Michael J. Tougias
On Friday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. at Volunteers Hall, the Warner Free Lecture trustees will host author Michael J. Tougias, who will present a multimedia talk and slideshow on the Cuban missile crisis. Tougias, best-known for his seven award-winning books on extraordinary survivors and rescuers, will chronicle the thirteen harrowing days of the 1962 missile crisis. He will give special emphasis on his interviews of the pilots of the U-2 spy program who secured photographic proof of Soviet nuclear missiles on the island, helping President Kennedy reach a course of action and negotiate with the Soviet Union.