Russell Reads with the Rach(a)els
Russell, Rachel, and Rachael discuss their favorite books, the library, and, without keeping their feet as Bilbo Baggins so wisely suggested, wherever they might be swept off to.
Russell Reads with the Rach(a)els
Shared stories from the country [Guest Bill Guerrant]
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Russell Carter, Rachel Timm, Rachael Miller
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Season 2
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Episode 23
Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Bill Guerrant, local goatherd, Vice President of Pittsylvania Historical Society, and author of four books including “Jim Wrenn” and “Let a Pillar Arise”. We discuss reading in all its many varieties, including newspapers and the dictionary and the importance of keeping historical research alive.
Books we discuss include:
- “A Primer for Star Gazers” by Henry M. Neely
- The Dictionary
- “Nine Who Survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki” by Robert Trumbull
- “Baudolino” by Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver
- “Looking for Class” by Bruce Feiler
- “Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War” by Maury Klein
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