For this week's podcast, we celebrate the release of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower - a book nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and released right around this date back in 2006 (at least according to our records).
Philbrick joined the National Writer Series also right around this date in May 2013, just days after the release of his newest book: Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution.
In this conversation (guest hosted by Rich Fahle) we discuss the roots of the American Revolution, how Philbrick's research helps him make history come alive, where his own "bunker" can be found, and what tarring and feathering was truly like (hint: not fun)...
