📚 3 Books mentioned in "Ken Burns on Heroism, Horror, and History | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 88" of People I (Mostly) Admire

but I was bullheaded and persevering, and after being turned down hundreds, literally hundreds of times, was able to make this film with the help of, as always, lots of really important and talented people, including David McCullough, who written a book that I'd read about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge called The Great Bridge, and I've just devoured it and sent to my partners, 'Let's make a film on this,' and they looked at me like I was crazy.

Ken Burns refers to the book 'The Great Bridge' by David McCullough as a significant source of inspiration for his film about the Brooklyn Bridge. He passionately read the book and suggested to his partners that they create a film based on it, despite their initial skepticism.

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Charity was one of the few heroes in Michael Lewis's book on COVID-19 called 'The Premonition.'

In this segment, the host references Michael Lewis's book 'The Premonition,' highlighting Charity Dean as one of the heroes featured in the narrative on COVID-19.

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Henry Ford was certain that the Jews were responsible for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; he bought a newspaper, and he printed over many editions the protocols of the Elders of Zion, which is the worst anti-Semitic tract—a hoax written in Russia.

Ken Burns discusses Henry Ford's controversial history with an anti-Semitic tract titled 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,' which Ford printed in his newspaper.

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