Nora Maccoby gives the unusual story behind one of the greatest college pranks of the twentieth century: When editors of the Harvard Crimson stole an ibis from the Harvard Lampoon and presented it to the University of Moscow. The strange circumstances and rivalry that was by turn, menacing and hilarious, is spelled out-with unusual bit players that included John Updike and even Pentagon Papers whistle blower Daniel Ellsberg-all told to Harper Simon in this excerpt from Nora Maccoby’s interview on Talk Show.
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