Jim Tully: American Writer, Irish Rover, Hollywood Brawler
Paul J. Baueris a used and rare book dealer in Kent, Ohio. He is the coauthor of Frazier Robinson's autobiography,Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues.Mark Dawidziakhas been the television critic atThe Plain Dealersince 1999. A theater, film, and television reviewer for thirty years, his many nonfiction books includeThe Barter Theatre Story: Love Made Visible, The Columbo Phile: A Casebook, Mark My Words: Mark Twain on Writing, The Night Stalker Companion: A 25th Anniversary Tribute, Horton Foote's The Shape of the River: The Lost Teleplay about Mark Twain, and The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Dracula.He is also a novelist and a playwright.Ken Burnshas been making documentary films since the early 1980s. He has directed and produced some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, includingThe Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The War, and The West.The late historian Stephen Ambrose said of Burns's films: "More Americans get their history from Ken Burns than any other source."