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When david maraniss finished his muchpraised biography of baseball superstar roberto clemente clemente. While other olympic years may have produced more dramatic individual moments, the events of the 1960 olympics, with its heroes and heroines during the 18 days in italy, occurred against the backdrop of the cold war and the. In a new book, journalist david maraniss chronicles these pivotal. The marble stadium, the caracalla thermal baths, the albano lake, the constantine triumphal arch ancient surroundings. Pulitzer prize winning author david maraniss discusses his book rome 1960. Rome 1960 by david maraniss of the washington post, aimed at the us audience, is a mixture of the first and third kind, though fails on various counts. He really masterfully captures the significance of exactly how many things drastically changed that year.
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