#Candace millard

[soviet-space-ace]

Who else is excited for the upcoming Destiny of a Republic miniseries?

It’s called Death by Lightning and Josh Lyman himself is going to be in it as James G. Blaine.

I really hope it doesn’t end up like the American Lion miniseries from a few years back that never got made.

[fictionadventurer]

Top 5 books read this year, please?

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 1-7 by Beth Brower: These books are just so much fun. They sit perfectly in my sweet spot of historical light fiction, and there's so much humor and heart and so many good characters. Maybe they're not the best books I've read this year, but they may be the only ones tempting me to buy copies for my shelf.

Washington Square and Daisy Miller by Henry James: Two short, sad, delicately-drawn novellas that may have added another author to my list of favorite classic writers.

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin: This book started my obsession with Lincoln's Cabinet. I can't in good conscience put it lower (despite a minor qualm that prevents me from seeking out the full version). I'm also going to cheat and include Destiny of the Republic by Candace Millard, which provided me my other history niche of this year about President Garfield and his assassination. And My Dear President for all the fascinating letters offering new insight into the lives of American presidents and their wives.

The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte Yonge: Despite some serious issues with the story, this one had some of my favorite characters of the year, and they're going to stick with me for a long time.

Desire and The Good Comrade by Una Lucy Silsberrad: Maybe objectively not the best or even my favorites--I have problems with the plot of both--but I love how she writes Edwardian women trying to make their way in the world and their relationships with men who make them rethink the way they approach the world, and she's another entry on the list of favorite authors discovered this year.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 12.1

Beer Birthdays

William Krug (1857)

Randy Mosher (1952)

RJ Trent (1968)

Susan Boyle

Five Favorite Birthdays

Morris; Belgian cartoonist (1923)

Mary Martin; actress and singer (1913)

Jeremy Northam; actor (1961)

Jaco Pastorius; jazz bassist (1951)

Richard Pryor; comedian, actor (1940)

Famous Birthdays

Andrew Adamson; New Zealand film director (1966)

Woody Allen; comedian, writer, film director (1935)

Carol Alt; model. actor (1960)

Micheline Bernardini; French dancer and model (1927)

Eric Bloom; rock guitarist (1944)

Jan Brett; author and illustrator (1949)

Candace Bushnell; writer (1958)

Richard Carrier; author (1969)

Billy Childish; English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (1959)

Jonathan Coulton; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1970)

Julee Cruise; singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (1956)

John Densmore; rock drummer (1945)

David Doyle; actor (1929)

Étienne Maurice Falconet; French sculptor (1716)

Matt Fraction; comic book writer (1975)

Steve Gibb; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1973)

Sophie Guillemin; French actress (1977)

Judith Hackitt; English chemist (1954)

Annette Haven; porn actor (1954)

DeSean Jackson; football player (1986)

Tahar Ben Jelloun; Moroccan author and poet (1944)

Jonathan Katz; comedian and actor (1946)

Clark Kent; fictional character, Superman

Richard Keith; actor and drummer (1950)

Martin Klaproth; German chemist (1743)

Zoë Kravitz; actress, singer, and model (1988)

Jerry Lawson; electronic engineer and inventor (1940)

Jimmy Lyons; saxophonist (1931)

Emily McLaughlin; actress (1928)

Bette Midler; actor, singer (1945)

Bart Millard; singer-songwriter (1972)

Julia A. Moore; poet (1847)

Emily Mortimer; actor (1971)

Sandy Nelson; rock drummer (1938)

Jim Nesbitt; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1931)

Eligiusz Niewiadomski; Polish painter (1869)

Gilbert O'Sullivan; pop singer (1946)

Isaiah "Ikey" Owens; keyboard player (1975)

Billy Paul; soul singer (1934)

Chris Poland; guitarist and songwriter (1957)

Chanel Preston; porn actress (1985)

Lou Rawls; singer (1933)

Martin Rodbell; scientist (1925)

John Schlimm; writer (1971)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff; German painter (1884)

Dick Shawn; comedian, actor (1923)

Sarah Silverman; comedian, actor (1970)

Rex Stout; English writer (1886)

Robert Symonds; actor (1926)

Malachi Throne; actor (1928)

Charlene Tilton; actor (1958)

Lee Trevino; golfer (1939)

Jane Turner; Australian actress (1960)

