Anne Wheeler
Communications Director
LBJ Library & Museum
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Release Date: May 02, 2005
What: An Evening With John Sacret Young
When: 6 p.m., Monday, May 2, 2005
Where: LBJ Auditorium
Award-winning writer, director and producer John Sacret Young has a knack for putting the worlds of national and international politics and conflicts into a form that's both compelling and entertaining.
Young has just been nominated for his 6 th Writers Guild Award for this past season's finale of The West Wing. He co-created and served as executive producer of the landmark television series China Beach.
Now, Young has published a memoir, Remains: Non-Viewable , which is described as the haunting story of a man coming to terms with himself, with his family's past, with what he knows and will never know, and his own future.
When Young's cousin was killed in Vietnam, Young learned that the remains of every Vietnam casualty fell into one of two official categories: Viewable or Non-Viewable. He also discovered that such categories applied to how his New England family faced their own history.
Novelist Elmore Leonard says, "Young writes so well his memoir works as a novel. He brings to life real people in dramatic situations, and with the added zest of suspense and a dash of Hollywood."
On Monday, May 2, 2005, Mr. Young will discuss those topics as well as airing clips from China Beach, including interviews with actual Vietnam veterans that were woven into an unforgettable episode.
For his work on China Beach, Young received a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, five Emmy nominations, and four other nominations from the Writers Guild of America. Young won the WGA Award for Souvenirs and the Peabody Award for Vets, two episodes of China Beach which he directed.
Young's first novel, The Weather Tomorrow, was praised by Newsweek, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and The Los Angeles Times. His novel The Black Rainbow was published in the fall of 2002.
The LBJ Museum Store will be selling copies of Remains: Non-Viewable. Mr. Young will be signing copies of his book from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. in the Lobby of the LBJ Auditorium prior to his address. A reception will follow.