Beauty Queens, The LBJ Library and Holdups - Sarah Bird

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Beauty Queens, The LBJ Library and Holdups

A special live edition of The Moth at The Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas. A small town girl from Alabama attends charm school and gets ‘discovered’, a Texas romance is thwarted by religion, and a teenage hotel clerk comes of age--at gunpoint. Hosted by Ophira Eisenberg and Moth Radio Hour producer, Jay Allison. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. 

Tricia Coburn attends Miss Macy’s Charm School and eventually lands a modeling gig.

Sara Bird finds solace from heartbreak as a librarian at the LBJ LIbrary. 

John Lincoln is robbed twice while working the front desk of a hotel.

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Stories in this Episode

13:49
Miss Macy

by Trisha Coburn

A small town girl from Alabama attends charm school and gets ‘discovered’.

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15:24
From the Archives of the Heartbroken & Spiritually Bereft

by Sarah Bird

A Texas romance is thwarted by religion.

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13:30
Good Guys & Good Ol' Boys

by John Lincoln

A teenage hotel clerk comes of age, at gunpoint.

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Extras From This Episode

Beauty Queens, The LBJ Library and Holdups extras

Trisha Coburn

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Trisha and Miss Macy.

MRH1321 Trisha Coburn Extra 2

Trisha as Miss Anniston Alabama 1971.

MRH1321 Trisha Coburn Extra 3

Trisha and Giorgio Armani in Milan, 1972. All photos courtesy Trisha Coburn.

Sarah Bird

MRH 1321 Sarah Bird Radio Extra 1

Sarah Bird returns to the LBJ Library with the archived wedding cake.

Mrh 1321 Sarah Bird Radio Extra 2

Sarah Bird at the LBJ Library.

Mrh 1321 Sarah Bird Radio Extra 3

Sarah Bird at the LBJ Library.

Mrh 1321 Sarah Bird Radio Extra 4

Sarah with LBJ's bust and a souvenir cake box from the wedding, which someone in attendance gifted to Sarah after this story aired!

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An article about Sarah's book

John Lincoln

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John at 15.

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The hotel John worked at during the story. All photos courtesy John Lincoln.

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