larry paige referred to tesla as the hero that he has had. probably most people think about elon musk are car and battery and so on, but i today want to talk sort of more about the man and the process that i went through over the last to be honest four years writing the book and i thought i offered some insights from my perspective, like four of them i thought were key to surprises i had impossibly surprises for you as well. the first is the extent of this man's genius. this man invented the electric motor. he invented the long distance distribution of electricity. accord ago the united states supreme court he invented radio. did remote control, robots, the list goes on and these are the basics of our economy. we're done by one single man. there was a quote by the american institute of electrical engineers who said, were we to seize and eliminate from our industrial world the results of mr. tesla's work, the wheels of industry would cease to turn, our towns would be dark. and it's not only the things he did in his life but he has this fantast

in 1946, larry helped the eagles win the negro world series championship. over the legendary satchel paige. think about that. and the kansas city monarchs. larry doby hit .372 with one home run, five r.b.i.'s, and three stolen bases. in that world series. many believe larry doby was the first to break the major league baseball's infamous color barrier. we know what happened. on april 15, 1947, jackie robinson took to the field, and in july 5, 1947, larry doby integrated the american league with the cleveland indians. and 71 years ago last week. 71 years. being second did not make his challenge any less difficult or his courage any less remarkable. larry was also treated to horrible racism. even some of his teammates shunned him. larry doby took that abuse wherever he went. imagine that burden. imagine the courage it would take to stand in front of that every day. and yet he handled the adversity with bottomless strength and poise and dignity. there was no interleague play back in 1947. certainly no espn. baseball fans from the american league, only areas like northern ohio, michigan and ar

did larry made his career at the "boston globe" as an award-winning reporter, a "new york times" best-selling author, including the book "satchel" a biography of the life of baseball legend satchel paige. his books on pullman railroad car workers, superman and jewish renewal in different areas come to life for readers, not only because of his deep research, but also his captivating style. he also runs the boston based healed coverage fellowship. >> bobby kennedy, his strength, compassion and courage shine through any perceived shortcomings, through each trait. the book has drawn praise from far and wide from jefferson biographer, jon meachum to former secretary of state john kissinger. the nor "times" book eview praises in this fashion. we are in larry tye's debt for bringing back to life the young, presidential candidate who, for a brief moment almost a half-century ago, instilled hope for the future in angry, fearful americans. what we will never know with certainty, not from 1,000 books, is what might have been. no one can say. no nixon, no watergate, less time in vietnam? no one knows. but i do know this. from the crushing pain that followed his brother's death, he emerged a wiser