▁called ▁the ▁book ▁" the ▁only ▁good ▁novel ▁I ' ve ▁ever ▁read ▁about ▁a ▁f ighter , ▁and ▁an ▁excellent ▁novel ▁in ▁its ▁own ▁right ." ▁ ▁Hein z ▁edited ▁two ▁box ing ▁anth ologies , ▁The ▁F ires ide ▁Book ▁of ▁Box ing ▁and ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁Box ing ▁with ▁Nathan ▁Ward . ▁ ▁Hein z ' s ▁additional ▁books ▁include ▁Run ▁to ▁Day light ▁with ▁football ▁coach ▁V ince ▁Lomb ardi , ▁The ▁Sur geon , ▁Emer gency ▁and ▁Once ▁They ▁He ard ▁the ▁Cheers , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁author ▁travel s ▁the ▁country ▁revis iting ▁sports ▁hero es ▁of ▁his ▁past . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁highly ▁acc laimed ▁magazine ▁article , ▁" The ▁Rock y ▁Road ▁of ▁P istol ▁P ete " ▁about ▁a ▁baseball ▁player , ▁P ete ▁Re iser , ▁who ▁fought ▁through ▁count less ▁inj uries ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁game ▁that ▁he ▁loved . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁Hein z ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁Dr . ▁H . ▁Richard ▁Horn berger ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁novel ▁M ASH , ▁published ▁under ▁Horn berger ' s ▁pen ▁name ▁Richard ▁Hook er . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁the ▁prec ursor ▁to ▁the ▁film ▁M ASH , ▁which ▁won ▁the ▁award ▁for ▁best ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁C annes ▁Film ▁Festival ▁and ▁an ▁Academy ▁Award ▁for ▁best ▁screen play ▁based ▁on ▁another ▁medium ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁also ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁prototype ▁for