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A review by borborygm
Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli
2.0
I expected a book about Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie. I was surprised to read a book about all the people surrounding them and lots of NPR backstory. There is a tremendous amount of detail in this book, unfortunately often it was detail I didn't want. For example:
"When Linda was three, her father took the bold step of becoming a business owner. From the widowed Mrs. Morrison, he purchased her eponymous grocery store at 414 N guadalupe (phone number: 174). "
"Televisions march would soon make Murrow and his ubiquitous cigarette a familiar visual in the nation's living rooms, but it had taken the medium a while to arrive in southwestern New Mexico. During the contentious Army-McCarthy hearings, citizens eager to tune in had to drive to Texas in order to watch. After numerous delays, in 1953 a monster of a signal finally began crackling over a 790-foot tower installed on a 250-foot hill southwest of Rosewell by southwestern oil tycoon John Barnett, who boasted..."
I didn't want to read about the address and phone number of her father's grocery store nor anything about the march of television. I wanted to read about Susan, Linda, Nina and Cokie! I read lots of information about their spouses and the careers of their spouses and parents. And lots of information about various happenings at NPR and the various managers, which would have been appropriate for someone wanting a history of NPR. I was looking for Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR. I don't believe I found that.
"When Linda was three, her father took the bold step of becoming a business owner. From the widowed Mrs. Morrison, he purchased her eponymous grocery store at 414 N guadalupe (phone number: 174). "
"Televisions march would soon make Murrow and his ubiquitous cigarette a familiar visual in the nation's living rooms, but it had taken the medium a while to arrive in southwestern New Mexico. During the contentious Army-McCarthy hearings, citizens eager to tune in had to drive to Texas in order to watch. After numerous delays, in 1953 a monster of a signal finally began crackling over a 790-foot tower installed on a 250-foot hill southwest of Rosewell by southwestern oil tycoon John Barnett, who boasted..."
I didn't want to read about the address and phone number of her father's grocery store nor anything about the march of television. I wanted to read about Susan, Linda, Nina and Cokie! I read lots of information about their spouses and the careers of their spouses and parents. And lots of information about various happenings at NPR and the various managers, which would have been appropriate for someone wanting a history of NPR. I was looking for Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR. I don't believe I found that.