Marie Tussaud; wax modeler-maker (1761)

Mihály Vörösmarty; Hungarian poet (1800)

Treat Williams; actor (1951)

Vesta Williams; singer-songwriter and actress (1957)

Minoru Yamasaki; architect (1912)

[ryanmeft]

The Lost City of Z Movie Review

The decades around the turn of the 20th century were a time when the sort of stories seen in King Kong or Indiana Jones played out constantly, (usually) minus the magic artifacts and giant monkeys. In The Lost City of Z, English explorer Percy Fawcett sets out to find an ancient city in the Amazon rain forest, one that will prove a notion his colleagues at the Royal Geographical Society laugh at: that South American "savages" had a thriving civilization at a time when the west was still mired in the Dark Ages. James Gray directs a lightly fictionalized version of this story that gets all its impact from real danger, since magic and monsters are off the table.

Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam, of Sons of Anarchy fame) was a man of mythic status and incredible achievements. A veteran of numerous military campaigns and World War I, he was also a maker of maps, the profession that spurred epic adventures for Westerners and often, epic pain for non-Westerners. Sent to the border of Bolivia and Brazil to settle a dispute over who owns what, he and world-weary Henry Costin (Robert Pattinson) and Arthur Manley (Edward Ashley) instead come upon broken pottery and carvings in stone, so deep in the jungle no one is thought to have been able to thrive there. Back home, he adamantly declares this proof that a lost city, which he names Z, is out there somewhere.

There was no surer way to make stodgy old white men mad in the 19th century than to suggest "heathens" and "savages", code for anyone who wasn't white, could have outdone them, ever. Fawcett, backed up by his fiery wife Nina (Sienna Miller), gives a somewhat fictionalized speech to the Royal Geographical Society, in which he declares that South American natives must have been more advanced than the English. Horrors! The crowd are still, however, explorers at heart: they boo the idea that mere jungle dwellers could have been their equal, then turn around and applaud raucously at Fawcett's determination to go back and prove it.

This is naturally thrilling stuff. A hint, a spark, a tiny suggestion that something exists that shouldn't exist. The Amazon is so dense, even today with so many determined to turn it into a line on a ledger, that when I went there with friends it had an honest power even over my "evolved" 21st century mind. In an age before highways and televisions it must have seemed so much more mysterious. Fawcett and company lose men to the river, to the jungle, and over the course of three expeditions (eight in reality) face every danger the jungles offer, from floods to hostile natives to the worst of all, mosquitoes and the blood-vomit-inducing diseases they carry. Last year's Embrace of the Serpent showed the intoxicating power the jungle has on outsiders, a feeling replicated here. Hunnam, with his rough features and stocky muscles, doesn't much look like the tall, thin Fawcett, but he embodies the obsessive dedication required to draw a man back to such a deadly place again and again.

There is a brief scene in which Fawcett, having finally found more evidence of his lost city, is suddenly set upon by water rushing through the rocks he stands between; the jungle can turn on him in an instant. To survive he must make peace with cannibals, be comfortable with snakes around his booted heels, and sail on waters that are literally waiting to devour him. The jungle may or may not kill him, but it will certainly make short work of any illusions he has of being a civilized Englishman. The film doesn't add unnecessary action drama, deriving a great deal of power from the simple(?) act of surviving ordinary days in the depths of the Amazon; no rolling boulders or dart traps needed here. Others are sucked in, as well, with varying results. Nina declares at one point she will go on the next expedition, and their son Jack (Tom Holland, of upcoming Spider-Man fame) eventually becomes old enough to accompany Percy on an expedition (sadly, the film leaves out that he intended to come back and work in Hollywood). Less useful by far is a corpulent braggart named James Murray (Angus Macfadyen), who fancies himself a heroic adventurer but treats the Amazon like it is a day stroll that must accommodate him. He's useful as a comparison to Hunnam's Fawcett, who is goes to this green "hell" specifically to shed his civilized skin.

What a canvas Darius Khondji has been given to work with. From the docks in Manaus, the Amazon looks like an ocean more than a river, but you don't get very far before the shores start to close in. Today, with all our technology, it is still a place that invites but does not welcome humans, and remains largely unmapped. Imagine how mysterious it must have been in 1905, or even 1925, which is where Fawcett's story ends up. Khondji, who recreated the New York of the early Ellis Islanders in Gray's The Immigrant, here shoots the jungle close, confined, and claustrophobic, with only a single snatch of the kind of sweeping vista we like photos of (a triple waterfall, something to behold). Of course, the crew never got dangerously far into the jungle from their shooting location at Santa Marta in Colombia, but you wouldn't have to to be in some danger. Even in Rio, the foliage constantly reminds you that if everyone left it would have the city back faster than you can imagine. The score by Gray's regular collaborator Christopher Spelman mostly backs off and rarely punches a dramatic moment, instead evoking the haunting feeling of being in an unfamiliar place and hearing a far-off tune you can't make out. Both these elements are essential to the film, particularly in the haunting, speculative closing scenes, where Fawcett's fate is left ambiguous as he is essentially claimed by the jungle to which he has really belonged for so many years.

I didn't read the book by David Grann, who personally filled in some of the blanks of Fawcett's life, but I did read Candace Millard's The River of Doubt, years ago, which gave the river and jungle a powerful hold on my mind long before I ever thought I'd see any of it. That story focused on a man who led an expedition to chart an uncharted tributary of the Amazon, and was temporarily driven insane by it. He was trying to forget his disappointment at losing the 1916 Presidential election. The Amazon in Gray's film seems to be making an important demand to live with it and accept it for what it is. After all, if the likes of Fawcett and Theodore Roosevelt couldn't tame it, what hope would ordinary mortals ever have?

The actual Fawcett, mapping the Brazilian-Bolivian border in 1908

Verdict: Must-See

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[art-of-manliness]

Podcast #594: How Churchill (and London) Survived the Blitz of 1940

A few months after Winston Churchill took office as prime minister, the German military began an eight month-long bombing campaign on the United Kingdom which became known as the Blitz. The bombing, which lasted for 57 consecutive days and nights, killed 45,000 Britons. What was life like for the people who experienced the Blitz? My guest today zoomed in on this question by looking at the lives of Winston Churchill and his inner circle during this precarious year of the war.  His name is Erik Larson, and in his latest book The Splendid and the Vile, he shows readers how the Blitz could be absolutely terrifying, unexpectedly normal, and strangely beautiful at the same time, and does so by profiling how Churchill, as well as his family members and advisers, handled both the unexpected horrors of war and the predictable pickles of interpersonal drama. We begin our conversation discussing the extent of the Blitz, and then spend the rest of our conversation discussing key members in what Churchill called his “sacred circle.” We learn how Churchill’s wife Clementine supported her husband during the Blitz, how his son Randolph created trouble with his gambling and affairs, how his teenage daughter Mary managed to keep doing typically adolescent activities even while bombs fell on England, and how his advisors contributed to his leadership. These characters offer a great lesson in how life goes on even in the midst of a crisis, and how one can be fearless even in the face of a threat. If reading this in an email, click the title of the post to listen to the show. Show Highlights * Why Erik decided to focus on the Blitz for this book and what sets it apart from other Churchill biographies  * The strange way life carried on during those 57 days * Where the name “The Splendid and the Vile” came from  * Clementine’s role in the Blitz  * The drama that Randolph Churchill brought to Winston’s life during WWII * The numerous ways Churchill’s inner circle helped him in this time period  * Why Mary Churchill was Erik’s favorite character  * The numerous intersections between Churchill’s private life and the war efforts * Learning the art of fearlessness * The tremendous front-facing leadership of Churchill * What Erik hopes this book provides for the reader Resources/People/Articles Mentioned in Podcast * My interview with Candace Millard about the making of Winston Churchill * Churchill’s Charge to Young Men * The Winston Churchill Guide to Public Speaking * The Churchill School of Adulthood * The Last Lion trilogy by William Manchester and Paul Reid * The Blitz * Mary Churchill * Jock Colville * The Fringes of Power by Colville * Lord Beaverbrook * Averell Harriman * My interview with Andrew Roberts about Churchill * My interview with Roberts about leadership during war * Chequers * Dresden bombings Connect With Erik Erik’s website Erik on Twitter Listen to the Podcast! (And don’t forget to leave us a review!) Listen to the episode on a separate page. Download this episode. Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice. Listen ad-free on Stitcher Premium; get a free month when you use code “manliness” at checkout. Podcast Sponsors Click here to see a full list of our podcast sponsors. Read the Transcript Coming soon! The post Podcast #594: How Churchill (and London) Survived the Blitz of 1940 appeared first on The Art of Manliness. http://dlvr.it/RS7T5d

[cafiffle]

kaelio replied to your post: istg tho I need to stop letting myself get tricked...

