Great Stories about Great Storytellers
GREAT STORIES about GREAT STORYTELLERS shares insights into storytellers whose names you no doubt recognize—names like Edgar Allen Poe, Steven Spielberg John Grisham and Walt Disney—but reveals the backstories you probably never heard about them. The podcast features different kinds of storytellers—authors, directors, playwrights and even a poet or two. In short 10-15 minutes episodes, this fun and sometimes funny podcast features anecdotes and tidbits about storytellers, with each episode spotlighting a modern storyteller like Tom Clancy or a classical name like Charles Dickens, but in a very different light.
Great Stories about Great Storytellers
Alex Haley's History Lesson for 140 Million Americans
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Randy Overbeck
In this episode, listeners will learn--
- How Alex Haley learned the craft of writing in the Coast Guard
- How Haley became the preeminent interviewer of famous African Americans and other celebrities
- How his first book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, made publishing history and made Haley a household name
- How his family story, Roots, won awards and set sales records
- How the mini series of the same name made television history
Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!