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100 1  Braden, Thomas,|d1918-2009. 
245 10 Eight Is Enough :|bA Father's Memoir of Life with His 
       Extra-Large Family /|cTom Braden. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bOpen Road Media,
       |c[2017] 
264  4 |c©2017 
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520    The true story behind the classic TV show: A father's 
       delightful account of raising eight free-spirited children
       in 1970s America. Tom Braden had a colorful career: He 
       parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, directed the CIA's 
       covert operations program during the early years of the 
       Cold War, ran for public office, owned a newspaper, served
       as executive secretary for the Museum of Modern Art, and 
       cohosted the CNN show Crossfire. He counted among his 
       friends David Brinkley, Robert Frost, Kirk Douglas, and 
       Nelson Rockefeller. But Braden considered fatherhood both 
       his most important job and his biggest adventure. No 
       wonder; he and his wife, Joan, a State Department official
       and Washington society hostess, raised eight children 
       during one of the most tumultuous periods in American 
       history. In this diverting family memoir, Braden shares a 
       treasure trove of amusing anecdotes--from the time his 
       youngest daughter's pet sheep interrupted a dinner party 
       with a Supreme Court justice to the telegram US Attorney 
       General Robert F. Kennedy sent after the birth of the 
       Bradens' eighth child: "Congratulations. I surrender." 
       (The Kennedys had seven children at the time). With wit 
       and wisdom, Braden also addresses some of the most serious
       issues, including drugs, alcohol, and premarital sex, 
       faced by parents in an era of deep distrust between 
       generations. When ABC proposed adapting Eight Is Enough 
       for television, Braden found the idea so preposterous he 
       sold the rights for one dollar. The award-winning series 
       starring Dick Van Patten and Betty Buckley ran for five 
       seasons and launched the Hollywood careers of many young 
       actors, including Willie Aames and Ralph Macchio. A 
       celebration of the joys and tribulations of fatherhood, 
       Eight Is Enough speaks with warmth, humor, and compassion 
       to parents and children everywhere. 
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600 10 Braden, Thomas,|d1918-2009. 
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