Submitted by Sir Joshua, Mar 6, 2007 08:25

Wow! What a fascinating article. Frankly, I've never heard of George Trow before (he's 3 yrs. my senior) but he seemed to be a man on the money. I will spend the day trying to get my hands on everything he's written. If Dick McIntosh is free after he finishes writing the history of Knoedlers he should do a biography, possibly in conjunction with Mr. Bernhard, this article's author, of George Trow. Kind of a John Cheever with out roots. I guess he suffered from cultural whiplash. He came from a dying breed and just couldn't adjust to what was happening. I noticed he spent a good part of his later North American time in rural Canada. It was probably fitting that he ended his days in Naples, that poverty stricken whitened sepulcher of the 18th Century. And Italian Asbury Park of Cappa de Monte and potholes.

His comments on Television, his fascination with what was good about America (Eisenhower, the influx of fresh life the Irish brought vs. the decay of the preferred stock he came from, etc.) is brilliant and rare in someone who can express it. Usually we just hear the rant of the dying breed. Popular culture...love it or leave it. And he did. Wow, what a guy.

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