Phawker Does The Cowboy
http://www.phawker.com/2009/03/01/qa-author-ex-inquirer-maverick-ralph-cipriano/
Q&A with Author
“Cipriano’s vivid writing and attention to detail makes for a damn fascinating read.”
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Pennsylvania Law Weekly: Courtroom Cowboy “Riveting and Educational”
The Master of Facts
Pennsylvania Law WeeklyThe Master of Facts
Monday, January 26, 2009
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BOOK REVIEW
By William P. Murphy
Memorializing the life and trials of James E. Beasley Sr.
Special to the Law Weekly
bill@BillMurphylaw.com
“Courtroom Cowboy”
By Ralph Cipriano
Lawrence Teacher Books, 2008
$29.95
As one graduate of the “Beasley School of Law” who never attended Temple University at all, I [...]
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Interview with the author
Philadelphia City Paper:
Legal Inquiry
A “pit-bull Inquirer reporter” teams up with a “courtroom brawler” who’s a “Hemingway-like character” to write a book about the brawler’s most famous cases
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Philly Weekly: “Courtroom Cowboy Is A Rich, Rewarding Read”
Lit Gloss: By Liz Spikol, executive editor, Philadelphia Weekly
In 1998 Ralph Cipriano, then on staff at The Philadelphia Inquirer, made journalistic history by being the first reporter ever to sue his editor for libel. That editor, Robert Rosenthal, had told The Washington Post that Cipriano falsified a story about excessive spending by Philadelphia’s Catholic archbishop. [...]
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That Inky review
For those of you who missed it, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a review of Courtroom Cowboy that wasn’t complimentary:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/books/36744679.html
Here’s what Frank Wilson, former Inky books editor, had to say about the review on his blog:I think I might take issue with one detail of the Beasley review: “By the time his case settled, Cipriano writes, ‘I was so [...]
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