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Adam Goodheart and 1861

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4xNSUcB6Bb"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/adam-goodheart-and-1861/">Adam Goodheart and 1861</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/adam-goodheart-and-1861/embed/#?secret=4xNSUcB6Bb" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Adam Goodheart and 1861&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="4xNSUcB6Bb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Civil War historian Adam Goodheart discusses his book 1861: The Civil War Awakening < previous

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Musician Bob Black

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9i8jQNBl9N"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/musician-bob-black/">Musician Bob Black</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/musician-bob-black/embed/#?secret=9i8jQNBl9N" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Musician Bob Black&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="9i8jQNBl9N" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Bob Black talks about his book Come Hither To Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe < previous

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Stefan Kanfer

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Film historian and literary lion Stefan Kanfer returns to talk a bit more about Bogart and movies we love! < previous

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Lisa See

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lGRF9ZdMqf"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/lisa-see-2/">Lisa See</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/lisa-see-2/embed/#?secret=lGRF9ZdMqf" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Lisa See&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="lGRF9ZdMqf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Lisa See discusses her brilliant history of her Chinese family in America, On Gold Mountain. < previous

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Marc Eliot on Steve McQueen

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zyuoatW55o"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/marc-eliot-on-steve-mcqueen/">Marc Eliot on Steve McQueen</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/marc-eliot-on-steve-mcqueen/embed/#?secret=zyuoatW55o" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Marc Eliot on Steve McQueen&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="zyuoatW55o" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

One of my favorite writers Marc Eliot returns to talk about his biography of Steve McQueen. < previous

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James L. Neibaur on Chaplin at Keystone

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qPT2UiHJlE"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/james-l-neibaur-on-chaplin-at-keystone/">James L. Neibaur on Chaplin at Keystone</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/james-l-neibaur-on-chaplin-at-keystone/embed/#?secret=qPT2UiHJlE" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;James L. Neibaur on Chaplin at Keystone&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="qPT2UiHJlE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Film historian James Neibaur reviews the birth of the Little Tramp in Early Charlie Chaplin. < previous

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James Kaplan on Sinatra

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Hm2XmnKg9w"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/james-kaplan-on-sinatra/">James Kaplan on Sinatra</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/james-kaplan-on-sinatra/embed/#?secret=Hm2XmnKg9w" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;James Kaplan on Sinatra&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="Hm2XmnKg9w" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

James Kaplan returns to talk Sinatra, and he does it my way. That’s life! < previous

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Thad Nodine Touch and Go

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="k7ro2DjgWc"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/thad-nodine-touch-and-go/">Thad Nodine Touch and Go</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/thad-nodine-touch-and-go/embed/#?secret=k7ro2DjgWc" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Thad Nodine Touch and Go&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="k7ro2DjgWc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Thad Nodine discusses his acclaimed fiction debut Touch and Go < previous

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Tom Santopietro on The Godfather

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="BOtFQUdMI9"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/tom-santopietro-on-the-godfather/">Tom Santopietro on The Godfather</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/tom-santopietro-on-the-godfather/embed/#?secret=BOtFQUdMI9" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Tom Santopietro on The Godfather&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="BOtFQUdMI9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Tom Santopietro returns to discuss his latest book The Godfather Effect < previous

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James Curtis on Spencer Tracy

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="t4JLCc9JJS"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/james-curtis-on-spencer-tracy/">James Curtis on Spencer Tracy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/james-curtis-on-spencer-tracy/embed/#?secret=t4JLCc9JJS" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;James Curtis on Spencer Tracy&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="t4JLCc9JJS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

James Curtis, biographer of W.C. Fields and Preston Sturges, turns his considerably talent loose on Spencer Tracy, arguably the finest film actor of his age. The result is the most in depth biography ever written of a film actor. We discuss! < previ