Arnold Philip Hano (March 2, 1922 – October 24, 2021) was an American editor, novelist, biographer and journalist, best known for his non-fiction work ''A Day in the Bleachers'', a critically acclaimed eyewitness account of Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, centered on its pivotal play,

Willie Mays Willie Howard Mays Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid" and "Buck", is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Regarded as one of the greatest players ever, Mays ranks second behind only Babe Ruth on most all-tim ...

' famous catch and throw.Appel, Marty
"A Day in the Bleachers—The Willie Mays Catch"
''Sports Collectors Digest''. Retrieved August 24, 2015. "'A Day in the Bleachers' was an immediate hit – with reviewers. It received 65 reviews, 64 of them glowing, with a full page in the ''New York Herald-Tribune'', and an important review in ''The New York Times'' by James ('Studs Lonegan') Farrell. But it didn’t score with the public – barely 3500 sold in a year, and it went out of print a few years later, only to reemerge in 1982 as a reissue by DeCapo Press, and again, by DeCapo, a year ago in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the game.' .."Hano was a long-time contributor to SPORT Magazine, writing over 100 features for editors Ed Fitzgerald and Al Silverman, while also developing biographies of Mays, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Muhammad Ali. ..He also wrote western novels and 'novelizations' of motion pictures (stories based on screenplays), like 'Marriage Italian Style,' a Sophia Loren film. He wrote some early novels for Lion under 'Matthew Gant,' because, 'I didn't want to be publishing myself while I was editor-in-chief!'."Farrell, James T. "Pastime Denizen: A Day in the Bleachers". ''The New York Times''. August 7, 1955. Accessed via ProQuest, 2015-08-24. "On September 29, 1954, some 52,751 people jammed into the Polo Grounds to see the first game of that series. One of them was a highly articulate Giant fan named Arnold Hano. ..He has written a pleasing and attractive book, recreating an almost legendary day in the history of baseball. He describes the practice before the game, gives vignettes of other bleacher denizens, and writes a dramatic account of the game itself—and, though we know its outcome, our interest is held here as it might be in a novel."Kupferberg, Herbert
"Books: Diamond Show"
''Parade''. April 15, 1990. Retrieved 2015-08-24. "There's lots of good reading too, the writers including Ernest Hemingway, Philip Roth, Bernard Malamud, John Updike and Arnold Hano—the author of a particularly vivid description of Willie Mays' most famous catch."Vecsey, George

''The New York Times''. September 29, 2004. Retrieved August 24, 2015. Barra, Allen (2013)
''Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age''
New York: Random House. p. 212. . Retrieved August 27, 2015. See also: * Kettmann, Steve
"Shocked, Shocked!"
''Salon''. December 3, 2004. Retrieved 2015-08-28. "As a classic baseball book like "A Day in the Bleachers" by Arnold Hano—or anything by Roger Angell—reminds us, the first tool for understanding baseball is the eyes. Trust your eyes, as Hano did at the Polo Grounds, and you can see that steroids were a huge part of baseball in the storied summer of 1998, when a pumped-up Sammy Sosa battled pumped-up Mark McGwire for Roger Maris' single-season home-run record." * Miller, Stuart (2006)
''The 100 Greatest Days in New York Sports''
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 69. ISBN . Retrieved August 28, 2015"Hilda Award recipients"
Baseball Reliquary. Retrieved August 29, 2015. The author of several sports biographies, and frequent contributor to such publications as ''

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'', ''

Sport Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

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'',Dreier, Peter
"The Blog: 'Hano! A Century in the Bleachers' Profiles Sportswriting Superstar in New Documentary"
''The Huffington Post''. July 19, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015. Hano was, in 1963, both a

Hillman Prize The Hillman Prize is a journalism award given out annually by The Sidney Hillman Foundation, named for noted American labor leader Sidney Hillman. It is given to "journalists, writers and public figures who pursue social justice and public polic ...

winner"Sociologist Scores New Negro Leaders"
''The New York Times''. April 22, 1964. Retrieved August 24, 2015. and NSSA's Magazine Sportswriter of the Year.Associated Press
"McNamee, Runyon to Get Hall Spots"
''The Reading Eagle''. April 7, 1964. Retrieved August 24, 2015. He was also

