[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1930
                         REMEMBERING TOM WOLFE

  (Mr. McEACHIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McEACHIN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in remembrance of a literary 
giant and Richmond, Virginia, native, Tom Wolfe.
  Mr. Wolfe was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, in 1930, and 
attended my own alma mater, St. Christopher's School.
  A pioneer of the New Journalism movement, he worked for the 
Springfield Union, The Washington Post, the Herald Tribune, Esquire, 
and also wrote influential novels.
  His multitude of subjects ranged from the hot rod and custom car 
culture of Southern California, to the interactions of famous actors 
and Black Panthers at a Park Avenue fundraiser, to the meteoric rise 
and fall of a fictional New York bond trader.
  In an interview, Bryon Dobell, Wolfe's editor at Esquire, said this 
about him:
  ``He has this unique gift of language that sets him apart as Tom 
Wolfe. It is full of hyperbole; it is brilliant; it is funny, and he 
has a wonderful ear for how people look and feel.''
  With his passing, we have lost an important and deeply gifted writer. 
I am truly saddened by this great Virginian's passing, and I send my 
condolences to his friends and to his family.

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