Try River of Doubt by Candace Millard? Plenty of horror, no ragging on women at all, and non-fiction so you know none of the plot twists can be TOOOO crazy?

I will investigaaaaate

[hyaenagallery]

Robert Ben Rhoades (1945 -) is an American serial killer and rapist. From 1975 to 1990 he is believed to have tortured, raped, and killed more than 50 women, although he has only 3 confirmed victims. In the early years of his life, Rhoades was raised by his mother alone, though his father returned from overseas when Robert was still in school. Rhoades’ high school years were notable only for an arrest at age 18 for tampering with a vehicle. After graduating in 1964, he immediately joined the Marine Corps. That same year, his father was arrested for molesting a 12-year-old girl, and subsequently committed suicide. Rhoades would later tell he’d also been abused by his father. In 1966, Rhoades was dishonorably discharged from the military. A year later he was arrested again, this time for theft. After his dismissal, Rhoades married three times, having a son with his first wife, and became a truck driver. Rhoades became notorious for the truck he drove. He converted the sleeper cab into his own personal torture chamber. Rhoades is believed to have first killed in November 1989, though he was only accused by one unnamed victim of kidnapping and torture. Even then, when Rhoades was detained, the victim denied that he was the perpetrator. It was later asserted that she was fearful of Rhoades after enduring two weeks in his torture chamber. Rhoades’ first confirmed victims were Candace Walsh and her husband Douglas Zyskowski in January 1990. The couple were hitchhiking when Rhoades picked them up in his truck while on a long-haul journey. He immediately killed Zyskowski and dumped his body in Texas, where it was later found (but not identified until 1992). Walsh he kept for over a week. During this time, he tortured and raped Walsh multiple times before dumping her body in Millard County, Utah. #destroytheday https://www.instagram.com/p/B6bMGuahRe5/?igshid=egn10s91ll53

[mabith]

Bookish asks. I’m going to treat this in the Livejournal fashion and just answer them, though I’m deleting ones that interest me less, go to source for the full list.

book you’ve reread the most times? Probably one of the first nine Dortmunder books by Donald E. Westlake. I also re-read the Discworld series and Juliet Marillier’s books over and over.

top 5 books of all time? North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Good Behavior by Donald E. Westlake The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston The War That Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander

what is your favourite genre? Straight history books maybe (by which I mean non-fiction). I read very widely though and don’t focus on any genre in particular.

what books have you read in the last month? I’ve read 11 books so far this month. My favorites were Women’s Work by Elizabeth Wayland Barber and The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka.

is there a series/book that got you into reading? Help! Yelled Maxell by James Stevenson is the first wordier picture/baby chapter book I remember reading totally by myself (and which hadn’t been read to me before), so that was a prod since I loved it. Reading The Hobbit finally got me into reading novels myself (I was very into my comics and having novels read to me).

do you have a guilty fav? I try to avoid calling anything a ‘guilty’ pleasure, but I do sometimes feel quite embarrassed about enjoying the first seven or so Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton

what non-fiction books do you like if any? Loads! I love history, particularly books by Caroline Alexander, Candace Millard, Mary Beard, Paul Ham, Barbara Mertz... I read a lot of popular science, memoir, political, and sociological books too. My non-fiction to fiction ratio is usual 60/40

did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings? Though it has its issues, Cry, The Beloved Country was a good read for me in high school. Battle Cry of the Republic was a good one too.

do you have a goodreads? Yes, though I save my activity and posting for LibraryThing.

do you ever mark/dog ear books you own? Yup. I like coming across old dog ears when I re-read things.

how many books have you read this year? 233

top 5 children’s books? (this was SO hard, I love children’s books) Borgel by Daniel Pinkwater Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse

most disliked popular books? most recently, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

[truecrimedrive-blog]

