drawn Hersh's attention, from My Lai to Watergate, from John F. Kennedy to Henry Kissinger. This first-ever biography captures a stunningly successful career of important exposes and stunning accomplishments from a man whose unpredictable and quirky personality has turned him into an icon of American life and the unrivaled""scoop artist"" of American journalism.

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At last! Someone s cast a magnifying glass on the Sherlock Holmes of investigative reporters! Robert Miraldi s close-up examination of Seymour Hersh revels in the triumphs, controversies, and passions that have accompanied that reporter and unhinged Washington for fifty years. But more: Miraldi sheds light on what motivates a powerful bull-in-a-china-shop investigator and on how Hersh goes about finding all that exquisite porcelain to smash. John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling novelist At last! Someone has cast a magnifying glass on the Sherlock Holmes of investigative reporters! Robert Miraldi's close-up examination of Seymour Hersh revels in the triumphs, controversies, and passions that have accompanied that reporter and unhinged Washington for fifty years. But more: Miraldi sheds light on what motivates a powerful bull-in-a-china-shop investigator and on how Hersh goes about finding all that exquisite porcelain to smash. --John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling novelist--John Darnton (08/20/2013) At last! Someone has cast a magnifying glass on the Sherlock Holmes of investigative reporters! Robert Miraldi s close-up examination of Seymour Hersh revels in the triumphs, controversies, and passions that have accompanied that reporter and unhinged Washington for fifty years. But more: Miraldi sheds light on what motivates a powerful bull-in-a-china-shop investigator and on how Hersh goes about finding all that exquisite porcelain to smash. John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling novelist--John Darnton (08/20/2013) Young, independent journalists be it in newspapers or online should take the time to read Scoop Artist and learn from Hersh s example. Robert Miraldi has given readers an excellent overview of Seymour Hersh a true scoop artist. Andrew W./i>--Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report (07/27/2015) -At last! Someone has cast a magnifying glass on the Sherlock Holmes of investigative reporters! Robert Miraldi's close-up examination of Seymour Hersh revels in the triumphs, controversies, and passions that have accompanied that reporter and unhinged Washington for fifty years. But more: Miraldi sheds light on what motivates a powerful bull-in-a-china-shop investigator and on how Hersh goes about finding all that exquisite porcelain to smash.---John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling novelist--John Darnton (08/20/2013) -This book is important. . . . A graphic, fact-filled biography of Sy Hersh, probably America's most unstoppable investigative journalist. You may remember him as the man who discovered the My Lai massacre but Hersh has [also] spent a half-century bulldozing our government and others when they try to deceive the public and stain democracy. Robert Miraldi has dug out details you've never heard before. The clam of investigative reporters has been shrinking in the digital age. That's another reason this biography is important. This Hersh book is impressive.---Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times--Sydney Schanberg (07/09/2013) -Young, independent journalists--be it in newspapers or online--should take the time to read Scoop Artist and learn from Hersh's example. Robert Miraldi has given readers an excellent overview of Seymour Hersh--a true scoop artist.---Andrew W./I>--Andrew W. Griffin-Red Dirt Report- (07/27/2015) This book is important. . . . A graphic, fact-filled biography of Sy Hersh, probably America's most unstoppable investigative journalist. You may remember him as the man who discovered the My Lai massacre but Hersh has [also] spent a half-century bulldozing our government and others when they try to deceive the public and stain democracy. Robert Miraldi has dug out details you've never heard before. The clam of investigative reporters has been shrinking in the digital age. That's another reason this biography is important. This Hersh book is impressive. --Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times--Sydney Schanberg (07/09/2013) Young, independent journalists--be it in newspapers or online--should take the time to read Scoop Artist and learn from Hersh's example. Robert Miraldi has given readers an excellent overview of Seymour Hersh--a true scoop artist. --Andrew W./I>--Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report (07/27/2015) This book is important. . . . A graphic, fact-filled biography of Sy Hersh, probably America s most unstoppable investigative journalist. You may remember him as the man who discovered the My Lai massacre but Hersh has [also] spent a half-century bulldozing our government and others when they try to deceive the public and stain democracy. Robert Miraldi has dug out details you ve never heard before. The clam of investigative reporters has been shrinking in the digital age. That s another reason this biography is important. This Hersh book is impressive. Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prize winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times--Sydney Schanberg (07/09/2013) Young, independent journalists be it in newspapers or online should take the time to read Scoop Artist and learn from Hersh s example. Robert Miraldi has given readers an excellent overview of Seymour Hersh a true scoop artist. Andrew W./I>--Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report (07/27/2015)

At last! Someone s cast a magnifying glass on the Sherlock Holmes of investigative reporters! Robert Miraldi s close-up examination of Seymour Hersh revels in the triumphs, controversies, and passions that have accompanied that reporter and unhinged Washington for fifty years. But more: Miraldi sheds light on what motivates a powerful bull-in-a-china-shop investigator and on how Hersh goes about finding all that exquisite porcelain to smash. John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling novelist

At last! Someone has cast a magnifying glass on the Sherlock Holmes of investigative reporters! Robert Miraldi's close-up examination of Seymour Hersh revels in the triumphs, controversies, and passions that have accompanied that reporter and unhinged Washington for fifty years. But more: Miraldi sheds light on what motivates a powerful bull-in-a-china-shop investigator and on how Hersh goes about finding all that exquisite porcelain to smash. --John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling novelist-- (08/20/2013) An important, long-overdue biography. --Kirkus--Kirkus (11/15/2013) This book is important. . . . A graphic, fact-filled biography of Sy Hersh, probably America's most unstoppable investigative journalist. You may remember him as the man who discovered the My Lai massacre but Hersh has [also] spent a half-century bulldozing our government and others when they try to deceive the public and stain democracy. Robert Miraldi has dug out details you've never heard before. The clam of investigative reporters has been shrinking in the digital age. That's another reason this biography is important. This Hersh book is impressive. --Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times -- (07/09/2013) Young, independent journalists--be it in newspapers or online--should take the time to read Scoop Artist and learn from Hersh's example. Robert Miraldi has given readers an excellent overview of Seymour Hersh--a true scoop artist. --Andrew W. Griffin, Red Dirt Report-- (07/27/2015)

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ROBERT MIRALDI is an award-winning author, journalist, and columnist who has taught at the State University of New York for thirty years. In 2003 his biography, The Pen Is Mightier: The Muckraking Life of Charles Edward Russell, was named the best book in the country in journalism and mass communication. He is the author of two books and editor of three others. In 1992 he was a Fulbright Scholar, lecturing in the Netherlands. His writing on the First Amendment has won national awards. A PhD in American Studies, he teaches classes on media law, press history, and news reporting.

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