by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 6, 2016 | History Author Show
It’s the weekend of Super Bowl L (50), and to commemorate the national game, we’ve brought some football stories to the History Author Show. Listen to the History in Five Friday segment with David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Story of...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 29, 2016 | History Author Show, Journal
The Spanish Civil War was on my mind when selecting this Friday’s segment because Joshua introduced me to Casablanca on my birthday last week (which happened to be the 73rd anniversary of the film’s release). Our hero, Rick Blaine, fought in it on the...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 22, 2016 | Dramatizing History, History Author Show, World Views
Tolstoy was a household name when I was growing up because my father’s master thesis at Cornell University centered on the insightful Russian author and his passion for education. There is much to learn about the former soldier and teacher whose writing...