Robert Ben Rhodes (November 22, 1945) The first known victims of Rhoades were Douglas Zyskowski and his wife Candace Walsh. They were hitchhiking in January 1990 when they were offered a ride by Rhoades in his truck. Zyskowski was killed straight away, and his body was left on the roadside in Sutton County, Texas. He kept Walsh captive for a week, inflicting torture and raping her repeatedly. When she was dead, he disposed of her body in Millard County, Utah. She had been shot multiple times. Ricky Lee Jones and his girlfriend Regina Kay Walters were believed to be the next victims of Rhoades. The youngsters had run away from home in Houston in February 1990. Rhoades picked them up while they were hitchhiking and most likely killed Jones immediately. Walters was held by Rhoades for so long, that when her body was found, her hair was longer. Early in the morning of April 1, 1990, Rhoades’ truck was found parked on the side of the highway with its hazard lights on by an officer from the Highway Patrol. When he looked inside, he saw a naked and handcuffed woman, who was screaming. Rhoades tried to talk his way out of the situation but failed, and was arrested. Rhoades was later charged with sexual assault, aggravated assault and unlawful imprisonment. After detectives investigated further, they found there was a connection between Rhoades and the murders in Houston. A search warrant was obtained for his house, and inside, police found multiple photographs of a naked teenager and another woman. They were identified as Walters and Walsh. Rhoades went on trial in 1994 and was subsequently convicted of the first degree murder of Walters. He received a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. #gymlife #health #fitness #fit #fitnessmodel #fitnessaddict #fitspo #workout #bodybuilding #cardio #gym #train #training #fitbody #health #healthy #instahealth #active #strong #motivation #instagood #determination #lifestyle #diet #cleaneating #eatclean #exercise #serialkiller #murder

[thechristianloop]

There isn't enough I can say about this book! The merging of stories that included James Garfield, Alexander Graham Bell and Dr Lister (think Listerine) was beautifully crafted by Candace Millard. If you don't know the story of our 20th President, I highly recommend this book. What a sad ending to the life of a brilliant, humble and kind man. I can only imagine what his 4 or 8 years would have done for this country, specifically related to civil rights. Garfield was a Republican that everyone was proud of, regardless what party you were affiliated with. It has been fascinating to study the fall of the Republican Party, if only we had men such as Garfield again! The amazing thing is that he didn't die from the gunshot wounds, he died at the hands of an arrogant prideful physician.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 12.1

Beer Birthdays

William Krug (1857)

Randy Mosher (1952)

RJ Trent (1968)

Susan Boyle

Five Favorite Birthdays

Woody Allen; comedian, writer, film director (1935)

Morris; Belgian cartoonist (1923)

Jeremy Northam; actor (1961)

Jaco Pastorius; jazz bassist (1951)

Richard Pryor; comedian, actor (1940)

Famous Birthdays

Andrew Adamson; New Zealand film director (1966)

Carol Alt; model. actor (1960)

Micheline Bernardini; French dancer and model (1927)

Eric Bloom; rock guitarist (1944)

Jan Brett; author and illustrator (1949)

Candace Bushnell; writer (1958)

Richard Carrier; author (1969)

Billy Childish; English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (1959)

Jonathan Coulton; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1970)

Julee Cruise; singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (1956)

John Densmore; rock drummer (1945)

David Doyle; actor (1929)

Étienne Maurice Falconet; French sculptor (1716)

Matt Fraction; comic book writer (1975)

Steve Gibb; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1973)

Sophie Guillemin; French actress (1977)

Judith Hackitt; English chemist (1954)

Annette Haven; porn actor (1954)

DeSean Jackson; football player (1986)

Tahar Ben Jelloun; Moroccan author and poet (1944)

Jonathan Katz; comedian and actor (1946)

Richard Keith; actor and drummer (1950)

Martin Klaproth; German chemist (1743)

Zoë Kravitz; actress, singer, and model (1988)

Jerry Lawson; electronic engineer and inventor (1940)

Jimmy Lyons; saxophonist (1931)

Mary Martin; actress and singer (1913)

Emily McLaughlin; actress (1928)

Bette Midler; actor, singer (1945)

Bart Millard; singer-songwriter (1972)

Julia A. Moore; poet (1847)

Emily Mortimer; actor (1971)

Sandy Nelson; rock drummer (1938)

Jim Nesbitt; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1931)

Eligiusz Niewiadomski; Polish painter (1869)

Gilbert O'Sullivan; pop singer (1946)

Isaiah "Ikey" Owens; keyboard player (1975)

