Michael Hogan Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 From nytimes.com Warren Leslie Dies at 84; Wrote Book That Rankled Dallas by Dennis Hevesi July 23, 2011 Excerpt: Warren Leslie, who in 1964 raised hackles in Dallas, his adopted hometown, when he contended in a book that a climate of right-wing extremism had primed the city to become the scene of a national tragedy — the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — died on July 6 at his home in Chicago. He was 84. A former reporter for The Dallas Morning News, Mr. Leslie was a vice president and chief spokesman for Neiman Marcus, the Dallas-based luxury department store chain, when he wrote “Dallas Public and Private: Aspects of an American City,” published barely four months after Kennedy was assassinated. Though never a best seller, the book was widely reviewed as a window on the psyche of Dallas at a time when the country was still struggling to understand and recover from the assassination, which occurred on Nov. 22, 1963. Reprinted in 1998 by Southern Methodist University Press, it remains a document of the era. Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/us/24leslie.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hogan Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 From dallasobserver.com Warren Leslie May Be Dead Now, But His Book Dallas Public and Private Will Live Forever by Robert Wilonsky July 24, 2011 http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/07/warren_leslie_may_be_dead_now.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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