Edward Achorn , a journalist and Pulitzer prize finalist for distinguished commentary, is the deputy editorial pages editor of the Providence Journal and author of Fifty-Nine in \'84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had .
He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island..
His reviews of books on American history appear frequently in the Weekly Standard .
He has won numerous writing awards and his work appears in The Best Newspaper Writing, 2007-2008 .
Edward Achorn , a journalist and Pulitzer prize finalist for distinguished commentary, is the deputy editorial pages editor of the Providence Journal and author of Fifty-Nine in \'84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had