Billy Paul; soul singer (1934)

Chris Poland; guitarist and songwriter (1957)

Chanel Preston; porn actress (1985)

Lou Rawls; singer (1933)

Martin Rodbell; scientist (1925)

John Schlimm; writer (1971)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff; German painter (1884)

Dick Shawn; comedian, actor (1923)

Sarah Silverman; comedian, actor (1970)

Rex Stout; English writer (1886)

Robert Symonds; actor (1926)

Malachi Throne; actor (1928)

Charlene Tilton; actor (1958)

Lee Trevino; golfer (1939)

Jane Turner; Australian actress (1960)

Marie Tussaud; wax modeler-maker (1761)

Mihály Vörösmarty; Hungarian poet (1800)

Treat Williams; actor (1951)

Vesta Williams; singer-songwriter and actress (1957)

Minoru Yamasaki; architect (1912)

[art-of-manliness]

Podcast #451: The Greatest Prison Escape of WWI

When you think of wartime prison escapes, what comes to mind? Probably the breakouts attempted by prisoners of war during World War II and the movie The Great Escape. But the escapees of WWII learned many of the tricks of the trade from their pioneering predecessors, who honed their courageous craft during the first World War. My guest today has written a book about their audacious exploits. His name is Neal Bascomb, and his book is: The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War. Today on the show, Neal describes what conditions were like for British POWs during WWI, and why prisoners wanted to escape the German camps, even when they were relatively comfortable. We also discuss Germany’s most infamous POW camp, which was essentially a land-locked Alcatraz designed to hold the most escape-prone prisoners. While it was believed to be impossible to escape, Neal describes how the prisoners hatched an elaborate breakout plan anyway, and made a 175-yard tunnel towards freedom. We end our discussion with what Neal took away from the heroic exploits of these men. You’re going to really enjoy this look at a fascinating slice of history. Show Highlights * How Neil stumbled upon this incredible story  * The interesting role of aviation and airplanes in WWI * The ragtag band of pilots that originally made up the RAF * The insane danger of being a pilot in WWI * What led to militaries taking prisoners rather than killing soldiers at the outset? * Why POW camps in WWI weren’t the torturous environs we know from WWII and Vietnam * How escape attempts actually contributed to the war effort  * Common escape tactics in WWI * What made Holzminden a particularly bad place to be * Some of the escape artists who were in Holzminden (and why Neal calls it “Escape University”)  * The extraordinary tunnel that was dug by the prisoners * Why actually escaping was the easy part of a prison break * What happened to the escapees afterwards * Takeaways Neal took from writing this story   Resources/People/Articles Mentioned in Podcast * The Great Escape  * My first interview with Neal about the 4-minute mile  * The Escape from Alcatraz  * MI9 * My interview with Winston Groom about WWII’s famous aviators * How to Plan an Escape from a POW Camp * My interview with Candace Millard about Churchill’s experience as a POW * The Most Daring Escape of WWII * Holzminden POW camp Connect With Neal   Neal on Twitter Neal on Facebook Neal’s website Listen to the Podcast! (And don’t forget to leave us a review!) Listen to the episode on a separate page. Download this episode. Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice. Podcast Sponsors Slow Mag. A daily magnesium supplement with magnesium chloride + calcium for proper muscle function. Visit SlowMag.com/manliness for more information. Indochino��offers custom, made-to-measure suits at an affordable price. They’re offering any premium suit for just $359. That’s up to 50% off. To claim your discount go to Indochino.com and enter discount code “MANLINESS” at checkout. Plus, shipping is free. ZipRecruiter. Find the best job candidates by posting your job on over 100+ of the top job recruitment sites with just a click at ZipRecruiter. Visit ZipRecruiter.com/manliness to learn more. Click here to see a full list of our podcast sponsors. Read the Transcript Coming soon! The post Podcast #451: The Greatest Prison Escape of WWI appeared first on The Art of Manliness. http://dlvr.it/Qp98g7

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 12.1

Beer Birthdays

William Krug (1857)

Randy Mosher (1952)

RJ Trent (1968)

Susan Boyle

Five Favorite Birthdays

Woody Allen; comedian, writer, film director (1935)

Morris; Belgian cartoonist (1923)

Jeremy Northam; actor (1961)

Jaco Pastorius; jazz bassist (1951)

