JACK BUCK: A Collection of Poems and Stories

FROM THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LEGENDARY BROADCASTER JACK BUCK

Contents

Chicago Radio Hall of Fame Speech/Citizen of the Year

(Poems)

When I Sleep and Dream/The Awakening/The Dental Technician/Twins/The Bridge/My Camelot/Normandy/We Remember/Nattie/Daydreaming/Flight 521/Just One Moment/The Last Cowboy/365/Spring Will Come Again/War on TV/Five Times a Week/Amadee/Philosophy of Life/Life

(Stories)

49 Innings/Dear Mr. Kennedy/The $220,00 Bet/Good Ol' Burt and Eddie/Feeling Sorry for Yourself Again, Mr. Campanella?/No Fight Tonight/Topless Shoe Shine/When I Was a Kid/You're Too Fat to Be an Umpire/Who Is Leslie Dunn?/Hey Mom, Guess Who I'm Here With?/Give Me the Gun/Downtown New Orleans/Meathead, I'd Like You to Meet Father Maher/Have You Ever Seen This Gentleman Before?/Guess Who Came to Dinner?/The Day I Couldn't Talk/Well, Just Bury the Son-of-a-Gun