Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Hanging Out with Austin Bay


Sooner or later, all roads lead to Knoxville, so Glenn and I were lucky to meet up for dinner with Colonel Austin Bay of AustinBay.net and author of The Wrong Side of Brightness, who was on a whirlwind tour of the Southeast retracing the steps of his great, great grandfather who served in the Civil War. We interviewed him about his journey, American's fascination with the Civil War, and why many American universities no longer teach military history.

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