“See the man with stagefright, just standing up there to give it all his might.” –Robbie Robertson I wrote in my last post about being an introverted artist who must periodically emerge from under my rock to peddle my wares. Am I’m doing it. Not only querying literary agents , but going on TV! The…
FIFTY YEAR AGO TODAY
by John Manchester Most Fridays in the fall of 1963 my father was working at American Education Publications, publishers of “My Weekly Reader.” I was in my eighth grade class. But that Friday, November 22nd, my father picked me up early from school in his green Austin-Healey Sprite. My father loved that car. He’d grin…
The Death of a President
My father William Manchester’s account of JFK’s assassination, The Death of a President, is finally back in print after many years. Jill Abramson of the Times wrote an interesting overview of all the books on the subject, concluding with this about my father’s: “The good news, maybe the best, of the 50th anniversary is that Little, Brown has now…
SF 88 and the Cuban Missile Crisis
SF 88 and the Cuban Missile Crisis Posted by John Manchester on March 20, 2012 at 4:00pm View Blog MARCH 20, 2012 9:14AM RATE: 15 Flag Cloud from 1st nuclear explosion, “Mike.” I was scouting sites in San Francisco for a new novel. I called my old friend Dan. He’s been doing audio for films for…
It’s the Sixth Anniversary of my Father’s Death
EDITOR’S PICK JUNE 1, 2010 7:06AM RATE: 19 Flag Part 1: The Reason I’m Here on Open Salon My father with JFK looking over his shoulder, 1964 (Image rights reserved John Manchester) A month ago I started merrily blogging away here and never properly introduced myself. I’m the son of the writer William Manchester. He became well-known when he…
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