David Halberstam, perhaps best known for The Best and the Brightest, died in a car wreck shortly before completing The Coldest Winter, a history of the Korean War. Powells has chosen the book as the subject of its second Out of the Book film. The 28-minute film will be shown on November 12 at the Bagdad Theater. Tickets are $9.
In addition to the movie, the film’s producer will interview Korean War veteran Dick Raybould, Morris Buckwalter, formerly of Trailblazers management and sportswriter John Strawn about the book and about Halberstam.
While it may seem strange to have two sports speakers at an event about the Korean War, their inclusion makes great sense as Halberstam wrote as extensively in the realm of sports, as he did in politics. Halberstam was one of the great journalists of the 20th century and he is a worthy subject of this exciting new means integration of book and film media
