Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Livingston Taylor suddenly strode to the front of the audience, guitar in hand. Several minutes later, the circle was still spinning. He tossed out a few words about how it really was a great video. Michael Niden stepped on stage to announce that there were technical difficulties with the video. It stopped almost immediately, and the buffering circle spun on the screen for several minutes. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, started to play. Next, a screen lowered on the stage, and a personal video greeting from Dr. There was a palpable sense of unity of purpose as the crowd sang together.

Taylor sang the first verse, and then encouraged the crowd to join in. Their full-bodied marches and ragtime compositions underscored the civic occasion and matched the excitement that audience members were undoubtedly feeling.Īfter an introduction by Bruce Barnett, President, Friends of the Needham Public Library, the well-known musician Livingston Taylor played and sang “America the Beautiful.” This song choice was especially meaningful, since Katharine Lee Bates, a Needham High School graduate of the class of 1872, wrote the lyrics. In front of the sold-out crowd, Goodwin and GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen discussed stories of past presidents, and how they handled our country in turbulent times.Īs the crowd made its way into the hall, the Beantown Brass Quintet played patriotic, regal, and celebratory music that marked the importance of the occasion. Questions about ordering or about this particular item? Contact us here.Needham pulled out all the stops to welcome Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times best-selling author Doris Kearns Goodwin to the Great Hall on Wednesday, April 26.

Most important, Goodwin describes with eloquence how the Dodgers' leaving Brooklyn in 1957, and the death of her mother soon after, marked both the end of an era and, for her, the end of childhood.” We meet the people who most influenced Goodwin's early life: her mother, who taught her the joy of books but whose debilitating illness left her housebound: and her father, who taught her the joy of baseball and to root for the Dodgers of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, and Gil Hodges.

She re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans. “Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin's touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball. The following synopsis is from Google Books: A nice used copy of author, historian, and baseball fan Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Wait Till Next Year.

Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin