Max Watman
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Max Watman | |
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| Website | http://www.maxwatman.com |
Max Watman (b. 1971) is an American author.
Watman hails from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, holds degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and Columbia University, and currently lives in the Hudson Valley of New York.
He has published two books of nonfiction, both concerned with the American history of activities historically considered vices:
Race Day: A Spot on the Rail with Max Watman (2005, Ivan R. Dee) is an episodic history of horse racing while Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw's Adventures in Moonshine (2010, Simon & Schuster) discusses the two-hundred-year-old practice of illegal distillation of spirits.
Work available online
As a book reviewer for The New Criterion, 2000-07 (http://www.newcriterion.com/archive.cfm?advance=1&q=&Search=1&x=10&y=6&author=Watman+Max)
As racing correspondent for the New York Sun, 2006-2008 (http://www.nysun.com/authors/Max+Watman)