I guess I can give thanks for the sad state of talk
radio in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.
Had it not been for the insipid and banal commentary that permeates WBT 1110
AM I wouldn’t have changed the channel to – of all places – NPR.
The only time I can get NPR is when I’m
driving. My pocket transistor doesn’t
pick it up. That’s right a transistor
radio! Got a problem with that? It just so happened that Dianne Rehm was
interviewing Nathaniel Philbrick on his latest book, Bunker Hill: A City, A
Siege, A Revolution. I knew right then
that I had to put it on my reading list.
If you are an American history buff, you’ll love
this book. The author reintroduces a
cast of characters that time has forgotten, from the Boston Massacre to the British
evacuation. You’ll be in awe of the
resolve of New Englanders, who are “religious, ornery, and clannish.”
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