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's 2012 Hilda Award recipient and a 2016 inductee into its Shrine of the Eternals."Shrine of the Eternals – Inductees"
Baseball Reliquary. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

Early life and education

Hano was born in

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on March 2, 1922. His father, Alfred Barnard Hano, worked as a lawyer and was employed as a salesman during the

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; his mother, Clara (Millhauser), was a housewife."Clara Hano (Millhauser)"
Geni. Retrieved August 24, 2015."United States Census, 1930: Person Details for Arnold Hano"
Family Search. Retrieved August 24, 2015."United States Census, 1940: Person Details for Arnold Hano"
Family Search. Retrieved August 24, 2015. Hano spent his pre-school years in northern

's Washington Heights, in close proximity to both the

Polo Grounds The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built fo ...

and

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.Waddles, Hank
"Bronx Banter Interview: Arnold Hano"
Alex Belth Bronx Banter. September 28, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2015. A Yankee fan at four, Hano responded to New York's 1926 World Series loss by switching his allegiance from the Yankees to the Giants, where it remained lifelong.About the Author: Arnold Hano
Arion Press. Retrieved August 31, 2015. That same year, his family moved from Manhattan to

the Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

, where it would remain for more than a decade, precisely the period which, by Hano's own reckoning, comprised his formative years. By age three, Hano had learned to read under the tutelage of his six-and-a-half-year-old brother, Alfred Jr.Hano, Arnold
"Life With Alfie"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. November 1990. Retrieved September 2, 2015. By the time he was eight, Hano was writing news stories for his brother's mimeographed weekly, ''The Montgomery Avenue News'', albeit stories paraphrased from published newspaper articles. Before long, he grew tired of recycling other people's ideas. Once again, his brother encouraged him:

So I invented a cop who would always fall to his knees when he shot the bad guy and I called it Sitting Bull. It was my first pun. ..I did about six or seven of these episodic things. I was eight years old, writing the equivalent of a novel for a street newspaper that we sold for a nickel a copy, door-to-door.

The brothers' journalistic venture soon ran its course, and the writing muse receded, for the time being. Hano attended

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, graduating in 1937, and started that fall at

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's Brooklyn campus. However, his initial plan to pursue a career in medicine soon fell by the wayside.

One day I wandered into the newspaper office, and they were laughing. I didn’t know you were allowed to have fun. They were enjoying themselves, so I changed from a science major to an English journalism major in my sophomore year. I became the sports editor of the college weekly in my junior year, and senior year I was editor-in-chief with another guy.

For a budding sportswriter, the timing proved particularly fortuitous when LIU's basketball team won the recently established National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in two of those three years. Hano wrote later "I didn't know how or what – would it be a newspaper, or freelance, or a novelist, but I knew I'd write." Hano went on to earn his Bachelor's degree, graduating

cum laude Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Sou ...

in 1941."195 Are Graduated at L.I.U. Ceremony". ''The New York Times''. June 10, 1941. p. 26. Accessed via ProQuest August 24, 2015. "Thirteen students received their degrees cum laude and two magna cum laude. ..The following students were listed as winners of departmental honors: Seymour Bier, accounting; Anthony Barbaccia, Martin Bloom and Murray Silberberg, biology; Noel L. Conrade and Jack B. Hosid, chemistry; Andrew G. Crowley and Henry G. Neuschaefer, economics; John E. Gurka, Arnold Hano, Josephine Pincus and Ethel J. Shohet, English; Helen O. Pause, mathematics; Selma Rubin, retail distribution; Mildred Eichel, secretarial studies."