Richard Pryor; comedian, actor (1940)

Famous Birthdays

Andrew Adamson; New Zealand film director (1966)

Carol Alt; model. actor (1960)

Micheline Bernardini; French dancer and model (1927)

Eric Bloom; rock guitarist (1944)

Jan Brett; author and illustrator (1949)

Candace Bushnell; writer (1958)

Richard Carrier; author (1969)

Billy Childish; English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (1959)

Jonathan Coulton; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1970)

Julee Cruise; singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (1956)

John Densmore; rock drummer (1945)

David Doyle; actor (1929)

Étienne Maurice Falconet; French sculptor (1716)

Matt Fraction; comic book writer (1975)

Steve Gibb; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1973)

Sophie Guillemin; French actress (1977)

Judith Hackitt; English chemist (1954)

Annette Haven; porn actor (1954)

DeSean Jackson; football player (1986)

Tahar Ben Jelloun; Moroccan author and poet (1944)

Jonathan Katz; comedian and actor (1946)

Richard Keith; actor and drummer (1950)

Martin Klaproth; German chemist (1743)

Zoë Kravitz; actress, singer, and model (1988)

Jerry Lawson; electronic engineer and inventor (1940)

Jimmy Lyons; saxophonist (1931)

Mary Martin; actress and singer (1913)

Emily McLaughlin; actress (1928)

Bette Midler; actor, singer (1945)

Bart Millard; singer-songwriter (1972)

Julia A. Moore; poet (1847)

Emily Mortimer; actor (1971)

Sandy Nelson; rock drummer (1938)

Jim Nesbitt; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1931)

Eligiusz Niewiadomski; Polish painter (1869)

Gilbert O'Sullivan; pop singer (1946)

Isaiah "Ikey" Owens; keyboard player (1975)

Billy Paul; soul singer (1934)

Chris Poland; guitarist and songwriter (1957)

Chanel Preston; porn actress (1985)

Lou Rawls; singer (1933)

Martin Rodbell; scientist (1925)

John Schlimm; writer (1971)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff; German painter (1884)

Dick Shawn; comedian, actor (1923)

Sarah Silverman; comedian, actor (1970)

Rex Stout; English writer (1886)

Robert Symonds; actor (1926)

Malachi Throne; actor (1928)

Charlene Tilton; actor (1958)

Lee Trevino; golfer (1939)

Jane Turner; Australian actress (1960)

Marie Tussaud; wax modeler-maker (1761)

Mihály Vörösmarty; Hungarian poet (1800)

Treat Williams; actor (1951)

Vesta Williams; singer-songwriter and actress (1957)

Minoru Yamasaki; architect (1912)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 12.1

Beer Birthdays

William Krug (1857)

RJ Trent (1968)

Susan Boyle

Five Favorite Birthdays

Woody Allen; comedian, writer, film director (1935)

Morris; Belgian cartoonist (1923)

Jeremy Northam; actor (1961)

Jaco Pastorius; jazz bassist (1951)

Richard Pryor; comedian, actor (1940)

Famous Birthdays

Andrew Adamson; New Zealand film director (1966)

Carol Alt; model. actor (1960)

Micheline Bernardini; French dancer and model (1927)

Eric Bloom; rock guitarist (1944)

Jan Brett; author and illustrator (1949)

Candace Bushnell; writer (1958)

Richard Carrier; author (1969)

Billy Childish; English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (1959)

Jonathan Coulton; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1970)

Julee Cruise; singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (1956)

John Densmore; rock drummer (1945)

David Doyle; actor (1929)

Étienne Maurice Falconet; French sculptor (1716)

Matt Fraction; comic book writer (1975)

Steve Gibb; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1973)

Sophie Guillemin; French actress (1977)

Judith Hackitt; English chemist (1954)

Annette Haven; porn actor (1954)

DeSean Jackson; football player (1986)

Tahar Ben Jelloun; Moroccan author and poet (1944)

Jonathan Katz; comedian and actor (1946)

Richard Keith; actor and drummer (1950)

Martin Klaproth; German chemist (1743)

Zoë Kravitz; actress, singer, and model (1988)

Jerry Lawson; electronic engineer and inventor (1940)

Jimmy Lyons; saxophonist (1931)

Mary Martin; actress and singer (1913)

