hitting the books
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Unwinding”
“The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America” by George Packer was published in 2013, but it is just...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The St. Louis Browns: The Story of a Beloved Team”
Did you know that in 1951 the St. Louis Browns’ Ned Garver received a call from a reporter with the...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Walls of Lucca”
It is always such a treat to have a fellow broadcaster join us to talk about a book he has...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Killers of the Flower Moon”
The depth of evil and inhumanity found in “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Eternity Street”
John Faragher is a noted historian, particularly regarding the American west. His biography of Daniel Boone is considered a seminal...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “When Pride Still Mattered”
Tom Hamilton is the “Voice of the Tribe” – the radio voice of the Indians. He is in his 28th...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Taking of K-129”
Truth is often stranger than fiction which is why history novels are so fun to read. That is the case...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Alou: My Baseball Journey”
Buck Showalter’s comments on Felipe Alou are on the back cover of “Alou: My Baseball Journey.” When the Orioles skipper...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The American Spirit”
“The American Spirit” is the latest in David McCullough’s writings on the lineage of American history. There are few authors...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Cocktail Waitress”
We return now to noir. That genre of writing also referred to as “hardboiled,” “tabloid murder” and “lose/lose fiction.” James...