Chew on That
Journalists, politicians and cultural leaders came to celebrate the release of Ben Sherwood’s book,
“The Man Who Ate the 747” on November 1st . Hosts for the evening were Kristin Mannion and
H.P. Goldfield,Andrea Mitchell and Alan Greenspan, Susan Mercandetti and Richard Haas. In a tale
described as “hilariously offbeat” and “wonderfully wacky, wise,charming and romantic”, a mid-western
farmer named Wally Chubb is eating a Boeing 747 to prove his love for a woman. The book has skyrocketed
to the top of best-seller lists across the nation. The author is an award-winning journalist who is
currently senior broadcast producer for “NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw.” As a boy, his prize
possession was “The Book of World Records.”
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