John H. Richardson
   writer   

 


books
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stories
"... compelling and complex ..."
-Seymour Hersch

"an honest and good
book ...
"
-The New York
Observer

"A beautiful, gracious act
of connection with a man
who kept his secrets ...
"
-Kirkus Reviews
 



Richard Trumka, American
Esquire - December 2011
The American worker has been getting trashed for 30 years - jobs leaving the country, wages flat, his boss getting rich. One coal miner from Pennsyvlania knows exactly what to do about it.

 



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There Is No Truth, He Said
Esquire - November, 2011
The future of the written word and the liberation of James Frey - with space aliens.

 



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Why Lorin Maurer Died
Good Housekeeping - October 2010
The plane crash that killed her and 49 others revealed shocking safety gaps in America’s regional airlines system. Here’s how the Families of Flight 3407 are fighting to prevent another tragic accident.

 



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Newt Gingrich
Esquire - September 2010
In the twelve years since he resigned in disgrace, he has been carefully plotting his return to power. An epic and bizarre story of American power in an unsettled age.

 



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The Last Abortion Doctor
Esquire - September 2009
For 36 years, Warren Hern has been one of the few doctors in America to specialize in late abortions. George Tiller was another. When Tiller was gunned down in church, Hern was the only one left.

 



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Death of A Small Timer
Columbia: A Journal - Spring 2010
He was a real old-time Hollywood character with a storefront movie studio and a big parrot on his desk - until his mysterious death.

 



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Joe
Esquire - January 2009
Joe Biden's White House ambitions crashed in 1987 and again in 2008. Then - darndest thing - destiny came calling.

 



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Sublime Years
Paste - November 2008
Julia left last week—got in her little Honda, backed out and drove away. West to California. My oldest daughter, gone.

 



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Is This Man A Monster?
Esquire - June 2008
The president asked John Yoo to define torture. He did it. Was it one of the most heinous acts in American history - or was he right?

 



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The Red Clouds Revolution
Playboy - September 2007
A man named Igor, his dot-com, and the next phase of America's sexual Great Awakening.

 



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Journey to The End of the Earth
Esquire - October 2007
As the ice melts at the top of the world, new islands are being born. The greatest arctic explorer of our time leads five amateurs to a land untouched by man.

 



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How the Attorney General of the United States Became Saddam Hussein's Lawyer
Esquire - February 2007
The astounding story of Ramsey Clark, the most radical man ever to serve in the top ranks of the American government.

 



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Acts of Conscience
Esquire - August 2006
Even after the Abu Ghraib scandal, the Army continued to torture in a secret prison called Camp Nama.

 



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The Sing Sing Follies
(A Maximum Security Comedy)
Esquire - October 2005
Inside Sing Sing Prison, killers And rapists stage a musical comedy.

 



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The Search for Isabella V
Esquire - October 2003
A fugitive heiress reaches out through the internet.

 



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Not Guilty By Reason of Afghanistan
Esquire — February 2003
Before 9-11, they shared a dream. After 9-11, it turned to murder.

 



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The Opportunist
Esquire - January 2001
In the diamond war of Sierra Leone, Nick Karras saw his pot of gold.

 



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