Power of the Patch A Wildly Adventurous Life and Award-Winning Career, from Losing an Eye to Seeing His Face on Vegas Billboards

The eyepatch made Norm Clarke one of the most recognizable journalists in modern America. But he was an uncommon newsman long before he started wearing his trademark eyepatch full time in mid-career. Power of the Patch is the life story of a proud second-generation Montana native who lost his right eye as a child yet became a: *Storied reporter known for his coverage of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire that killed 165; the MGM Grand fire-the deadliest disaster in Nevada history; Hurricane Iwa, which ravaged Hawaii; the Loma Prieta earthquake that interrupted the Bay Area World Series, and many other catastrophes. *Award-winning sportswriter whose big stories included Cincinnati's Big Red Machine; the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; illegal sports betting in Colorado and Major League Baseball coming to Denver; and *Nationally known columnist who, for two decades, was the face of celebrity comings and goings in Las Vegas. From Sin City billboards to bookshelves there and across the nation, here's Norm! as only he could tell you.