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    Why I Close My Restaurant: A "This I Believe" Essay
    Why I Close My Restaurant: A "This I Believe" Essay
    Why I Close My Restaurant: A "This I Believe" Essay
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    Why I Close My Restaurant: A "This I Believe" Essay

    Written by George Mardikian

    Narrated by George Mardikian

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    About this audiobook

    In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, restaurateur George Mardikian tells of his immigration to the United States and how he tries to repay the warm embrace Americans have given him, in “A New Birth of Freedom”, his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series.

    This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

    Featuring a star-studded list of contributors that includes John McCain, Isabel Allende, and Colin Powell, as well as pieces from the original 1950's series including Helen Keller and Jackie Robinson, the This I Believe collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer, a woman who sells yellow pages advertising in Fort Worth, and a man who serves on the state of Rhode Island's parole board. The result is a stirring, funny and always provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of Americans whose beliefs, and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them, reveal the American spirit at its best.

    This short audio essay is an excerpt from the audiobook edition of the This I Believe anthology.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateOct 3, 2006
    ISBN9781427203755
    Why I Close My Restaurant: A "This I Believe" Essay
    Author

    George Mardikian

    George Mardikian (1903-1977) was an Armenian-American restaurateur, chef, author, and philanthropist. His first job in America was washing dishes in a San Francisco cafeteria. He eventually bought the place and built it into a renowned restaurant, Omar Khayyam's, where he hosted notable people including Dwight Eisenhower and Eleanor Roosevelt. For his work to improve food service for combat troops in Korea, President Harry Truman awarded Mardikian the Medal of Freedom.

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