News coverage begins, four months in advance

A mention of the book June 17 on the Providence Journal's Books Blog.

Now on Amazon!

The book is now available on Amazon, check it out!

New photos added to the slideshow

As I comb through Pell's personal scrapbooks and other sources, I am adding new photos to the UNCOMMON MAN web site. I have almost 60 up there now, all nicely organized and captioned, with many, many more to come.
Here's a rare shot of the Pell in swim trunks, from the 1960 campaign year.
Check the rest of them out at the UNCOMMON MAN slideshow.

Rhode Island Monthly to run excerpt

I have just reached agreement with Rhode Island Monthly allowing the magazine to run a substantial excerpt of AN UNCOMMON MAN: The Life and Times of Senator Claiborne Pell in their August issue, which is their biggest newsstand seller of the year. This will be an enormous boost for the book, and I am grateful to the magazine for their interest!

New web site up and running!

A few tweaks remain, but the dedicated web site for AN UNCOMMON MAN: The Life and Times of Senator Claiborne Pell, due for publication in October, is now live.

The site features an excerpt from the book and a photo gallery, among other attractions. I am still organizing the gallery, adding captions and more photos. Eventually, I expect this to be a great resource not only for the book, but also to those interested in Pell and the period from JFK to Clinton.

Since we do not have the cover yet, nor a page on Amazon, some links are not yet operative. Still, I invite you to visit -- and offer any suggestions you might have.

Book launch plans advance...

All the details here, on the G. Wayne Miller blog.

New title is finalized

After deciding that A VERY DIFFERENT SENATOR did not quite capture the man, we have settled on a new title for the biography:

AN UNCOMMON MAN
The Life and Times of Senator Claiborne Pell

And that's not all that's happening as we move toward October 2011 publication -- the book is now in copy-editing, the marketing plan is taking shape, and I am having a new web site designed. We have selected two photo inserts and secured permission from The Providence Journal and other sources to use some great archival shots. Those and many more will be on the new web page's slideshow. The web address will remain the same, however: And so will the bio email account: pellbook@gmail.com

We also are beginning to plan the book launch party, at Salve Regina University's Pell Center (expect lots of noteworthy people, could be THE political event of the season!) and other appearances and events. Stay tuned as the fall approaches...