Career

That summer, Hano was employed as a

copy boy A copy boy is a typically young and junior worker on a newspaper. The job involves taking typed stories from one section of a newspaper to another. According to Bruce Guthrie, the former editor-in-chief of the ''Herald Sun'' who began work there ...

by the ''

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''. Once his sports background was established, Hano's duties were expanded accordingly. Accompanying the News photographer to sporting events, he was now tasked with providing captions for those shots he brought back to the office, thus affording the nineteen-year-old undreamt of opportunities to chronicle baseball history. Hano wrote almost 70 years later:

I'm the luckiest fan in the history of the world. When I was a copy boy at the ''Daily News'', I was sitting in the
Ebbetts Field Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. It is mainly known for having been the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the National League (1913–1957). It was also home to five pro ...
press box when that ball got away from Mickey Owen.

Interrupted in these endeavors by the United States' entry into

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Hano followed his brother into the armed forces in 1942 (Alfred, to the Air Force; Arnold, the Army), eventually serving in an artillery battalion of the Seventh Infantry Division, participating in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and later landing in the first wave on Kwajalein Atoll. Shortly after that battle, informed that his brother was missing in action on a mission over Germany, Hano successfully applied to be commissioned as an infantry officer at

Fort Benning Fort Benning is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia, adjacent to the Alabama–Georgia border. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees ...

, thus allowing him to be deployed to the

European Theater The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II. It saw heavy fighting across Europe for almost six years, starting with Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ending with the ...

, where he hoped to find his brother. However, before this plan could be realized, the war ended and Alfred's remains were recovered."All Together Now: Parade Honorees: The 2013 Laguna Beach Parade Honored Citizens of the Year, Arnold and Bonnie Hano"
Laguna Beach Patriot's Day Parade. Retrieved August 24, 2015. (To find this article, scroll approximately one third of the way down.) After his discharge, Hano returned to New York and a career in book publishing, first as managing editor with Bantam (1947–49), then as editor-in-chief with

Lion Books is a 1950s Japanese manga series by Osamu Tezuka. It was published by Shueisha in the '' Omoshiro Book'' as a supplement. The same company published ''Lion Books II'' in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in the 1970s, which would commonly be referred ...

(1949–54). In the latter capacity, Hano served as editor for, among others, novelists

C. M. Kornbluth Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, W ...

David Goodis David Loeb Goodis (March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967) was an American writer of crime fiction noted for his output of short stories and novels in the noir fiction genre. Born in Philadelphia, Goodis alternately resided there and in New York Cit ...

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and Jim Thompson.Rich, Mark (2010)
''C.M. Kornbluth: The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary''
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 203. . Retrieved August 24, 2015. Thompson, in particular, would benefit from Hano's input and support, which sparked an unprecedented period of productivity. It was during this period, specifically August 1951, that Hano debuted as an author with the baseball-themed

young adult A young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence. Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages of human development significantly influencing the definition of ...

novel, ''The Big Out'', described by ''The New York Times'' reviewer Ralph Adams Brown as "one of the most thrilling sports novels this reviewer has ever read." But it was 1954 that proved to be the turning point for Hano; he left Lion Books, determined to sink or swim on the strength of his writing. What gave rise to this sudden resolve was an across-the-board ten per cent pay cut imposed by Martin Goodman. But by far the most important event that year – or at least the most pertinent to Hano's emergence as a writer – was Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, Hano's handwritten record of which would form the basis for his breakthrough book, ''A Day in the Bleachers'', published the following year. Notwithstanding poor marketing and disappointing sales, the book was embraced almost without exception by critics and has since come to be regarded as a classic of sports literature, with new editions published in 1982, 2004, and again in 2006.Epting, Chris
"Back to the Bleachers"
''Los Angeles Times''. August 27, 2006. Retrieved 2015-08-24. Moreover, the book's signature passage, its description of Willie Mays' most famous play, has been, and continues to be, frequently cited, quoted, or reprinted in full. Buoyed by the book's enthusiastic reception, Hano began to establish himself as a freelance writer, his work appearing in publications such as ''

The Saturday Evening Post ''The Saturday Evening Post'' is an American magazine, currently published six times a year. It was issued weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963, then every two weeks until 1969. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was one of the most widely c ...

'', ''

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'', ''

'', the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'',"SI in the News: Jon Leonoudakis '76 has new film on unsung writer Arnold Hano"
St. Ignatius College Preparatory. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015. ''

Boys' Life ''Scout Life'' (formerly ''Boys' Life'') is the monthly magazine of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Its target readers are boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 18. The magazine‘s headquarters are in Irving, Texas. ''Scout Life'' is pu ...

