Gregg Mitman will appear in person to discuss 'Empire of Rubber,' a book about Firestone 20 years in the making, at the Wisconsin Book Festival on Oct. 23.
the answer is simple. she didn t. we will get to that later. the other thing is despite what you may have read in usa today, but have achieved was not a secret code. now, more serious note. the most common question i get is what on earth brought me to this topic, how did i come to write about julia child, and more to the point how did i know that julia child, the pocket of friendship of cookbook and television thing had worked for the country s first intelligence agency? the truth is i read in the new york post. i happened to see a headline, secret recipes of spies. and it reported that julie had been an employee of the oss, the office of strategic services, which as most of you know? we set up by president roosevelt in the early days of the war. it is the forerunner of today s cia. anyway, i was in washington at the time. this would ve been the fall 2008 and i was on my book tour for the irregulars. at that time the national archives released a huge cache of previous
presents after words, an hour long program with authors being interviewed by guest hosts. hurricane carter and worked for the innocence since his 1985 release and talks with veteran journalist, juan williams. host: rubin carter, thank you for joining us on this wonderful day. how old are you nowing? guest: 74 years and that s doctor. one from law school in 2003 and one from york university in 2005, so it s dr. rubin carter. host: both in autotrail ya? guest: no, no. host: oh, york is in canada. guest: yes. your book is called eye of the hurricane with a forward by nelson mandela. guest: correct. host: you say here my main purpose in writing this book is to share with you i have discovered the truth. guest: to be the truth. host: yeah, but the love of truth is the spirit of man given where i was and for how long i was there this is incredible i have no business at all being here now. guest: that s absolutely correct. host: you say you were i