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BOOK LAUNCH
Miracle at Sing Sing: How One Man Transformed the Lives
of America's Most Dangerous Prisoners (read
more)
Ralph Blumenthal's fifth book, Miracle at Sing Sing, about
the inspirational career of prison warden Lewis E. Lawes, was published in hardback in 2004 and in
paperback in 2005.
RECENT FEATURE AND NEWS REPORTING
Ralph Blumenthal has been The New York Times southwest bureau
chief, based
in Houston, since Sept., 2003. Some recent stories (available on
www.nytimes.com) featured a group
of blind birdwatchers in South Texas, a
woman who rescues losing thoroughbred racehorses, a George Washington
cult
in Laredo, the smallest oilman in Texas, and the fight over a giant
sculpture honoring the bitter legacy of El Paso's Spanish founder.
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