{"product_id":"american-on-purpose-the-improbable-adventures-of-an-unlikely-patriot-craig-ferguson2009-copy","title":"For the Love of Mike: More of the Best of Mike Royko  Mike Royko ,  Mike Royko(2001)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1999, the University of Chicago Press published a collection of Mike Royko's columns, entitled One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko . The response was immediate and overwhelming—readers almost instantly began asking when the second volume of Royko columns would appear. With more than a hundred vintage Royko columns and a foreword by Roger Ebert, For the Love of Mike was the answer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoyko, a nationally syndicated Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote for three major Chicago newspapers in the course of his 34 years as a daily columnist. Chosen from more than 7,000 columns, For the Love of Mike brings back more than a hundred vintage Royko pieces-most of which have not appeared since their initial publication-for readers across the country to enjoy. This second collection includes Royko's riffs on the consequences of accepting a White House dinner invitation (not surprisingly, he turned it down); his explanation of the notorious Ex-Cub Factor in World Series play; and his befuddlement at a private screening of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls , to which he was invited by his pal Ebert, the screenplay's author. The new collection also illuminates Royko's favorite themes, topics he returned to again and again: his skewering of cultural trends, his love of Chicago, and his rage against injustice. By turns acerbic, hilarious, and deeply moving, Royko remains a writer of wit and passion who represents the best of urban journalism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"To read these columns again is to have Mike back again, nudging, chuckling, wincing, deflating pomposity, sticking up for the little guy, defending good ideas against small-minded people,\" writes Roger Ebert in his foreword to the book. For the Love of Mike does indeed bring Mike back again, and until a Chicago newspaper takes up Ebert's suggestion that it begin reprinting each of Royko's columns, one a day, this collection will more than satisfy Royko's loyal readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Ex Libris Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253618237667,"sku":"EXL1837","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/5675\/7951\/files\/2108611.jpg?v=1720631631","url":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismichigan.com\/products\/american-on-purpose-the-improbable-adventures-of-an-unlikely-patriot-craig-ferguson2009-copy","provider":"Ex Libris Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}