[indiscernible] think you all for being here welcome to the oldest independent bookstore in los angeles. We are pleased to be shared our facility with the los angeles review of books one of its Board Members john weiner is going to be an enter lock a tour i thought i would tell you this a little bit about who our guests are tonight john who i know is famous for many things he does a book on the 1960s to a publisher i think thats true. He is most famous if anybody needs to know anything about john lennon or the fbi he is your go to person. He spent a decade litigating to get access to this information he is a writer and commentator and a man about town. And a friend of mine. He is going to be talking to a friend of his who is a professor at usc i would say of the two of them that these are serious historians who are not serious about themselves. The work that stephen will be reading or talking about tonight. And perhaps reading from. Is a really amazing captivating story that you cant b
And his family was facing serious financial problems. At this point in his life, he was a man trying the take care of his family. And we get to tell a story here that most people dont know about. Welcome to Saratoga Springs on booktv. Located about four hours north of new york city, it has a population of about 27,000. Named for the numerous springs in the area, early settlers flocked here to experience the therapeutic effects of the natural mineral waters. Today Saratoga Springs is a popular Tourist Destination with its spas, revolutionary war history and horse racing. With the help of our spectrum cable partners, for the next 90 minutes well learn about the citys history and feature its Literary History including Andrew Mckenna on his battle with opioid addiction. Growing up, i thought the person who was addicted to heroin was under a bridge somewhere with, right . And was pushing a shopping cart around or Something Like that. Thats not the case. One of the most abused drugs right no
Discovered in 1792. It was found to be beneficial for certain diseases. And id like to say that Congress Park is a city park developed because of constipation. Because that was a disease that itwas most likely used to treat. It was to spur a Great Development of hotels, boarding houses and businesses generally here in saratoga springs. There was nothing here until the first was discovered. In fact, we think that the mohawk and mohican indians came here only for the mineral springs. It was not a place where they cant particularly. Perhaps they hunted here. So the first european americans came here in 1771. Probably finding the spring in the course of surveying and providing land that had been very inappropriately taken from the mohawks. So what happened in the very beginning, 1772 was that the first people to come here built long cabins. And anyone whos heard about this medicinal qualities of water made their way here. Paid a small sum of money to stay in one of these very rough long ca
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