Physicist, Navy Officer, Brooklynite

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 13, 2017

Physicist and author John Freely joins us to discuss his new memoir The House of Memory: Reflections on Youth and War. Freely looks back on his life as a young boy growing up poor in Brooklyn to his time serving in World War II.

On March 15, catch Freely reading from his novel at The Corner Bookstore (1313 Madison Ave. at 93rd St.) from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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