Gary Thorne
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “John Adams”
David McCullough has a shelf on my bookcase with all he has written. Yes, I like his work. Thomas Jefferson...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Nothing Like It In the World”
Between 1860 and 1869, a most improbable venture would change the landscape of America and the world. The building of...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Devil in the White City”
“The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson is a two-for-one read. The story is that of the 1893...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Negotiator, A Memoir”
George Mitchell should have been president. He was a U.S. Senator, the Senate majority leader, a Federal District Court judge,...
Hitting the Books: “Baltimore Orioles: 60 Years of Orioles Magic”
For Orioles fans, “Baltimore Orioles: 60 Years of Orioles Magic” is one beautiful book. Jim Henneman has been more involved...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Night the Bed Fell”
For decades, The New Yorker magazine was the elite repository of literary expression. The best of writers longed to have...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Blonde”
I keep track of new writings by Joyce Carol Oates and then, when they are released, I cringe before I...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Truman”
David McCullough is my favorite historical writer and one of my favorite writers, period. I could have picked any of...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Fridays with Red”
Bob Edwards hosted the National Public Radio morning show for years. For 12 of those years, baseball broadcaster Red Barber...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Let’s hit the books with one of this country’s most influential writers on matters of race relations in the United...