Sponsored message
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Subscribe
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
AirTalk

American Headlines: Major News Stories From Colonial Times to the Present

Have you ever marveled at old news headlines, like the Bombardment of Fort Sumter, or the great scare over the War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast? Patt Morrison talks with the authors of a collection of news headlines from colonial times to the present. Miles Beller, Ed Cray, and Jonathan Kotler's new book is called American Datelines: Major News Stories from Colonial Times to the Present (University of Illinois Press). Professors Beller and Cray join Patt Morrison to talk about it.