      
B o o k E r r a t a
Almost Golden by Gwenda Blair
1988
Simon and Schuster |
| PAGE | BAD TEXT | CORRECTION |
| 40 & 46 | Although Paley was interested in television... [versus] Murrow's boss, CBS president William Paley, was less enchanted. | [first mention of figure with last name only prior to full introduction of name and position] |
| 57 | Lucy the Elelphant, a huge gray metal behemoth built on a vacant lot on Atlantic Avenue as a gimmick to promote real-estate sales in the 1940s. | [wooden elephant built in the 1880s] |
| 64 & 90 | Barry, now a successful cosmetic surgeon in San Antonio, was not connected to WOND... [also] He later became a successful cosmetic surgeon in San Antonio. | [redundancy] |
| 116 & 117 | ...and KTRK, the ABC station... [also] ...KTRK-TV, the ABC affiliate. | [redundancy] |
| 162 & 190 | Oh, can we stop and take a look at that overpass? [versus] If we hadn't stopped [on the highway] at that overlook, I wouldn't have to be here. | [consistency] |
| 206 & 212 & 255 | WMAQ, the NBC-owned station in Chicago [also] WMAQ, the NBC O&O in Chicago [also] WMAQ, the NBC O&O in Chicago... | [redundancy] |
| 231 | ...by the late 1970s, over seven hundred radio and television reporters wre assigned there. | were |
| 264 | ...working at WNBC, the NBC O&O on the seventh floor at 30 Rock. [also] ...working for WNBC, the network's flagship O&O, in 30 Rock. | [redundancy] |
| 279 | Robert Wills Rischel, Phil Donahue | [not in index] |
| 287 | Leslie Blanchard Text | [not in index] |
| 288 | ...sister of Donald Payne... [versus] ...colleague of Don Payne... | [inconsistency] |
| 291 | Floyd Abrams, Cahill Pfeiffer | [not in index] |
| 297 | ...a Frankenstein monster | Frankenstein's |
| 298 | Princes Caroline | [not in index] |
| 299 | At times she would seem to revert back to being an adolescent... | [ ] [redundancy] |
| 302 | John Crow, Brian Doyle | [not in index] |
| 305 | Roberto Calvi | [not in index] |
| 310 | Bob Woodward, John Belushi, Spielberg | [not in index] [no first name for Spielberg] |
| 311 | Glenn Close, George S. Parker | [not in index] |
| 312 | Rose Smith, Woody Allen, Andy Warhol, Cheryl Tiegs, George Steinbrenner, Howard Stern | [not in index] |
| 316 | Ginger Rogers | [not in index] |
| 317 | Patrice Munsel | [not in index] |
| 336 | Jacob Javits, Nelson Rockefeller | [not in index] |
| 337 | Ted Kheel, Sam LeFrak, Bob Price, Roger Penske, Richard Clurman | [not in index] |
| 338 | Peter Sellers | [not in index] |
| 340 | Anthony Quinn | [not in index] |
| 343 | Norman Vincent Peale | [not in index] |
| 344 | Maurice Chevalier | [not in index] |
| 348 | Beatty, Warrent, 298, 309, 318-21 | 318, 321 |
| 348 | Bradley, Ed, 107-8, 122, 125, 257, 267, 347 | 346 |
| 348 | Busch, Tony, 88-90, 93, 98, 138, 254 347 | 346 |
| 349 | Crim, Mort, 148, 150, 160-62, 168-174, 179, 180, 183, 186-87, 197, 210, 215, 254, 286, 288n, 341, 347 | 346-47 |
| 349 | Glass, Nancy, 330 | 339 |
| 352 | Wallace, Mike, [ ] 279 | 178, |
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