David thank you everybody for coming out. This book,alk about the story itself. But i also want to make the point that this period is varied distant and its going , to sound like a time where society was very socialist and was very long ago. But in fact in 1983 the , university of chicago showed in a poll that 27 of americans believed they were in touch with the dead. And this was the National Voting research center, i believe. This wasnt about asking people if they felt they were having imaginary conversations with the dead. The question was do you , genuinely believe that you are in touch with spirits and you are hearing from them . As i mentioned, 27 of the people said that they were which would have translated to about 50 million americans who believe d that they were in touch with the dead. So that was in 1983. The time i am writing about is the 1920s. The other thing i will say about how close that era essentially is, is that when i was a kid i remember there was an ice cream par
This is 1965. He is 41 years old and he has yet to win a race but he had a sense of destiny, word he doesnt really like but it was a sense that he was meant to do great things. If good evening. I want to welcome you all here for a very special evening and also welcoming booktv here. A few people here that dont know david, i will give you a background. A b. A. From brandeis in that phase from nyu and he has been an astrologer and a screenwriter. He is a new york native. This is his first book, the publication date, you know me better than that. Please join me in welcoming david jaheer. [applause] thanks everybody for coming. I want to talk about the setting for this book and i want to talk about the story but i also want to make the point this period is varied distant and its going to sound like a time where society was very socialist and didnt sound like a period was very long ago. But in fact in 1983 the university of chicago showed in a poll that 27 of americans believed they were in