Del Leonard Jones est un journaliste chevronné dont le travail a couvert plus de 300 articles de couverture pour USA Today et a reçu une nomination au prix Pulitzer. Son écriture explore souvent des sujets historiques et sociétaux, se concentrant sur la découverte de la vérité et des nuances sous la surface de l'actualité. Avec un sens aigu du détail et de la profondeur, il analyse aussi bien les événements passés que les défis contemporains, offrant aux lecteurs une perspective pertinente sur le monde.
"A sweeping historical novel set in the 1888 dawn of professional baseball when African-American players were banned, umpires routinely beaten, and the game shifted from a collegial pastime of gentlemen to a nasty fight to the death by gritty Irish immigrants"-- Amazon.com
Sixty-four CEOs, athletes, astronauts, coaches and entertainers give leadership advice. Jack Welch says to fire the bottom ten percent of all workers. Julie Scardina of SeaWorld says to treat them all like animals. Written by business journalist Del Jones, who has sat down with hundreds of great leaders. Among the: Steve Appleton, Brenda Barnes, basketball coach Larry Brown, John Chambers, Michael Dell, Mike Eruzione, Jamie Houghton, Jeffrey Immelt, radio host Tom Joyner, A.G. Lafley, Ronnie Lott, Howie Mandel, Wynton Marsalis, Thomas Monaghan, Anne Mulcahy, Bob Nardelli, Clarence Otis, Jeff Rich, astronaut Sally Ride, Irene Rosenfeld, Ron Sargent, Henry Silverman, Jonathan Schwartz, Sandy Weill and Fedex founder Frederick Smith.A quick read, bullet upon bullet of advice.
An historical novel set in 1898 during the days of Yellow Journalism, the Spanish-American War and the Klondike Gold Rush. At the behest of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, celebrated correspondent Jayson Kelley goes to Havana to report on the escalating tensions in Cuba's bid for independence. Except most of his front-page stories are fabricated to spread warmongering propaganda and boost readership in journalism's own circulation war at home. When Jayson meets Sam McGee and his beautiful but aloof sister Luisa, he knows he has his next story, crafting an unbelievable tale of heroism that leaves Sam dead and Luisa on the run. As the Spanish-American War unfolds, Jayson travels from the heat of Havana to the frozen Klondike at the height of the Gold Rush to fulfill an impossible promise he made to the best friend he's ever known and find the woman who stole his heart. Based on the poems of Robert W. Service, Del Leonard Jones's debut novel is a richly-told historical fable about yellow journalism, fame, love, lies and redemption that isn't too far from the truth-and feels eerily believable in today's political climate, twenty-four-hour news cycle, and the cutthroat competition for clicks. Sam McGee is an epic battle for the high ground of honesty that continues to this day.