The Hickory Stick Bookshop is delighted to welcome author Harry Moses, a 60 Minutes’ producer from the program’s golden years, who will be talking about his new book, “Mad as Hell”, with writer and editor David Wilk on Sunday, August 30th at 3:00 pm. The talk will be followed by a book signing.

ABOUT THE BOOK

“Mad as Hell: How 60 Minutes Took on the Powerful and Made Television History” is a gripping behind-the-scenes story from inside one of the most influential news programs in American history.

For almost sixty years, every Sunday night at seven o’clock sharp, a simple ticking stopwatch made America stop what it was doing.

At its peak, 60 Minutes was the most powerful hour on television, drawing as many as fifty million viewers each week. Presidents watched. CEOs braced themselves. Ordinary citizens — wronged, ignored, or silenced — found a voice.

Today, amid upheaval at CBS News and renewed debate over press freedom, that voice faces an urgent test of its journalistic integrity.

In “Mad as Hell”, Harry Moses takes readers deep inside the broadcast that reshaped television journalism. Working alongside Mike Wallace, Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Scott Pelley, and executive producer Don Hewitt for over twenty years, Harry Moses reveals how a scrappy news experiment became a national institution — and how investigative journalism at its best can hold the powerful to account.

Timely and deeply informed, “Mad as Hell” is a reminder of why fearless journalism still matters, and what’s at stake when the institutions built to defend the truth come under threat.

ABOUT HARRY MOSES

Harry Moses is a writer, producer, and director for television who resides in Litchfield County, Connecticut. His programs have appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, and Showtime. He produced more than sixty stories for 60 Minutes and has received Emmy, Peabody, and Directors Guild Awards. His TV movies include The Trial of Bernard Goetz, which The New York Times called “the year’s best docudrama”.

ABOUT DAVID WILK

David Wilk is a writer, editor, podcaster, and long-time book publisher and consultant. He edits a weekly newsletter, The Weird Times, an eccentric collection of news and happenings from around the world. Born and raised in Connecticut, he is a Yale graduate and enjoys gardening, cycling, and walking in Stratford.

This event is free and open to the public. If you are unable to attend this event, you may reserve signed copies of “Mad as Hell” by calling The Hickory Stick Bookshop at (860) 868 0525, or shopping our website 24/7 at www.hickorystickbookshop.com.

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