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AMERICAN JOURNEY: The Times of Robert Kennedy. Interviews by Jean Stein. Edited by George Plimpton. 372 pages. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich...
...dramatist-appears to re-create the tragic drama of his life and death, American Journey may suffice. An artful distillation of 347 taped interviews with friends, acquaintances and others connected in various ways with Bobby, it was compiled by Jean Stein and edited by a family friend, George Plimpton...
...Knowles is said to be ecstatic over the idea. Much to Boston University's consternation, according to one source, he is reportedly holding their presidential search committee at bay while Harvard decides. Besides, Antioch College is running well under its doctor-president James Dickinson and another doctor, Calvin Plimpton just stepped down after a successful term at Amherst...
...Plimpton's case, the search is not likely to stop soon. He has a score of Mittyish projects in the works or in the back of his mind, ranging from cooking in an elegant French restaurant to racing in the English Grand National Steeplechase-not to mention a book he is writing with Poet Marianne Moore about events they have attended and people they have met together...
There is, in fact, no end in sight to Plimpton's incursions into foreign territory. John Kennedy once asked him in the White House if he would like to be President for a day. "Sure," Plimpton answered. "What day?" "The 29th of February," Kennedy replied. Richard Nixon had better watch out. Plimpton is not likely to forget that there is such a thing as leap year-and that the 29th of February comes again in 1972. · Gerald Clarke