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Journalist Remembers the Death of RFK

Jun 4th, 2008 · Forty years ago at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Pete Hamill tried to wrestle the gun away from Sirhan Sirhan, Robert F. Kennedy's assassin. Hamill discusses a new book about RFK on the anniversary of his last day.

Keywords: Los Angeles · wrestle · deaths · assassination · Robert · anniversary · Kennedy · Pete Hamill · RFK · Ambassador Hotel · Sirhan Sirhan · Hamill

Hamill's New Novel Set in Depression-Era N.Y.

Sep 22nd, 2007 · Scott Simon speaks with author Pete Hamill about his latest novel, North River. In writing the book, Hamill looked to Depression-era New York, a city that existed just before the author's own birth and just after his parents had emigrated to the U.S. from Ireland.

Keywords: city · Scott Simon · New York · Depression · N.Y · River · era · novel · emigres · Ireland · Pete Hamill · Hamill

A Manhattan Story: 'Downtown'

Jan 18th, 2005 · Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Downtown: My Manhattan, by Pete Hamill.

Keywords: critic · Manhattan · Maureen Corrigan · Pete Hamill