Jr moehringer is the teller of the tale and the main protagonist in this book which reads more like a sweeping epic than a memoir. Moehringer completely misses vollmanns point that cold mountain is, much like shangrila, an unobtainable destination, although he does seem to understand. Moehringer kevin moloney for the new york times what are you working on. Moehringer was born on december 7, 1964 in new york city, new york, usa as john joseph moehringer jr. In the tradition of this boys life and the liars club, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar. After reading this delightful, insightful, sad, funny, and at times disturbing book i now understand sutton was much more that just a bank robber.
We found 10 records for barbara horner in waretown, hightstown and 21 other cities in new jersey. Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations. In 2000 he won the pulitzer prize for newspaper feature writing. Moehringer weaves his tale around sutton, newly released from prison, traveling around new york city on christmas day 1969 with a captive audience pun intended of 2 newspaper men. But shea was his home and he had to make one last visit. Joseph monninger books list of books by author joseph monninger. He was the winner of the pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2000, and a pulitzer finalist for feature writing in 1998 for his magazine piece resurrecting the champ, an article which was recently adapted for a film starring samuel l. Ken moehringer nys dept of health bureau of early intervention fiscal policy unit manager clifton park, new york 145 connections. Moehringer, and his compelling memoir the tender bar is the story of how and why. Their saloon community later provided a retreat for the author following a disastrous collegiate love affair and failure as a new york times copyboy. It tells the tale of his dysfunctional family on long island.
T he past is deeply embedded in the obscure corners of the mind. Trivia 2 he and david spade attended saguaro high school in scottsdale, arizona together. Jr moehringer grew up listening for a voice, the voice of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before jr spoke his first words. A grand old new york saloon, the bar was a sanctuary for all sorts of men cops and poets, actors and lawyers, gamblers and stumblebums. A 1986 graduate of yale university, moehringer began his journalism career as a news assistant at the new york times.
This is a model of the solar system, as constructed by the soused denizens of a nowlegendary bar in manhasset, n. Moehringer, combines willies life story with fictional events cleverly told in flashbacks, as willie cruises new york city with a news reporter and photographer. He is a writer, known for resurrecting the champ 2007, the tender bar and sutton. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the tender bar by j. Agassis book is also an uncommonly wellwritten sports memoir, and part of the credit for that belongs to j. Born in new york city and raised in manhasset, new york, he is a former nati. But more than anything else, moehringer s book is a homage to the culture of the local pub. Moehringers writing that makes you feel you arent stepping into a book so much as a dimly lit but welcoming bar. Every book worth a damn is about emotions and love and death and pain.
Why we even had our own joey d and our cager was simply arnie who wore his camos and carried an m 16 on his hip while he searched for army deserters in bed sty. The five rivers center is owned and operated by the new york state department of environmental conservation. When willie sutton walked from attica prison on christmas, 1969, the irish, brooklynborn bank robber reemerged as a. Friends of five rivers ffr is a citizens support group whose main goal is to support environmental education at the five rivers environmental education center in delmar, new york. Bookbrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfictionbooks that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Barbara horner in new jersey nj 10 records found whitepages. He graduated from saguaro high school in scottsdale in 1982. People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream filling in an oreo, should stick to comic strips and soap operas. Inside romancelily talbot never expected to return to walker. Like denfield, moehringer has reading comprehension problems, although thankfully not as severe. The first point to make about the tender bar hyperion, 2005 is that the author, j r moehringer, is not served a drink at the bar of the title until he reaches legal drinking age, which at the time, in new york state, is eighteen. Moehringer the tender bar pulitzer prizewinning journalist j.
Nyt bestselling and pulitzer prizewinning journalist j. During a lifelong criminal career, sutton stole more than two million dollars and cashed in on the urban legend that he robbed banks because, thats where. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for john moehringer. Aug 31, 2005 the tender bar is the story of a young man who knows his father only as the voice, of a single mother struggling to make a better life for her son, and of a riotously dysfunctional family from long island. During a visit to the new york state writers institute in 2005 he. Jr moehringer discusses his first big story as a journalist youtube. The whole american and english thing of mythologising pubs was brought memorably to the tv screen in the 1980s with the popular comedy cheers.
Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. Moehringer is a journalist and the author of the tender bar. His memoir, the tender bar 2005, is rheumy and complex, its sentimental streak fully earned and. Whenever ive had a rough week my buddy bill will say, you need to watch me drink a martini.
Robert eringer, born october 5, 1954, is an author, investigative journalist and privatesector counterintelligence operative. Guy adopts a bar and tells about it the new york times. The novel is written in the thirdperson point of view, from the perspective of author. He is a graduate of yale and used to work at new york times and won the. It was the voice of his father, a new york city disc jockey who vanished before j. Las vegas andre agassis new memoir, open, is an unusual addition to the shelves of jock autobiography. Sitting on the stoop, pressing an ear to the radio, j.
In the tradition of this boys life and the liars club. The tender bar is the story of a young man who knows his father only as the voice, of a single mother struggling to make a better life for her son, and of a riotously dysfunctional family from long island. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. He began his journalism career as a news assistant at the new york times. The place is manhasset, a small commuter town on the western end of long island, the bar, publicans. Willie sutton was born in the irish slums of brooklyn in 1901, and he came of age at a time when banks were out of control. Salon magazine described eringer as an obscure journalist with ties to clair george, the former deputy director of operations of the cia. Long before it legally served me, the bar saved me, asserts j. Miriam minger is a master storyteller who illustrates the full gamut of emotions felt by her characters. There are all sorts of little gems like this throughout the book. On september 11, 2001, almost 50 souls who lived and loved in moehringer. It is not until that first drink that he enters the bar during open hours.
Moehringer shares with host jams michael tyler, the moving story of. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Find your familys average life expectancy, most common occupation, and more. Moehringer s new memoir, the tender bar, centers on his youth in his hometown pub in manhasset, long island. Discover the meaning of the mehringer name on ancestry. By bringing bess to the foreground, moehringer cleverly elaborates the residue of angry yearning in the bank robbers memoirs toward the woman. For one thing its honest in a way that such books seldom are. Moehringer was born in new york city and was raised by a single mother in manhasset, new york and, later, in scottsdale, arizona. This study guide consists of approximately 26 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of sutton. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory.
He mumbles something disparaging about the warden, whos refused three times to let the media. When the voice disappeared, jr found new voices in the bar on the. Memories of the tender bar pulitzerprize winning journalist j. My fiveyearold daughter was very proud of this portrait she created of our extended family. Sutton saw only one way out and only one way to win the girl of his dreams. Moehringer born december 7, 1964 is an american novelist and journalist.
Journalist and author of the tender bar 2005 and sutton 2012. Moehringer is the author or coauthor of two previous books, both of them excellent. Guided by our team of talented employees, we are a lifeline service provider dedicated to meeting the needs of our customers, day and night, no matter what challenges we face. Moehringer writes from the point of view of willie sutton, whom he calls the greatest american robber. Sutton was selected by amazon books editors as one of our best books of the month for september. But more than anything else, moehringers book is a homage to the culture of the local pub. I just wanted to share this description from page 77. In 2012 he published sutton, a novel based on the life of bank robber willie sutton. Many memories are forgotten, while others are promptly recalled with the help of a triggera smell, a phrase, a taste. As a boy, jr would press his ear to a battered clock radio, straining to hear in that resonant voice the secrets of identity and masculinity. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Make four copies and give them to aunt lisa, uncle mike, uncle matt and grandpa.
The tender bar moehringer, j r 9780340828830 amazon. The flamboyant characters along the bar taught jr, tended him, and provided a kind of fatherhood by committee. About njr investing in energy long term investment. Moehringer captures in all its raunchy, often hilarious glory the conversations of these master storytellers, as intoxicated by words as by alcohol. Too cold to stand out here, says the reporter from the new york post. The book is a wonderful memoir of a tough childhood j. He won the pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2000. Moehringer is a work of fiction but the protagonist, willie sutton actually existed.
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