Larry Tye

Prominent Trial Attorney, Jack Girardi interviews Larry Tye , a prize-winning journalist at The Boston Globe and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He is the author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend (one of The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2009) The Father of Spin, Home Lands, and Rising from the Rails and co-author, with Kitty Dukakis, of Shock. Tye is currently at work on a biography of Robert Kennedy for Random House. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero Starts long before the doomed planet of Krypton was destroyed and its lone orphan’s arrival on his adopted planet earth…it begins in the midst of the great depression… with Jerry Siegel, a shy, awkward teenager in Cleveland. Raised on adventure tales and robbed of his father at a young age, Jerry dreamed of a hero for a boy– and a world –that desperately needed one.

Together with neighborhood chum and kindred spirit Joe Shuster, young Siegel conjured a human-sized god who was everything his creators yearned to be: handsome, stalwart, and brave, able to protect the innocent, punish the wicked, save the day, and win the girl. Superman has changed with the times…and every new medium in which the man of steel has been featured has given the character new aspects and new facets…sometimes even new powers. Superman has been adopted by every generation since his creation nearly 8 decades ago…and continues to be a relevant hero for today and tomorrow. Larry Tye has written the definitive study of the Last Son of Krypton, and we’re delighted to welcome him to the Law Business Insider.