"he hoped that billy graham or norman vincent peele would handle the prayers, and 'doesn't want a catholicw to partip

"he hoped that billy graham or norman vincent peele would , and 'doesn'tyers want a catholic or jew toarticipate.'" what was that all about? john: this is that his funeral. some -- nixon grew up in orange groves and hills and small towns in between. he grew up with a certain provincial bigotry. i think he got some of that from his father, an unlearned man. .ver the years, nixon learned to deal with it because he had to he could do -- nixon to do with it because he had to. he could do anything if he had to. he could be very ugly. i think this was sort of a blanket statement. -- holdeman had his own biases, but nixon wanted a protestant, mainstream, white american. brian: i found the last 120 pages where there were source notes, not a part of the narrative in your book, some of the most interesting stuff. , usually people that are older, they are going to know who richard nixon wasn't all that. that's why i am focusing on this. with that in mind, i want you to hear something that you know about from one of the tapes. holdeman knowdid that nick's and had a taping system? john: he and some

"he hoped that billy graham or norman vincent peele would handle the prayers -- this is not his funeral- and 'doesn't want a catholic or jew to participate.'" this comes from a hold them in comments. what was that all about? john: this was at his funeral. a californiaom background. when he was growing up, it was the outback. it was orange groves and hills and small towns in between. he grew up with a certain provincial bigotry. i think he got some of that from his father, who was an unlearned man. and over the years nixon learned , to deal with it because he had to. nixon could do almost anything because he had to. so he had kissinger and others who were jewish, but in private, against his enemies who happened to be jewish, he could be very ugly. i think this was sort of a blanket statement. holdeman had his own biases, but perhaps he took it down a little more severely than it sounds. nixon definitely wanted a protestant, mainstream, white american burial. brian: i found the last 120 pages where there were source notes, not a part of the narrative in your book, some of the most interes

"he hoped that billy graham or norman vincent peele would handle the prayers, and 'doesn't want a catholicjew to participate.'" what was that all about? john: this is that his funeral. nixon came from a very provincial background. we think of southern california as highways and subdivisions but when he was growing up it was orange groves and hills and small towns in between. he grew up with a certain provincial bigotry. i think he got some of that from his father, an unlearned man. over the years, nixon learned to deal with it because he did do almost anything if he had to. he had great advisors like linen garment, henry kissinger, arthur burns who were jewish, but in private against his enemies who were jewish, he could be very ugly. i think this was sort of a blanket statement. holdeman had his own biases, but nixon wanted a protestant, mainstream, white american. brian: i found the last 120 pages where there were source notes, not a part of the narrative in your book, some of the most interesting stuff. anybody watching, usually people that are older, they are going to know who richard

"he hoped that billy graham or norman vincent peele would handle the prayers