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Talbot</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Talbot_Clinton_(cropped)_-_David_Talbot.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Talbot_Clinton_%28cropped%29_-_David_Talbot.jpeg" decoding="async" width="172" height="224" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="172" data-file-height="224" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Talbot in 1998</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-09-22</span>) </span>September 22, 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz" title="University of California, Santa Cruz">University of California, Santa Cruz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Author, journalist, activist, independent historian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Camille Peri </div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1989)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thedavidtalbotshow.com/">thedavidtalbotshow<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Talbot</b> (born September 22, 1951) is an American journalist, author, editor, activist and independent historian. Talbot is known for his books about the "hidden history" of U.S. power and the <a href="/wiki/Liberalism_in_the_United_States" title="Liberalism in the United States"> liberal</a> movements to change America, as well as his public advocacy.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the founder and former editor-in-chief<sup id="cite_ref-paidcontent.org_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paidcontent.org-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the early web magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Salon_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salon (website)">Salon</a></i>. </p><p>Talbot founded <i>Salon</i> in 1995. The magazine gained a large following and broke several major national stories. </p><p>Since leaving <i>Salon</i>, Talbot has researched and written on the <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of John F. Kennedy">Kennedy assassination</a> and other areas of what he calls "hidden history." Talbot has worked as a senior editor for <a href="/wiki/Mother_Jones_(magazine)" title="Mother Jones (magazine)"><i>Mother Jones</i> magazine</a> and a features editor for <i><a href="/wiki/The_San_Francisco_Examiner" class="mw-redirect" title="The San Francisco Examiner">The San Francisco Examiner</a></i>, and has written for <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)"><i>Time</i> magazine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>, and other publications. </p><p>In addition to his work as an independent historian, Talbot has been deeply engaged in political activism, especially in his hometown, San Francisco, where he has campaigned for many progressive candidates and has been called "a leader in the fight to keep San Francisco affordable."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On his blog, Talbot offers frequent opinions on national and local topics. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Talbot was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His father was actor <a href="/wiki/Lyle_Talbot" title="Lyle Talbot">Lyle Talbot</a>. He attended the <a href="/wiki/Harvard-Westlake_School" title="Harvard-Westlake School">Harvard School for Boys</a> but did not graduate after falling afoul of the school's headmaster and ROTC program during the Vietnam War. He attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_at_Santa_Cruz" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California at Santa Cruz">University of California at Santa Cruz</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating, he returned to Los Angeles, where he co-wrote with Barbara Zheutlin a history of the <a href="/wiki/Left_Coast" title="Left Coast">Hollywood Left</a>, "Creative Differences", and freelanced for Crawdaddy, <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a>, and other magazines. He later was hired by <i><a href="/wiki/Environmental_Action" title="Environmental Action">Environmental Action</a></i> Foundation in Washington, D.C. to write "Power and Light," a book about the politics of energy. After he returned to California, he worked as an editor at Mother Jones magazine before San Francisco Examiner publisher Will Hearst hired him to edit the newspaper's Sunday magazine, Image. It was at the <i>Examiner</i> where Talbot developed the idea for Salon, convincing several of his newspaper colleagues to join him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Salon"><i>Salon</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Salon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Salon.com" title="Salon.com">Salon</a></i> is a web magazine based in San Francisco. Talbot has characterized <i>Salon</i> as aiming to be a "smart tabloid."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, <i>Time</i> magazine picked <i>Salon</i> as the web site of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-ibiblio.org_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibiblio.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally created to cover books and popular culture, the web site became increasingly politicized during the Clinton impeachment drama in the late 1990s. <i>Salon</i> broke from the mainstream press by defending the Clinton presidency and investigating the right-wing prosecutorial apparatus headed by Kenneth Starr and Rep. Henry Hyde, whose own infidelity <i>Salon</i> exposed.<sup id="cite_ref-Hyde_expose_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hyde_expose-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before stepping down as <i>Salon'</i>s CEO and editor-in-chief in 2005, Talbot stabilized the financially rocky web enterprise.