Tony Lukas believed in and devoted his life to the magical power of a certain kind of journalism: the long, intensely reported, painstakingly constructed narrative showing the great historical themes of our national life playing themselves out across the lives of ordinary Americans. He worked hard at this himself, and he also worked hard to encourage other journalists who were interested in the kind of reporting and writing that he was. At the time of his death, he had just finished an ambitious work on a sensational early 20th century murder trial in Idaho.
As great journalists often are, Tony was...
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