Journalist and author john farrell. He discusses his book, Richard Nixon, the life. Brian john farrell, better known as jack, author of the book Richard Nixon, the life. At the very end of your book in the footnotes, the source notes, you say this. He hoped that billy graham or Norman Vincent peele would handle the prayers this is his funeral and doesnt want a catholic or jew to participate. What was that all about . John this was at his funeral. Nixon came from a california nixon came from a california background. When he was growing up, it was the outback. It was orange groves and hills and a very small towns in between. He grew up with a certain provincial bigotry. I think he got some of that from his father, who was an unlearned man. And over the years, nixon learned to deal with it because he had to. Nixon could do almost anything if he had do. Like henryt advisors butinger, who were jewish, in private, against his enemies who happened to be jewish, he could be very ugly. I think