Emily McLaughlin; actress (1928)

Bette Midler; actor, singer (1945)

Bart Millard; singer-songwriter (1972)

Julia A. Moore; poet (1847)

Emily Mortimer; actor (1971)

Sandy Nelson; rock drummer (1938)

Jim Nesbitt; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1931)

Eligiusz Niewiadomski; Polish painter (1869)

Gilbert O'Sullivan; pop singer (1946)

Isaiah "Ikey" Owens; keyboard player (1975)

Billy Paul; soul singer (1934)

Chris Poland; guitarist and songwriter (1957)

Chanel Preston; porn actress (1985)

Lou Rawls; singer (1933)

Martin Rodbell; scientist (1925)

John Schlimm; writer (1971)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff; German painter (1884)

Dick Shawn; comedian, actor (1923)

Sarah Silverman; comedian, actor (1970)

Rex Stout; English writer (1886)

Robert Symonds; actor (1926)

Malachi Throne; actor (1928)

Charlene Tilton; actor (1958)

Lee Trevino; golfer (1939)

Jane Turner; Australian actress (1960)

Marie Tussaud; wax modeler-maker (1761)

Mihály Vörösmarty; Hungarian poet (1800)

Treat Williams; actor (1951)

Vesta Williams; singer-songwriter and actress (1957)

Minoru Yamasaki; architect (1912)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 12.1

Beer Birthdays

William Krug (1857)

RJ Trent (1968)

Susan Boyle

Five Favorite Birthdays

Woody Allen; comedian, writer, film director (1935)

Morris; Belgian cartoonist (1923)

Jeremy Northam; actor (1961)

Jaco Pastorius; jazz bassist (1951)

Richard Pryor; comedian, actor (1940)

Famous Birthdays

Andrew Adamson; New Zealand film director (1966)

Carol Alt; model. actor (1960)

Micheline Bernardini; French dancer and model (1927)

Eric Bloom; rock guitarist (1944)

Jan Brett; author and illustrator (1949)

Candace Bushnell; writer (1958)

Richard Carrier; author (1969)

Billy Childish; English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (1959)

Jonathan Coulton; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1970)

Julee Cruise; singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (1956)

John Densmore; rock drummer (1945)

David Doyle; actor (1929)

Étienne Maurice Falconet; French sculptor (1716)

Matt Fraction; comic book writer (1975)

Steve Gibb; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1973)

Sophie Guillemin; French actress (1977)

Judith Hackitt; English chemist (1954)

Annette Haven; porn actor (1954)

DeSean Jackson; football player (1986)

Tahar Ben Jelloun; Moroccan author and poet (1944)

Jonathan Katz; comedian and actor (1946)

Richard Keith; actor and drummer (1950)

Martin Klaproth; German chemist (1743)

Zoë Kravitz; actress, singer, and model (1988)

Jerry Lawson; electronic engineer and inventor (1940)

Jimmy Lyons; saxophonist (1931)

Mary Martin; actress and singer (1913)

Emily McLaughlin; actress (1928)

Bette Midler; actor, singer (1945)

Bart Millard; singer-songwriter (1972)

Julia A. Moore; poet (1847)

Emily Mortimer; actor (1971)

Sandy Nelson; rock drummer (1938)

Jim Nesbitt; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1931)

Eligiusz Niewiadomski; Polish painter (1869)

Gilbert O'Sullivan; pop singer (1946)

Isaiah "Ikey" Owens; keyboard player (1975)

Billy Paul; soul singer (1934)

Chris Poland; guitarist and songwriter (1957)

Chanel Preston; porn actress (1985)

Lou Rawls; singer (1933)

Martin Rodbell; scientist (1925)

John Schlimm; writer (1971)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff; German painter (1884)

Dick Shawn; comedian, actor (1923)

Sarah Silverman; comedian, actor (1970)

Rex Stout; English writer (1886)

Robert Symonds; actor (1926)

Malachi Throne; actor (1928)

Charlene Tilton; actor (1958)

Lee Trevino; golfer (1939)

Jane Turner; Australian actress (1960)

Marie Tussaud; wax modeler-maker (1761)

Mihály Vörösmarty; Hungarian poet (1800)

Treat Williams; actor (1951)

Vesta Williams; singer-songwriter and actress (1957)

Minoru Yamasaki; architect (1912)