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Stephen Fried

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January 19, 1958 in The United States

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http://www.stephenfried.com

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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History

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August 2007

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Stephen Fried is an award-winning investigative journalist and essayist and an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His most recent book, Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time was named one of the ten best books of the year by the Wall Street Journal and the Philadelphia Inquirer and was a Southwest Book of the Year. www.fredharveybook.com/blog. He is also the author of Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia (which inspired the Emmy-winning HBO film Gia); Bitter Pills; The New Rabbi; and Husbandry. A two-time winner of the National Magazine Award, Fried has written for Vanity Fair, Glamour, The Washington Post Magazine, GQ, Rolling Stone,...more

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Fred Harvey Bookbook Project

for foodies interested in American history, please check out our new Fred Harvey Cookbook Project tumblr http://fredharveycookbook.tumblr.com. Every day for the next year, we will put up a "new" archival recipe from Fred Harvey chefs. You can try them, tweak them or completely deconstruct them--all we ask is that you report back on how they worked, or give us your new version (and perhaps even... read more »

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Books by Stephen Fried

Average rating: 3.79 · 676 ratings · 117 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia 3.87 avg rating — 431 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West 4.14 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Husbandry: Sex, Love & Dirty Laundry--Inside the Minds of Married Men 2.73 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The New Rabbi 3.50 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mobile Device Security: A Comprehensive Guide to Securing Your Information in a Moving World 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:
	Thing of Beauty 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball

by Seth Davis

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Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

by Hampton Sides

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Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer

by Shannon Brownlee

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Stephen is currently reading: When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball by Seth Davis	My rating:
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Stephen marked as to-read: Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster by Jonathan Eig (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Stephen is currently reading: Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides	My rating:
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Stephen is currently reading: Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer by Shannon Brownlee	My rating:
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Stephen is currently reading: Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D.G. Kelley	My rating:
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Stephen is currently reading: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls	My rating:
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Stephen gave to: Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West by Hampton Sides	My rating:
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Stephen added: Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West by Stephen Fried (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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