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I'm the author of "Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Tale of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media" (Viking, 2023). I've been a freelance journalist for nearly 20 years and have written about travel and culture for The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Paris Review, and dozens of other international publications. I'm originally from Maine and spend my time between the Catskills and NYC.

I enjoy talking with readers - for Book Clubs and 1:1s, find me now on Skolay: skolay.com/writers/darrell-hartman ...more

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Book talk in Boston: November 21, 2023

I'll be speaking at the Boston Public Library on November 21, 2023.

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If you're in the area, would love to see you!

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	Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media 3.79 avg rating — 1,230 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us by Colleen Kinder (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leslie Jamison (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Lauren Groff (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 957 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton

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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

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“A case that should have been decided by expert testimony and hard evidence now hinged on personal character and credibility. Peary had shown himself to be surprisingly deficient in both, even before new tales of his appalling conduct emerged in mid-September.”
― Darrell Hartman, Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media

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“The office had just two telephones. Ochs bought more, as well as several typewriters, ignoring the protests of old-timers who preferred to write in longhand and disliked the constant rattling of the newfangled contraptions.”
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“He planned to consume two thirds of his food (pemmican, mostly) on the outward journey and one third of it on the return, when the dogs could pull lightened loads and be slaughtered and fed to each other—a brutally effective way of conserving food weight that he had used before.”
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Vote for the January / February 2025 BotMs

The top two vote recipients will become the Books of the Month for the period in question. Please vote for a book only if you can access it in time, and plan to contribute to the discussion.

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
by Yuval Noah Harari

29 votes, 29.0%

Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of the World's Most Mysterious Continent
by Gabrielle Walker

24 votes, 24.0%

Humankind: A Hopeful History
by Rutger Bregman

13 votes, 13.0%

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
by Marie Kondō

9 votes, 9.0%

Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
by Darrell Hartman

9 votes, 9.0%

Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
by Shahnaz Habib

9 votes, 9.0%

Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
by Shefali Luthra

7 votes, 7.0%

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