428-1/2: My Journey Beyond the Railroad Tracks

428 1 / 2 ¿ My Journey Beyond the Railroad Tracks is a memoir of chasing dreams over the span of eight amazing decades. A childhood spent on the ¿wrong side of the tracks¿ in Indianapolis, Indiana in the `30s as the daughter of Greek immigrants ¿ Georgia Buchanan¿s story-telling talent shines as she relates ¿ against the rich backdrop of history ¿ her images of the Depression of ¿29 - her recollections of WWII - her forays into the downtown movie and stage theaters as a teenager which opens the window to another world. A hard-earned degree in journalism from Butler University fulfills her dream of writing for a newspaper and the Golden Age of Television and Movies becomes her beat in the `50s. As the Television-Radio-Movie editor of The Indianapolis News ¿ coast-to-coast assignments bring interviews with major stars and world travel beckons. As a staffer at Mutual Broadcasting in Washington DC, she provides us with a front-row seat to the turbulent 60s ¿ the Nixon-Kennedy campaign ¿ the assassination of President Kennedy and the reign of LBJ as civil rights take front and center. In emotional passages she relates her heart-wrenching struggle in the 70s to raise a special-needs son ¿ coming to terms with the end of two marriages - and finding purpose in new careers as a writer, artist, fundraiser and board member, as an advocate of the arts, the handicapped, the mentally ill and challenged children. Readers will be riveted to her astonishing story.… (more)