Photo, above: The journey along the Mississippi river from Napoleon, on the Arkansas shore, to Vicksburg, the largest town in the State of Mississippi, discloses naught save vast and gloomy stretches of forest and flat, of swamp and inlet, of broad current and green island, until Columbia, a pretty...
Photo, above: A young Jack London. See: Hour 4, Deadline Artists--Scandals, Tragedies and Triumphs: More of America's Greatest Newspaper Columns, by John Avlon, Jesse Angelo and Errol Louis JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 5 July 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses...
. Document: The Crown vs. Patrick Henry. See: Hour 4, Blocks A & B, Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots by Thomas S. Kidd. Thursday 4 July 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Edward Bancroft: Scientist, Author, Spy by Thomas J. Schaeper (1 of 2) THE HISTORICAL LEDGER gives famous spies and traitors a...
Photo, above: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is the new head of the Egyptian military and 44th defense minister in the history of the modern Egyptian army since its formation more than 200 years ago. In his mid-50s, he is one of the youngest members of the military council that was previously headed by...
Photo, above: Egypt's anti-government protesters celebrate army's ultimatum. See: Hour 1, Block A, Sam Tadros of the Hudson Institute and author of Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity. Egypt teeters on brink of overthrow, seven reported killed in clashes JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW...
Image, above: The Geologic Time Scale was assembled by geologists to show the history of Earth. Fossil evidence in sedimentary rocks was the basis for understanding Earth's evolution from 4.5 bya to present. Another geologic time scale spiral. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 1 July 2013...
Photo, above: Red Cloud (Lakota: Maȟpíya Lúta), (1822 – December 10, 1909), war leader and a chief of the Oglala Lakota. One of the most capable Native American opponents the United States Army faced, he led a successful campaign in 1866–1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder...
Photo, above: The Green Cathedral is in Italy on the slopes of the Arera mountain near the northern city of Bergamo. It was designed by Giuliano Mauri, a natural architect who died in May 2009. It stands 21 metres tall, with five aisles and 42 columns. It's 28.5 metres long and 24 metres wide,...
John Batchelor is away this week. Please see the podcast for author interviews.
(Photo: Sheremetyevo International Airport Russia) John Batchelor is away this week. Please see the podcasts for author interviews.