A Savage Life
eBook - ePub

A Savage Life

  1. 282 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Savage Life

About this book

Radio legend Michael Savage reveals the man behind the microphone, sharing his extraordinary American journey and the adventures that shaped him.

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For twenty-five years, Michael Savage has captivated listeners on his national radio show  The Savage Nation, which reaches a loyal audience of more than ten million each week. In  A Savage Life, the usually private man tells his own compelling story in forty-six vignettes that span his childhood to today. These tales of Savage's journey from poor immigrant's son in New York City to media star are deeply personal and revealing: he writes of being so poor as a child that he had to wear a dead man's pants; of the various trials that beset his parents and "silent brother," Jerome, who was sent to an institution; of his botanical expeditions to Fiji in the 1970's; and, most of all, of his family, his sustaining force throughout.

"A marvelous storyteller." —  THE NEW YORKER

"Vivid storytelling."    —  WASHINGTON TIMES

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: I Really Was Poor!
  7. 1. Train Tracks
  8. 2. Boy in the River
  9. 3. The Porch
  10. 4. Cars
  11. 5. Food
  12. 6. “Nite Club”
  13. 7. Propellers
  14. 8. Slum Dialect
  15. 9. How I Got into Radio
  16. 10. Achievements
  17. 11. Boy in the Basement
  18. 12. Hegira from New York
  19. 13. An American Gangster in Spain
  20. 14. Setting a Peanut Man on Fire
  21. 15. Pennies for Beethoven
  22. 16. The Speculator (in a Garden of Numbers)
  23. 17. My Silent Brother
  24. 18. The Electric Blue Saddle-Stitched Pants
  25. 19. The Fly in the Tuna
  26. 20. Tough High School Geometry Teacher: Two Fingers on His Right Hand
  27. 21. Happy and Sad Cuff Links
  28. 22. Woodchuck Bill
  29. 23. Fat Pat & Tippy the Dog
  30. 24. Tippy the Dog Would Let People In, Not Out: How Our Immigration Policy Should Be
  31. 25. Savage’s Childhood Diet: Prescription for a Heart Attack
  32. 26. Dead Man’s Pants
  33. 27. Sam the Butcher
  34. 28. Coney Island Wax Figures
  35. 29. Louie and His Crazed Monkey
  36. 30. End of Day Glass
  37. 31. Working the System
  38. 32. The Final Straw
  39. 33. Working on Cruise Lines
  40. 34. First Boat in Hawaii: Sailing for the First Time
  41. 35. The Leather Man Gets Brain Cancer
  42. 36. From Immigrant’s Son to Radio Stardom
  43. 37. The Death of Pets: Snowy Story
  44. 38. When Pasta Was Spaghetti
  45. 39. Separate Bedrooms
  46. 40. Political Museums and the Downfall of Western Culture
  47. 41. The Time Shelter
  48. 42. Being Decent Is Not Love
  49. 43. Man Is a Creature of Reason
  50. 44. Talking to a Bum About God
  51. 45. Conversations with My Great Grandfather
  52. 46. The Knockout
  53. 47. God’s Warriors
  54. Acknowledgments
  55. Notes
  56. Photo Section
  57. About the Author
  58. Also by Michael Savage
  59. Copyright
  60. About the Publisher