![]() ![]() Several smaller essays follow that document Michael Laski (a radical Communist figure), Howard Hughes, the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and the rising Las Vegas wedding scene-each of these attempts to reconcile the image that Americans held at the time with the real figures at the center of them. “Where the Kissing Never Stops” has Didion following Joan Baez at her Institute for the Study of Nonviolence, which was a cultural flash point in California during the 60s. “John Wayne: A Love Song” follows the actor on his first film set after suffering a bout of cancer and tries to reconcile the man with the image he’s built over his film career. The essay “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream” follows-through research, interviews, and media coverage-the trial and conviction of Lucille Miller, a housewife who is accused of staging her husband’s accidental death. ![]()
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