The Old Colts

ISBN: 9780917657184

定价: 54.00

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Authorg Note
I met Walter Winchell one fine afternoon in October of
1970. I was introduced to him by a barber while having
my hair styled at the O.K. Tonsorial Corral in Scottsdale???
Arizona.
We chatted. That I was a novelist interested him in
general??? that my subjects had sometimes been shoot- em-
up in particular. His shave and manicure completed???
WincheU donned a snap-brim hat of black straw??? waited???
and when my barber concluded his ministrations??? invited
me to his home for a drink--a chance at which I jumped.
(I had lived in Scottsdale eleven years. The ex-big-name-
columnist-broadcaster had long maintained a residence in
\"The West s Most Western Town\" for his wife??? whose
respiratory problems were alleviated by the arid climate???
and he lived alone there now??? in retirement.)
I followed him in my car to his home. We had a drink.
(He wore a shroud-colored cashmere jacket with black
pocket square??? white shirt??? black four-in-hand??? black
shantung slacks??? slip-on shoes of black alligator??? and did
not remove his black hat--the rig was as funereal as the
atmosphere of the house.) At seventy-two??? Winchell was
but the casing of the bullet he once had been. His wife
had passed away the preceding year. His son had sui-
cided the Christmas before that. His relationship with
his daughter was cat-and-dog~ Cancer??? and a broken heart???