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Wednesday August 27, 2003

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10:00Isabel Allende: "My Invented Country" (Harper Collins) (Rebroadcast)

With memories as a roadmap and nostalgia as a guide, best-selling author Isabel Allende takes us on a tour of a place based on Chile but rooted in her imagination. She explores how the politics, myth, and magic of her homeland have shaped her life and books.

Guests

Isabel Allende, author

11:00Bill Minutaglio: "City on Fire" (HarperCollins)

In 1947, a massive explosion ripped through the thriving port of Texas City, Texas, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands. Veteran journalist and presidential biographer Bill Minutaglio writes about this nearly forgotten disaster and the landmark legal battles against the U.S. government that followed.

Guests

Bill Minutaglio, author, former journalist, and presidential biographer

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