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Talbot returned briefly as <i>Salon</i> CEO in 2011 but has since left the company. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brothers:_The_Hidden_History_of_the_Kennedy_Years"><i>Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving Salon, Talbot resumed his career as an author of popular history books. Talbot's book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> bestseller, <i>Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years</i>, offers a potentially controversial view of the Kennedy presidency and assassination, and explores Bobby Kennedy's search for the truth about his brother's murder. Talbot is now<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> working on a feature documentary based on <i>Brothers</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Devil_Dog"><i>Devil Dog</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Devil Dog"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Talbot's book <i>Devil Dog: The Amazing True Story of the Man Who Saved America</i> chronicles the life and exploits of antiwar U.S. Marine Major General <a href="/wiki/Smedley_Butler" title="Smedley Butler">Smedley Darlington Butler</a>. The book, which was part of an illustrated history series called <i>Pulp History</i>, is a collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Zap_Comix" title="Zap Comix">Zap Comix</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Spain_Rodriguez" title="Spain Rodriguez">Spain Rodriguez</a>. It focuses on the true story of Major General Smedley Butler, who fought in imperial wars all around the globe as a self-described "gangster for capitalism" before finally returning home where, during the <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Delano Roosevelt">Franklin Delano Roosevelt</a> presidency, he finally got to truly defend democracy. Butler "saved America," in the words of the book, by thwarting an attempted <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a> coup against FDR. <i>Devil Dog</i>, which was published by Simon & Schuster in fall 2010, won praise from <i>The New York Times</i>, which called the <i>Pulp History</i> series "rip-roaring nonfiction tales with enough purple prose, gory illustrations and va-va-va-voom women to lure in even reluctant teenage male readers".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_of_the_Witch"><i>Season of the Witch</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Season of the Witch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Talbot's book <i><a href="/wiki/Season_of_the_Witch:_Enchantment,_Terror,_and_Deliverance_in_the_City_of_Love" title="Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love">Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love</a></i>, about the wild and bloody birth of "<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_values" title="San Francisco values">San Francisco values</a>", was published in spring 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Season of the Witch</i> received starred reviews in <i><a href="/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Kirkus_Reviews" title="Kirkus Reviews">Kirkus Reviews</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was described as "enthralling, news-driven history"<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>), "energetic, highly entertaining storytelling"<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<i>Boston Globe</i>), and "an enthralling – and harrowing – account of how the 1967 Summer of Love gave way to 20 or so winters of discontent"<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<i>Washington Post</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Devil's_Chessboard"><span id="The_Devil.27s_Chessboard"></span><i>The Devil's Chessboard</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Devil's Chessboard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Talbot's 2015 book <i>The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government</i> is a biography examining the career of <a href="/wiki/Allen_Dulles" title="Allen Dulles">Allen Dulles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SFC2015_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFC2015-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Talbot, <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories" title="John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories">Dulles orchestrated the assassination of Kennedy</a> at the behest of corporate leaders, who perceived the president to be a threat to national security, lobbied <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> to have himself appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Warren_Commission" title="Warren Commission">Warren Commission</a>, then arranged to have <a href="/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald" title="Lee Harvey Oswald">Lee Harvey Oswald</a> take sole responsibility for the act.<sup id="cite_ref-San_Francisco_Chronicle;_October_16,_2015_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-San_Francisco_Chronicle;_October_16,_2015-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book charges that the <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories" title="Robert F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories">conspirators in JFK's death also murdered Bobby Kennedy</a>, as they perceived him to be "a wild card, an uncontrollable threat" who would reveal the plot.