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Hidden U.S. History

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In advance of the July 4th holiday weekend - Ken Davis, author of the ‘Don’t Know Much About History’ books, joins Julie Fenster, author of ‘Jefferson’s America – The President, The Purchase, and the Explorers How Transformed a Nation,’ to discuss American history you may not know much about. 

Guests:

Julie Fenster, author of ‘Jefferson’s America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation.’  Fenster is an author and historian who began her career at Automobile Quarterly, where her book ‘Packard: The Pride’ won the Best Book award from the National Automotive Journalism Conference. She is also the author of the award-winning ‘Ether Day and Parish Priest’, with coauthor Douglas Brinkley.

Ken Davis, best-selling author of ‘Don't Know Much About History,’ which spent 35 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold nearly 1.5 million copies, and gave rise to his Don't Know Much About series for adults and children.

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