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by F. Richard Ciccone

Author:	F. Richard Ciccone
Subcategory:	Arts & Literature
Language:	English
Publisher:	PublicAffairs (January 2003)
Pages:	480 pages
Category:	Biographies
Rating:	4.5
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Royko A Life In Print book. Mike Royko pulled no punches . In terms of history, I hadn’t realized (and I had just graduated high school at the time) that the Students for a Democratic Society were rumored to be planning and believed to be planning the contamination of the Chicago water supply with LSD (p. 148).

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Royko: A Life in Print" is a good book for fans who, like me, may not have been aware of many aspects of his personal history. As such, the book delivers the goods and is a fairly straightforward retelling of the life of "The Best Columnist of His Generation. That said, if you're not a fan, there isn't much here that would compell you to read this book. The author interviewed a lot of Royko's friends and associates, and the portrayal that comes across is one of a hardworking, fair-minded, alcoholic columnist from the old school of two-fisted journalism who.

Royko: A Life in Print. In this comprehensive biography of Mike Royko, one of the most important Chicagoans in history, Ciccone not only tells the story of the great newspaperman but also explores the dramatic changes in journalism and in American society over the course of the 20th century. 3 people like this topic.

Ciccone has written a frequently funny, crisp biography of an old-school journalist and how the changing nature of news content made him a target of the brainless politically-correct ethos. Here's the first look at the life of Mike Royko by someone who actually knew the man. The book captures all of Royko's troubles in a very candid manner, yet got the cooperation of his family which was esstential to telling a full version on the guy. The result is the reader get a great sampling of Royko's best and insights into what drove this very troubled, but very talented man.

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Richard Ciccone talks about his book,, a reflection on the career of Chicago columnist Mike Royko. Richard Ciccone talked about his book, Royko: A Life In Print, published by Public Affairs. The book is a reflection on the career of Chicago columnist Mike Royko.

Richard Ciccone frames his Mike Royko biography with one of the most controversial episodes in Royko’s writing career. Quotes from Royko’s satire were replayed out of context.

by F. Richard Ciccone. Published January 7, 2003 by Public Affairs. In library, Journalists, Biography, Protected DAISY.

Decorated Bronze star. With United States Marine Corps, 1963-1966, Vietnam. Richard was born on February 23, 1940 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel C. and Mary (Thomas) Ciccone.

With the incisive pen of a newspaperman and the compassionate soul of a poet, Mike Royko was a Chicago institution who became, in Jimmy Breslin's words, "the best journalist of his time." Royko was by all accounts a difficult man, who would chew out his assistants every morning and retire to the Billy Goat Tavern every night. But his writing was magic. No one captured Chicago like Mike Royko. No one wrote with his honesty, his toughness, his passion, and his humor. In this, the first comprehensive biography of one of the most important Chicagoans of the century, Dick Ciccone, a long-time colleague and editor of Royko's at the Chicago Tribune, captures Royko at his best and at his worst. We see Royko on his tenth drink of the afternoon. We see him sweating over columns minutes before deadline. We see him romancing his wife and torturing his legmen. We see him barbequeing ribs and riffing on politicians. Mike Royko was a man of the people. With his keen sense of justice and his murderous pen, he became the most widely read columnist in Chicago history. His column was syndicated in more than 600 newspapers across the country. With 7500 columns spanning four decades, Royko's writing reflects a radically changing America. Royko not only tells the story of one of America's greatest newspapermen, but also explores the dramatic changes in journalism over the course of the twentieth century.

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YSOP

No question, Mike Royko was one of the twentieth century's great columnists. Ironically, his obvious insecurities and constant need to be the center of attention, even to the detriment of his family and friends, are part of what made him such a fantastic, influential writer. This emotionally unpredictable and puerile, chain-smoking alcoholic lived and breathed for his column. Mr. Ciccone has written a frequently funny, crisp biography of an old-school journalist and how the changing nature of news content made him a target of the brainless politically-correct ethos. Sadly, no one who saw me reading this book knew who Mike Royko was. (Talk about the fleeting nature of fame!) Do yourself a favor. Read this biography then pick up some of his old columns and behold a true artist.

Trash

If you want to learn and know about Mike Royko, then this will be a very good read for you. I have several books on Mike Royko and this one filled in some additional informaiton. It was a good read and enjoyable book.

Niwield

This is a very long but well researched and well rounded biography of Royko. It shows his good and bad sides in an evenhanded fashion.
I've been a longtime Royko admirer and reader. He is the inspiration for the column that I write for the Richmond Daily Register. Having said that, I think this is one of best biographies ever written about Royko.
A complete and through study.
Don McNay
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Hap

I'd strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand Royko, Chicago politics, Chicago journalism, or just wants a good biography to read. Ciccone does an excellent job not merely describing Royko's roots, but showing how that affected the person he became.

Despite his brilliant writing, incisive political insights, and empathy for the ordinary Joe, Royko was a deeply troubled man. He was a severe alcoholic (as was his father before him), a workaholic who loved his family but was hardly ever around, a famous and successful columnist who was jealous of others and could hold a grudge like you wouldn't believe. When he remarried and started a second family (by adoption) after his first beloved wife's death, he spent more time on family things and tried to stop his self-destructive behavior, with limited success.

Ciccone does not hide Royko's warts (and they were many), although he does become a bit of an apologist about his later, nastier side.

Filled with anecdotes about Chicago's newspaper wars, sports teams (such as they are), its famous, infamous and not-famous-at-all, this will go on the shelf with all my other Chicagoana.

One irritant, though. Ciccone is a newsman. He was managing editor for the Chicago Tribune and teaches journalism. Did he not read the proofs? Did his editor not read the proofs? Aside from such annoyances as the constant use of the word "anabuse" when he means "Antabuse", and calling Mike and his wife "the Royko's", Ciccone occasionally, gets repetitious, telling stories more than once in a way that makes it clear that he thinks he's saying it for the first time.

But that's a minor quibble about an otherwise fine book.

Gavidor

Like everything else in life, Mike Royko would have loved and hated this book. I do not dispute that Mike Royko was one of the greatest columnist of this century. I was in one of those god-forsaken journalism schools Royko despised when he passed away, and I was truly saddened his column would never appear again.
But I would have to wonder how Royko might respond to Ciccone's tribute, which is what this book was more than a biography. Like another reviewer, I was taken back by all the editing errors, particularly the many left out words. I believe Royko, a stickler for the small details, would have ranted.
This is a tribute more than a biography because the author isn't the least bit objective. I don't know how many times he lauds Royko for being the greatest and for his longevity (33 years and more than 8,000 columns).
Yet for all the slobbering, Ciccone paints an honest portrait of a gruff, hard drinking and harder working ethnic who made a mark despite a tough beginning.
I enjoyed Royko's story not because I am a journalist but becasue I am an American and nostalgic for stories that exemplify the American boots-straps mentality. But more than that, Royko became so popular because he was so human. He had his share of triumphs along with his share of problems, most notably drinking. He was the conscience of a city when it did not want to recognize its racist problems, and he eventually became the nation's straight-talking uncle who told it like it was.
Royko is a clearly a love-him-or-hate-him figure and so is this book. If you were a fan, it gives you an insight behind the byline. If not, it gives you more ammunition.
Something tells me Royko would feel both ways.

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