Im jamie colby, in garden grove, california, about a halfhour south of l. A. Im on my way to meet a woman whose wild west inheritance might be worth a fortune. Come on. Lets go have a looksee. My name is melissa guy. When dad passed, he left me with 40 rare colt pistols, one in particular that led me to a bit of a showdown. Hi, melissa. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Melissa leads me into her living room. And shows me a small sample of the strange inheritance her dad, mel, left her. Oh, look at the handle. Come here, baby. This would be a gun that a cowboy would carry. Mel wasnt a cowboy but a World War Ii Navy vet who owned a sheetmetal company. He never had a thing for guns until his wife gave him this antique pistol as a birthday present. It was a couple dollars. And this is the gun that started the collection. Mel loves it so much that he decides to replate it with shiny new nickel. Then, he learns the refurbishing diminished its value. Its a mistake he only makes once. My dad decided right
So talked you into doing an autobiography . In the catalog a couple years ago and then with Christopher Hitchens and then said dont worry we will record and i said no. I went several copies nothing focuses the mind. And then asked to do a memoir if it would be too early. So there was that. So i didnt much mind being 40 i barely noticed it at 50 and that i was looking backwards quite a lot. Host why hitch 22 . Describing a lot of commitments in my life that ive taken part in and against purity and consistency for any ideological grouping and with that uncertainty principle so hitch 22 is my commitment to doubt so thats the idea so there are some word games and that are schoolboy humor but then by someone like salman rushdie. And for whom the bell rings for example were doctor zhivago. With this relationship. For a novelist, the humor, and is written in novels about the holocaust. In these books are written with his best memoirs. And its Anglo American to generously and at the cusp of 19
A girl named tamara, lived on an indian reservation. She suffered great tragedy early in her life at age two. She was in a foster home. She was beaten very severely at a drunken party. Her arm, her nose, her leg were broken and she laid in a room with no medical attention. A horrific story. To tell you a little bit about how i came to write a book about it, she was featured in a news story about abuse of children at foster homes with a very large photograph in a newspaper about two years after this happened. And i went to the indian reservation when i read this story and raised a lot of hell with everybody. And i met with this girl and her grandfather. And we, you know, we visited. Then i sent her a couple of christmas gifts. Then her grandfather died and i lost track of her. I would always ask at the indian reservation, does anybody know what happened . The answer was no. No one knew. And 27 years later, i got an email from her. It turns out she has been homeless in minneapolis. Went
Good morning to you. I will show viewers the photograph of the girl. Tell us who she is. Senator dorgan the book is entitled the girl in the photograph. A, lived ond tamar an indian reservation. She suffered great tragedy early in her life at age two. She was in a foster home. Very severely party. Unknen her arm, leg were broken and she no medicaloom with attention. A horrific story. To tell you a little bit about how i came to write a book about it, she was feature and a news story about abuse of children at foster homes with a very large photograph in a newspaper about two years after this happened. And i went to the indian reservation when i read this story and raise a lot of hell with everybody. And i met with this girl and her grandfather. And we, you know, we visited. Then i center a couple of christmas gifts. Then her grandfather died and i lost track of her. Ask at the indian reservation, does anybody know what happened . The answer was no. No one knew. And 27 years later i got
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