CSPAN3 Book Discussion On Triumph March 12, 2016
Bert i would like you to read the prologue from the book, for later discussion. Jeremy my pleasure. I shall begin. Just before 9 30 p. M. Central time, in 1955, a handsome townhouse on chicagos south side, owens sat back in a straight back chair. He slipped back his hair, what was left of it. He put finishing touches on what had been an all day job, rewiring his old home. In a few minutes, he would be talking live on tv about his celebrity. More than 20 million americans watched as he spoke from a studio in new york, first with owens and his family, and then leonard bernstein. The 42yearold fa...