'', '' Argosy'', ''

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'', and '' True's Baseball Yearbook''. Willie Mays was also the subject of one of several sports biographies written by Hano during the nineteen sixties and seventies, the others being

Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax (; born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is an American former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. He has been hailed as one of t ...

Roberto Clemente Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (; August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After his early death, he was pos ...

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and

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. Moreover, Hano was a frequent contributor to Lion Books' annual paperback series, ''Baseball Stars of 19 _ _'' (later published by

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), providing forty of its chapter-long player profiles between 1958 and 1975. In addition, Hano wrote one book—''Greatest Giants of Them All'', published in 1967—composed entirely of such chapter-length biographies. Alongside this, Hano wrote at least three screenplay novelizations (see below under Books) based on ''

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'' (1966), ''

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'' (1969) and ''Running Wild'' (1973). All were published by

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under the Hano by-line. There may have been others written pseudonymously. On April 7, 1964, Hano was named 1963's Magazine Sportswriter of the Year by the

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. Two weeks later, he received the 1963 Sidney Hillman Memorial Award in the category of magazine journalism (as selected by judges Alan Barth,

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and

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), for "The Burned Out Americans", a

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study of conditions facing migratory farm workers in California's Central Valley. Hano has also taught writing at the

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, and the

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. Between 1989 and 1992, Hano was a contributing editor at ''

Orange Coast Magazine ''Orange Coast'' is an American lifestyle magazine published for the Orange County, California region. Established in February 1974, ''Orange Coast'' is the oldest continuously published lifestyle magazine in the region. ''Orange Coast'' includ ...

''.Hano, Arnold
"In Retrospect: ''Ya Voy'' Already"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. March 1992. p. 149. Retrieved August 24, 2015. In 2012, Hano became the 12th recipient of

's annual Hilda Award, established in 2001 "to recognize distinguished service to the game by a fan." Four years later, with his induction into the Shrine of the Eternals, Hano became the first person to be honored twice by the Baseball Reliquary. On July 19, 2015, ''

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'' announced the upcoming release of ''Hano! A Century in the Bleachers'' (circa fall 2015 with a November 2015 DVD release), a documentary examination of Arnold Hano's life and work, produced and directed by Jon Leonoudakis. Among its interviewees are Hano and fellow sportswriters Ron Rapoport, Ray Robinson, John Schulian,

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and

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, plus artist Mark Ulriksen, and former Major League stars (and subjects of multiple Hano magazine articles)

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and

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Personal life

Hano had two children (Stephen A. and Susan C. Hano) by his first marriage, and a daughter, Laurel, by his second, the former Bonnie Abraham. Since September 1955, the Hanos had resided in Laguna Beach, the sole exception being a two-year Peace Corps stint spent in

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, starting in July 1991. Active in community affairs ever since their arrival, Hano was instrumental in writing and promoting a 1971 voter initiative establishing a 36-foot height limit on new buildings; with close to 62 percent of the city's registered voters participating, the measure was approved by a better than 3-to-1 margin.Maxwell, Evan
"Laguna Beach Vote Bans Tall Buildings; Large Election Turnout Approves 36-Foot Limit"
''Los Angeles Times''. August 4, 1971. Retrieved February 10, 2020. In 2013, Hano and his wife were honored as Laguna Beach "Citizens of the Year" in the city's annual Patriot's Day Parade. Hano died on October 24, 2021, at his home in

Laguna Beach, California Laguna Beach (; ''Laguna'', Spanish language, Spanish for "Lagoon") is a seaside resort city located in southern Orange County, California, in the United States. It is known for its mild year-round climate, scenic coves, environmental preservat ...

. He was 99 years old.

Notes

References

''. July 1965. pp. 22–23. * Whittaker, James (with Hano)
"Fit to Climb a Mountain"
''Boys' Life''. March 1966. pp. 34–35, 38–39. * "Roberto Clemente: Baseball's Brightest Superstar". ''Boys' Life''. March 1968. pp
24–25
an
54

"Scouting in Tahiti"
''Boys' Life''. February 1969. pp. 34–37.
"Model–A Explorers of Orinda"
''Boys' Life''. October 1969. pp. 32–33. * "Who's No. 1? C-O-M-P-T-O-N!". ''Boys' Life''. February 1970. pp
26–27
an
57–58

"Madrid: The City Simpatico"
''Boys' Life''. January 1970. pp. 34, 75–76.
"That's Our Good Boy Scout Talking"
''Scouting''. February 1971. pp. 33–35.
"Why is Archie Bunker So Lovable"
''The Chicago Tribune''. Sunday, March 12, 1972. Section 1A, pp. 1 and 6.
"By the Light of the Midnight Sun"
''Boys' Life''. February 1973. pp. 32–33, 70–73.
"Bill McChesney: The Little Machine"
''Boys' Life''. October 1976. pp. 26–29.
"Greg Louganis: Diving Sensation at 16"
''Boys' Life''. August 1977. pp. 28–31.
"The Magical World of Greg Wilson"
''Boys' Life''. October 1978. pp. 20–23.
"Her First Name is Chief"
''Scouting''. Volume 74, Number 1, January–February 1986. pp. 21–24. * Cosby, Bill (with Hano)
"High School Was a Load of Laughs"
''Boys' Life''. December 1986. pp. 42–44.
"Coasting: Exercising Restraint"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. October 1989. pp. 158–160.
"In Retrospect: Serving Time in the Jury Box"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. October 1990. pp. 192–195.
"In Retrospect: Life with Alfie"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. November 1990. pp. 232–234.
"In Retrospect: Over 26,000 Served"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. December 1990. pp. 325–327.
"A Love Affair With the Press"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. February 1991. pp. 152–154.
"In Retrospect: Jim Thompson Stories Don't Have Happy Endings"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. March 1991. pp. 165–167.
"In Retrospect: Three Score and Nine"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. April 1991. pp. 150–151.
"In Retrospect: Views From Abroad"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. May 1991. pp. 165–167.
"OC Forum: O.C. Can You Say?"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. July 1991. p. 8.
"In Retrospect: Loose Ends"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. August 1991. pp. 142–143.
"In Retrospect: Live From Costa Rica"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. September 1991. pp. 149–151.
"In Retrospect: Mi Familia"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. November 1991. p. 157–158.
"In Retrospect: ''Ya Voy'' Already"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. March 1992. pp. 144–145, 147, 149.
"In Retrospect: Juan Valdez Would Have Starved to Death"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. May 1992. pp. 120–123 and 125.
"In Retrospect: Much Ado About Nothing"
''Orange Coast Magazine''. June 1992. pp. 152, 154–155.
"The View From the Stands"
''Los Angeles Times''. April 2, 2006. * Hano, Bonnie; Hano, Arnold

RaymondLieberman@Blogspot.com. Wednesday, May 10, 2010.

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* McLellan, Dennis
"Living On Peace Work : Laguna Beach Couple Join the Ranks of Corps' Older Recruits"
''Los Angeles Times''. June 21, 1991. * Vecsey, George

''The New York Times''. September 29, 2004. * Epting, Chris. "Back to the Bleachers," Pts
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''Los Angeles Times''. August 27, 2006. * Waddles, Hank
"Bronx Banter Interview: Arnold Hano, Part I"
Alex Belth's Bronx Banter. September 25, 2009. * Waddles, Hank
"Bronx Banter Interview: Arnold Hano, Part II"
* Nolan, Michelle (2010)
"Arnold Hano's Innovative 'The Big Out'"
''Ball Tales: A Study of Baseball, Basketball and Football Fiction of the 1930s through 1960s.'' . pp. 50–53. . * Henrikson, Maggi
"Arnold Hano and his infectious zest for life"
Laguna Life and People. February 3, 2015. * Alderton, Bryce
"Man who covered the greats now in the spotlight"
''Laguna Beach Coast Pilot''. September 17, 2015.