<sup id="cite_ref-SFC2015_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFC2015-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The book has stirred debate about the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the CIA">history of the CIA</a>. In a review for the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_C._Altschuler" title="Glenn C. Altschuler">Glenn C. Altschuler</a> stated, "Talbot's indictment is long, varied and sensational."<sup id="cite_ref-San_Francisco_Chronicle;_October_16,_2015_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-San_Francisco_Chronicle;_October_16,_2015-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Altschuler wrote: "Animated by conspiracy theories, the speculations and accusations in his book often run far ahead of the evidence, even for those of us inclined to believe the worst about Allen Dulles."<sup id="cite_ref-SFC2015_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFC2015-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elsewhere, the book has been praised, including by <i><a href="/wiki/Kirkus_Reviews" title="Kirkus Reviews">Kirkus Reviews</a></i>, whose starred review called it "a frightening biography of power, manipulation and outright treason. [...] all engaged American citizens should read this book and have their eyes opened."<sup id="cite_ref-Kirkus_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kirkus-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Between_Heaven_and_Hell:_The_Story_of_My_Stroke"><i>Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of My Stroke</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of My Stroke"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2017, Talbot suffered an <a href="/wiki/Stroke#Ischemic_2" title="Stroke">ischemic stroke</a>. In January 2020, his book about the stroke and his recovery from it, <i>Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of My Stroke</i>, was published.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2024 Talbot, then 72 years old, suffered a second stroke that was nearly fatal.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_the_Light_of_Burning_Dreams:_The_Triumphs_and_Tragedies_of_the_Second_American_Revolution"><i>By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his latest book—co-authored with sister <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Talbot" title="Margaret Talbot">Margaret Talbot</a> and brother-in-law Arthur Allen – Talbot examines transformational periods in the lives of radical leaders of the 1960s and '70s. The book, Talbot says, is "my final historical effort at understanding what my generation achieved, and what we failed to accomplish, in attempting to move the country fully toward its better angels." </p><p>The book has been widely praised, including as an inspirational guide for a new generation of activists. <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Bruder" title="Jessica Bruder">Jessica Bruder</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/Nomadland:_Surviving_America_in_the_Twenty-First_Century" title="Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century">Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century</a></i>, declared, "<i>By the Light of Burning Dreams</i> crackles with the radical energy of the 1960s and 70s. It's a shot in the arm of bold idealism, an indispensable companion for today's revolutionaries that reminds us what can happen if we dare to believe in – and fight for – a better world." And a critic in <i><a href="/wiki/Kirkus_Reviews" title="Kirkus Reviews">Kirkus Reviews</a></i> celebrated the authors' "sharp reporting and good storytelling…. (They) devote a chapter to each of seven flashpoints of the 1960s and '70s that created 'the second American Revolution.' But an abundance of fresh material gives this book an intergenerational appeal. An intelligent and sympathetic reappraisal of the political upheavals of the '60s and '70s." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Talbot is from a media and entertainment family. He is the son of longtime <a href="/wiki/Character_actor" title="Character actor">character actor</a> and founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild" title="Screen Actors Guild">Screen Actors Guild</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyle_Talbot" title="Lyle Talbot">Lyle Talbot</a>, and brother of documentary producer and former child actor <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Talbot" title="Stephen Talbot">Stephen Talbot</a>, of physician Cynthia Talbot of Portland, Oregon, and of journalist <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Talbot" title="Margaret Talbot">Margaret Talbot</a>, a staff writer at <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>. Talbot is married to writer Camille Peri, co-editor of the national bestseller <i>Mothers Who Think</i>, with whom he has two children. His son <a href="/wiki/Joe_Talbot_(filmmaker)" title="Joe Talbot (filmmaker)">Joe Talbot</a> wrote and directed the 2019 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Black_Man_in_San_Francisco" title="The Last Black Man in San Francisco">The Last Black Man in San Francisco</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>David Talbot's sister, Margaret, has written a biography of their father, Lyle Talbot, and a memoir of their family life, <i>The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century</i> (Riverhead Books, 2012). </p><p>In 2024, Talbot suffered a "severe stroke" that had him "fighting for his life," according to his family.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Talbot&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131112825/https://millvalley.pastperfectonline.com/archive/C5D2711E-F06B-41E3-A050-412742298993">"Oral History of David Talbot - Oral History"</a>. 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