Description
The Very Good dust jacket illustrated with man holding a boy. A 1″ tear at upper front corner. A mylar dust jacket has been added. The Fine binding is black and white cloth over boards. Black and blue lettering on spine. Very minor soiling to upper edge. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 8.4″ tall x 5.8″m wide.
Stated: “First Published in the United States of America in 1968”
About the book (from the dust jacket)
“As I begin this letter, Adam my son, I know exactly what I don’t want to say. I don’t want to give you advice, What I hope to do is to alert you. My theory is that if you can pick up some idea of what reality is like early, before it intrudes unannounced, you may not be caught off guard–unprepared and undone-as often as most men are. “Perhaps I should begin with something obvious-something so obvious that it escaped my attention for almost thirty-five years: All black men are insane. And that includes your daddy.
“I see no reason to apologize for my mad. ness. As a matter of fact, I am proud of it. Any black man who is not insane–the way things are-ought to have his head examined.”
With warmth, with humor, with pride. With a human touch that transcends all differences of race and belief, Bob Teague, whose nightly news broadcasts on N.B.C. are seen by over two million, addresses his infant son, Adam Fitz-James Teague, in language common to all fathers everywhere. The Adam-Smasher, as he is known in the Teague household, was ten months old when this book was begun for him, He is now two. It will be a few years before he can read these letters. In the meantime, they are for all black boys and white boys and their fathers and, yes, their mothers.
About the author (from the dust jacket)
BOB TEAGUE was so popular as a football player at the University of Wisconsin that when he returned to his native Milwaukee he was urged to run for the City Council. He chose journalism instead, going from the Milwaukee Journal to The New York Times and then into television broadcasting. He lives in New York with his wife, Matt Turnes (the Tall Lady of the letters), who is a star performer with the Martha Graham Dance Teague. The Adam-Smasher, his father Company, and their son, Adam Fitz-James fondly believes, is an All-America quarters back prospect, class of 1988.