Books

Non-fiction
''A Day in the Bleachers''
by Arnold Hano (

Da Capo Press Da Capo Press is an American publishing company with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. It is now an imprint of Hachette Books. History Founded in 1964 as a publisher of music books, as a division of Plenum Publishers, it had additional of ...

, 1955, 2004). . Fiction (all paperback except as indicated) * ''The Big Out'', sports novel by Arnold Hano (

Barnes Barnes may refer to: People * Barnes (name), a family name and a given name (includes lists of people with that name) Places United Kingdom *Barnes, London, England **Barnes railway station ** Barnes Bridge railway station ** Barnes Railway Bri ...

hardcover, 1951) * ''Valley of Angry Men'', western novel as by Matthew Gant (

Gold Medal Books Gold Medal Books, launched by Fawcett Publications in 1950, was an American book publisher known for introducing paperback originals, a publishing innovation at the time. Fawcett was also an independent newsstand distributor, and in 1949 the c ...

, 1953) * ''The Flesh Painter'', historical novel about artist

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (, ; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of colour and Synthetist style that were distinct fr ...

as by Ad Gordon ( Lion Library Books, 1953) * ''Slade'', western novel as by Ad Gordon ( Lion Library Books, 1956) * ''So I'm a Heel'', noir thriller as by Mike Heller (

, 1957) * ''The Manhunter'', western novel as by Matthew Gant (

Signet Books The New American Library (also known as NAL) is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948. Its initial focus was affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works as well as popular and pulp fiction, but it now publishe ...

, 1957) * ''Flint'', western novel as by Gil Dodge (

, 1957) * ''The Last Notch'', western novel as by Matthew Gant (

, 1958); reissued as by Arnold Hano ( Stark House, 2017) * ''The Raven and the Sword'', historical novel about politician

Sam Houston Samuel Houston (, ; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played an important role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two i ...

as by Matthew Gant (

Coward-McCann G. P. Putnam's Sons is an American book publisher based in New York City, New York. Since 1996, it has been an imprint of the Penguin Group. History The company began as Wiley & Putnam with the 1838 partnership between George Palmer Putnam and J ...

hardcover, 1960;

paperback reprint, 1961) * ''Queen Street'', non-genre novel as by Matthew Gant ( Regency Books, 1963) * ''The Executive'', non-genre novel by Arnold Hano (

, 1964) * ''

'' by Arnold Hano, inferred novelization of the uncredited screenplay by

Eduardo De Filippo Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...

Renato Castellani Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 in Varigotti, Liguria – 28 December 1985 in Rome) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Early life Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, a hamlet at the time of Final Pia, ...

Tonino Guerra Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors in the world. Life and work Guerra was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna. Accor ...

Leo Benvenuti Leonardo Benvenuti (8 September 1923 – 3 November 2000) also called Leo, was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 130 films between 1948 and 2000. He was born in Florence, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''O ...

and

Piero De Bernardi Piero De Bernardi (12 April 1926 – 8 January 2010) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1954 and 2010. He was born in Prato, Tuscany. Biography De Bernardi was part of a writing duo that included Leonardo Ben ...

(

, 1965) * ''

'' by Arnold Hano, novelization of the Western movie screenplay by

James Lee Barrett James Lee Barrett (November 19, 1929 – October 15, 1989) was an American author, producer and screenwriter. Biography Barrett was born in 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated in 1950 from Anderson University (South Carolina). ...

, from a story by Stanley Hough (

, 1967) * '' ''Running Wild'''' by Arnold Hano, novelization of the screenplay by Finley Hunt, Robert McCahon and Maurice Tomeragel from a story by McCahon (

, 1973) * ''3 Steps to Hell'' by Arnold Hano, omnibus edition reprint of three novels: ''So I'm a Heel'', ''Flint'', and ''The Big Out'' ( Stark House, 2012)

External links

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"10 Minutes with Arnold Hano: Thoughts on the Baseball Reliquary"
at

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"'It Takes a Villager'; Arnold Hano addressing the Laguna Beach Historical Society (Sep. 24, 2013)"
at

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Trailer for "Hano! A Century in the Bleachers"
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