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Title	Pete Hamill interview, 1994
Interviewee	Hamill, Pete, 1935-
Interviewer	Martinson, Connie
Book Title	A drinking life
Subject	Authors, American - 20th century - Biography Irish Americans - Social life and customs Journalists - United States - Biography Alcoholics - United States - Biography Drinking customs - United States
Description	Pete Hamill discusses his book “A Drinking Life.” He talks about immigrants learning about baseball, the working class, and life after war. He says that men face their morality when they go into a war. Hamill shares that before becoming a newspaper man, he was a painter and commercial artist. He reads a passage from his book detailing the “codes of the neighborhood,” discusses not rising above one’s station, and Irish parents building a “green ceiling” to protect their children from embarrassment. He also talks about his mother and her experience with bigotry. Possibly broadcast in March 1995.
Publisher	The Drucker Institute
Date	1994
Language	eng
Source	U-matic tape: Excerpt of show with Martinson interviewing Cheryl Henson before commercial break and Pete Hamill after the break.
Collection	Connie Martinson Talks Books - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cmt
Rights	All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute, http://www.thedruckerinstitute.com
Type	Moving Image
Format	video/f4v
Duration	00:10:25
Object File Name	cmt00021_0002

Pete Hamill interview, 1994

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