When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Walt Whitman (2.21)
- Damon Runyon (5.50)
Historical References
- Thomas Edison (2.37, 2.45)
- Ulysses S. Grant (2.40)
- W.E.B. Du Bois (3.37)
- William Penn (4.5, 4.9)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (4.42; referenced throughout)
- Abraham Lincoln (4.42)
- Woodrow Wilson (4.48; referenced throughout)
- Warren G. Harding (5.17; 6.14)
- Al Capone (5.23; referenced throughout)
- Charles "Lucky" Luciano (5.75; referenced throughout)
- Meyer Lansky (5.75; referenced throughout)
- Bugsy Siegel (5.76; referenced throughout)
- William Randolph Hearst (6.6)
- John Sirica (7.20)
- Richard Nixon (7.20; 9.15)
- Calvin Coolidge (7.37)
- Thomas E. Dewey (10.32)
- Fidel Castro (10.37)
- Howard Hughes (11.37; 12.16)
- Oliver North (12.4)
- Conrad Hilton (12.25)
Pop Culture References
- P.T. Barnum (2.3)
- Willie Collier (5.36)
- John Drew (5.36)
- Marie Dressler (5.36)
- Chauncey Olcott (5.36)
- Helen Hayes (5.36)
- David Warfield (5.36)
- Thurston the Magician (5.36)
- George M. Cohan (5.36)
- W.C. Fields (5.37)
- Abbott and Costello (5.37)
- Jimmy Durante (5.37)
- Red Skelton (5.37)
- Milton Berle (6.40)
- Martha Ray (5.37)
- Guy Lombardo (5.37)
- Bing Crosby (5.37)
- Bob Hope (5.37)
- Ed Sullivan (5.37)
- Jackie Gleason (5.37)
- Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey (5.37)
- Dean Martin (9.2)
- Jerry Lewis (9.2)
- Frank Sinatra (9.2)
- Don Rickles (11.1, 11.10)
- Mickey Mantle (11.10)
- Joe Theisman (11.10)
- Joe DiMaggio (11.10)
- Merv Griffin (12.27)