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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Patrick Murphy and the Story of Switzer's Licori
 ce
UID:23904
DTSTAMP:20260410T153700Z
DTSTART:20211217T003000Z
DTEND:20211217T020000Z
LOCATION:214 Adams Street, Jefferson City, MO 65109, United States
ROOM: MRRL Art Gallery
DESCRIPTION:The sweet smell of licorice and the giant candy bar painted on
  the factory wall at the Eads Bridge remain locked into the collective mem
 ory of generations of St. Louisans. Patrick Murphy spent his boyhood heari
 ng family stories about the Switzer Licorice Company, where his father, gr
 andfather and great-grandfather worked as candy men. In his new book, Cand
 y Men, he tells the story of how two Irish-American families began a candy
  company in the kitchen of a tenement in St. Louis's Irish slum and s
 howed the world how the American Dream can be built upon a foundation of c
 andy. In a story that passes through three generations, two World Wars, ec
 onomic depressions, and labor unrest, the Murphy and the Switzers dedicate
 d their lives to keeping the dream alive until it was put to an end by for
 ces beyond their control. And yet, the story continues today with a fresh 
 twist and a renewed life of its own.\r\nMurphy has spent the past 30 years
  producing television programs for PBS, both locally and nationally. A fiv
 e-time Emmy award winner, he has created documentaries, weekly series, and
  musical variety shows. He is also a working artist whose artwork is shown
  in galleries throughout the St. Louis region. His book will be available 
 for sale and signing after the program.
URL:https://www.mrrl.org/event/author-talk-patrick-murphy-and-story-switze
 rs-licorice-23904
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