{"product_id":"2940154479513","title":"Connections: A Lifetime Journey Through the World of Celebrity","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf Ginger on Gilligan’s Island had discovered Richard M. Nixon beneath a palm tree, the surprise would have been no more shocking than the contents revealed in author Gordon Lore’s treasure chest of memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoincidentally, he knew both Tina Louise and Nixon. For fifty years, he associated with an eclectic mix of fascinating people you would nowadays expect to find in a time capsule, such as President Harry S. Truman, James Cagney, Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Claire Bloom, John F. and Robert F. Kennedy, then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Duke of Windsor, Anne Revere, Lesley Ann Warren, the Star Trek: The Next Generation main cast (Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner), Joe DiMaggio, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurl Ives, whose “A Holly, Jolly Christmas” still resonates through shopping mall loudspeakers, once sang to him; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Frank Gehry discussed architecture with him; Harry Wu debated human rights with him; exorcist Dr. Antonia Rodriguez sermonized deliverance with him. From beautiful Chesapeake Bay shores to the halls of Washington power to a mineral water spa in Los Angeles, journey back through Gordon’s enjoyable and spiritually rewarding career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated. Bibliography. Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon Lore’s other works include Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective (1968), Strange Effects From UFOs (1969), The Earle Family of Newfoundland and the Birth of a Canadian Atlantic Province, and he is former Editor of The U.F.O. Investigator, The UFOR Newsletter, Public Utilities Fortnightly, The Rockwell News, the Corea Times, and Contemporary Dialysis \u0026amp; Nephrology, For Patients Only.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083031363824,"sku":"2940154479513","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154479513_p0.jpg?v=1764068658","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154479513","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}