Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
Episode: Ken Burns on Heroism, Horror, and History | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 88
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
The Great Bridge
Buy on Amazon"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."
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Buy on Amazon"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."
The Premonition
Buy on Amazon"Charity was one of the few heroes in Michael Lewis's book on COVID-19 called 'The Premonition.'"