1950. when he was 5, the family moved to montreal. but they spent summers at the family cottage in long beach, new york. charles recalls spending every day with his brother on the field, on the court or in the water. i don t think i owned a shirt until i was 21. all the pictures, the family movies, my father is shirtless. my brother shirtless. i am. we re outside in the sun. i read on the beach. that s where i got all my knowledge is reading. of course there was reading and studying. the father who spoke nine languages even carried his son s stellar second grade report card around in his coat pocket. his motto is to know everything. i want you to learn everything. you don t have to do everything but you have to know everything. he thought that was part of life. that life did not include a tv. says the cable news pundit. my father wouldn t allow it. once a week, sunday night we go to the neighbors to watch the
they met in havana, moved to rio and eventually new york city where charles was born in 1950. when he was 5, the family moved to montreal. but they spent summers at the family cottage in long beach, new york. charles recalls spending every day with his brother on the field, on the court or in the water. i don t think i owned a shirt until i was 21. all the pictures, the family movies, my father is shirtless. my brother shirtless. i am. we re outside in the sun. i read on the beach. that s where i got all my knowledge is reading. of course there was reading and studying. the father who spoke nine languages even carried his son s stellar second grade report card around in his coat pocket. his motto is to know everything. i want you to learn everything. you don t have to do everything but you have to know everything. he thought that was part of life. that life did not include a tv. says the cable news pundit. my father wouldn t allow it. once a week, sunday night we go