History's Hook 4-15-23

Join host Tom Price as History's Hook explores a story 80 years in the making.  Tom brings together two people who had no idea about their connection to Haynes Ayres, who was killed when his ship, the USAT Dorchester, was sunk by a German U-boat in 1943.  Listen to Winder Heller and John Whiteside tell their sides of the story and see how history connects people across space and time.

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.