chapter to each of seven flashpoints of the 1960s and ’70s that created ‘the second American Revolution.’ But an abundance of fresh material gives this book an intergenerational appeal. An intelligent and sympathetic reappraisal of the political upheavals of the ’60s and ’70s.” Personal life Talbot is from a media and entertainment family. He is the son of longtime character actor and founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, Lyle Talbot, and brother of documentary producer and former child actor Stephen Talbot, of physician Cynthia Talbot of Portland, Oregon, and of journalist Margaret Talbot, a staff writer at The New Yorker. Talbot is married to writer Camille Peri, co-editor of the national bestseller Mothers Who Think, with whom he has two children. His son Joe Talbot wrote and directed the 2019 film The Last Black Man in San Francisco. David Talbot's sister, Margaret, has written a biography of their father, Lyle Talbot, and a memoir of their family life, The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century'' (Riverhead Books, 2012). References External links Excerpt from “Brothers”, Salon, May 2, 2007 Interview with David Talbot, Tavis Smiley Show, May 23, 2007 Interview with David Talbot, Fresh Air, NPR, May 24, 2007 Terry Gross interview with David Talbot, June 14, 2000 The Talbot Players web site Leah Garchik column items on The Talbot Players in San Francisco Chronicle: November 10, 2009, September 8, 2008 Slate review of "Devil Dog", December 10, 2010 20th-century American journalists American male journalists 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American biographers 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Historians of the United States Historians of the Central Intelligence Agency American online journalists Salon (website) people American magazine founders American online publication editors American chief executives in the media industry 21st-century American memoirists Historians from California Writers from San Francisco Activists from San Francisco University of California, Santa Cruz alumni Harvard-Westlake School alumni 1951 births Living people American male non-fiction writers