Jeff Shaara talks about his book, “Rise to Rebellion,” a historical novel about the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution.

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Joseph Ellis talks about his book, “American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic.”

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Stephen Ambrose delivers an hour long talk about his World War Two book, “The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the

B-24s Over Germany 1944-45.”

Stephen Ambrose was an American historian, author and history professor.  He died on October 13^th, 2002.

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Jonathan Rieder, discusses, “The Word of the Lord is Upon Me: The Righteous Performance of Martin Luther King, Jr.”

The book examines Martin Luther King, Jr. through his lesser known speeches and private conversations with colleagues.

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Nathaniel Philbrick talks about his book, “Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War.” In it, Mr. Philbrick discusses the history of Plymouth Colony and details the complex relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans.

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Cokie Roberts talked about her book Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation. In her book Ms. Roberts tells the story of some of early America's notable women and their achievements.

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Military historian Stanley Weintraub talks about his book, “General Sherman’s Christmas: Savannah 1864."  It’s about Civil War Union General William Sherman’s capture of Savannah, Georgia.  It also recalls what Christmas was like in the South during the final holiday season of the war.

Mr. Weintraub has written several books on the theme of Christmas in wartime including, “Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce,” “Pearl Harbor Christmas” and “Eleven Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge.”

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This week on History Bookshelf, Ted Gup talks about his book, “A Secret Gift: How one Man’s Kindness – and a Trove of Letters – Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression.”

It’s about the author’s grandfather, Sam Stone, who in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, anonymously gave five dollar checks to one hundred fifty residents of Canton, Ohio.

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This weekend on History Bookshelf, Ira Stoll discusses his book, “Samuel Adams: A Life.”

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This weekend on History Bookshelf, Ted Van Dyk talks about his book, “Heroes, Hacks, & Fools: Memoirs from the Political Inside.”

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