On Monday, November 25, 2024, the Political Notes column in Josh Kurtz's Maryland Matters published a notification and preview of the upcoming national premiere of the Brewster story on American History TV on C-SPAN 2:
"Attention Maryland history buffs
C-SPAN’s “Book TV” program will air a discussion of the 2023 book “Self-Destruction: The rise, fall, and redemption of U.S. Senator Daniel B. Brewster,” twice this coming Saturday, at 10:40 a.m. and 10:40 p.m. on C-SPAN 2.
Brewster (D), a close ally of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, was Maryland’s U.S. senator from 1963-1969, after serving four years in the U.S. House and another eight years in the House of Delegates. His young Senate staffers included two Marylanders who would later reach the highest echelons of power in the U.S. House: Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer.
But Brewster’s career was largely done in by alcoholism and various legal and personal troubles, and he lost his bid for reelection in 1968. He later found redemption working as a farmer and as an alcoholism counselor.
The C-SPAN 2 broadcast is of a conversation about the book and Brewster’s life that took place earlier this year the Maryland Center for History and Culture, featuring the author, John W. Frece, along with moderator and historian Charley Mitchell and members of the Brewster family."
Kurtz's Political Notes column and the announcement about the Brewster talk broadcast can be read on the Maryland Matters web page.
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