History's Hook 04-20-2024 RM EP51 Haynes Ayers and the USS Dorchester

Sometimes a connection between two families takes decades to uncover. Join host Tom Price as he brings two families together over one of WWII’s greatest tragedies. This story is 80 years in the making. It has all the elements of a best-selling book…a story first set in the 1930’s in rural Tennessee, that tells of love, war, tragedy, loss, renewal and re-discovery.

What is Front Porch Radio - History's Hook?

History’s Hook is a weekly audio-media series that uses local stories…stories found in everyone’s backyard…to explore national and world history. The show features experts and eye-witnesses to events that make those connections in history. The show’s host, Tom Price is a veteran historian who has spent nearly 30 years working in museums and archives finding those documents and objects that tell the stories of all of us. He has published numerous articles on U.S. History and has curated fifteen major exhibitions related to American History and culture.