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History Bookshelf - Garland Tucker III
Saturday, June 30, 2012     Raleigh, North Carolina

Garland Tucker III discusses his book, "The High Tide of American Conservatism: Davis, Coolidge, and the 1924 Election."  The book examines the 1924 presidential election between Democratic candidate John Davis and the incumbent Republican President Calvin Coolidge.

History Bookshelf: Willard Sterne Randall
Saturday, June 23, 2012     Washington, DC

Willard Sterne Randall recounts the life of Ethan Allen. an American Revolutionary War figure best remembered for his 1775 attack on Fort Ticonderoga.  Professor Randall is the author of "Ethan Allen: His Life and Times."

History Bookshelf: Romesh Ratnesar
Saturday, June 9, 2012     Kansas City, Missouri

Romesh Ratnesar talks about his book, "Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War."  The book is about President Ronald Reagan's June 12th, 1987 speech at the Berlin Wall in which President Reagan stated, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

History Bookshelf: Nora Titone
Saturday, June 2, 2012     Springfield, Illinois

Nora Titone talks about her book, "My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry That Led to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln."  The author examines John Wilkes Booth's relationship with his older brother Edwin.

History Bookshelf: Robert Novak
Saturday, May 26, 2012     Washington, DC

In 2007, columnist and author Robert Novak joined us for an interview about his memoir, "The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington."  Mr. Novak died in 2009.

History Bookshelf: John Nagy
Saturday, May 19, 2012     New York City

John Nagy talks about espionage during the American Revolution.  He's the author of "Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution," and is a founding member of the American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia.

History Bookshelf: Kathryn Jacob
Saturday, May 12, 2012     Washington, DC

Kathryn Jacob talks about her book "King of the Lobby: The Life and Times of Sam Ward : Man-About-Washington in the Gilded Age."  It recalls the political life of Sam Ward, who during the mid-19th century was one of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington, DC.

History Bookshelf: Alfred Regnery
Saturday, May 5, 2012     Alexandria, Virginia

This is an interview with Alfred Regnery about his book, "Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism."  The book is about the rise of the modern conservative movement in the United States from 1945 to the present, lead by politicians Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.  This interview was conducted in Mr. Regnery's home in Alexandria, Virginia.

History Bookshelf: Philip Gerard
Saturday, April 28, 2012     Washington, DC

Philip Gerard discusses his book, "Secret Soldiers: The Story of World War II's Heroic Army of Deception."  The book tells the story of a top secret elite Army unit that used deception--such as fooling the Germans about Allied troop levels-- to help win World War II.

History Bookshelf: Nelson Lankford
Saturday, April 21, 2012     Richmond, Virginia

Author Nelson Lankford discusses his book, "Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital."  In the book Mr. Lankford contends that the fire which spread through Richmond, Virginia at the end of the Civil War was intentionally ignited before the Union soldiers arrived, and that it was allowed to burn freely.

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