Frost/Nixon/Reston
James Reston Jr. recounts for Smithsonian magazine his role in prepping David Frost for the famous Richard Nixon interviews.
I took a creative writing class taught by Reston at Carolina in the mid-70s. He was friendly, down-to-earth and had a wry sense of humor. He invited the class to his home in Hillsborough for a Christmas party featuring plenty of mulled wine.
Reston last year published "The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost-Nixon Interviews."
I've read several of Reston's other books, all fascinating, but not that. I'll have to add it to my get-to-sometime list.
Arguably, he's always been best known as his famous father's son, but that's due for a change.
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