30-06-2013, 04:04 AM
Edwin Ortiz Wrote:Hi jim any idea when your new book will be out ....
Jim DiEugenio Wrote:I didn't know he credited CTKA.
Well, turnabout is fair play.
In my upcoming book, Reclaiming Parkland, I credit him. But not for what you would think.
I used his biography of Spielberg, since Hanks and Spielberg are buddies. In more ways than one.
I should add, that biography is the best one on Spielberg you will read anywhere.
It is supposed to be timed with the release of the Parkland film. ANd I am trying very hard to make that deadline.
Joseph's book on Spielberg was helpful to me. I took a lot of notes on it. It was really interesting to find out how close Hanks and Spielberg were to Clinton and now to Obama. The other thing that was important to me was how Spielberg had always thought of himself as an outsider. Well, when I found out about Hanks' childhood, I could see why the two bonded: because they both wanted to be insiders once they got successful. Which is not true of everyone who becomes successful, even in that business e.g. Stanley Kubrick hated Hollywood.
But anyway, this should be Joseph's thread. His book it out right now. Since he was nice enough to drop in, he should have the stage.
Joseph: Did you build on Armstrong's work, which seems to imply that Tippit was waiting for Oswald on a bus? DId you confirm that was true?

