Jimmy Breslin was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American columnist and author. He wrote numerous novels, and pieces of his have appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City. He was a regular columnist for the newspaper Newsday until his retirement on November 2, 2004. Among his notable columns, perhaps the best known was published the day after John F. Kennedy's funeral, focusing on the man who had dug the president's grave. The column is indicative of Breslin's style, which often highlights how major events or the actions of those considered "newsworthy" affect the "common man."
Books
Essential Writings
2024
World Without End, Amen
1973
The World According to Breslin
1984
Sunny Jim
The Life of America's Most Beloved Horseman, James Fitzsimmons
2012
Branch Rickey
A Life
2011
The Church That Forgot Christ
2004
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1969
The World of Jimmy Breslin
1967
Table Money
1986
The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutiérrez
2002
Damon Runyon
1991
.44
1978
The Good Rat
A True Story
2008
I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me
A Memoir
1996
I Don't Want to Go to Jail
2001
The Best American Crime Writing 2006
2006
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
The Improbable Saga of the New York Mets' First Year
1963
