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More on W.C. Heinz ... |
 At an age when most writers are retired and forgotten, Heinz has undergone a revival. Da Capo Press, of Cambridge, MA, has reissued "The Professional," the Heinz prize fight novel, along with collections of his sports writing ("What A Time It Was") and finally his war stories... |
| Hemingway once said: "The Professional is the only good novel about a fighter I've ever read and an excellent first novel in its own right." |
| Heinz and I became friends when, in 1950, I was graduated from his alma mater, Middlebury College. We began a correspondence, and a friendship, that endures today... |
| In a treasured collection, I have some 200 letters from Heinz. It's unlikely he will write another word for publication. He doesn't need to. For, the W. C. Heinz body of work is complete; his place in journalism, indeed American literature, is secure...
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