Men of Steel: Heroes Throughout History
Monday, September 09, 2002
A conversation with Karl Koch III, head of the small company of steelworkers who built The World Trade Center. He discusses the history and politics surrounding the rise of the Trade Towers and his new book, Men of Steel: The Story of the Family that Built the World Trade Center. New York Observer editor-columnist Terry Golway takes listeners inside the New York City Fire Department. He explores its history, from origins in New Amsterdam to the present day, So Others Might Live: A History of New York’s Bravest: The NYFD from 1700 to the Present. Plus Harlow Giles Unger talks about one of the heroes of the American Revolution, Marquis de Lafayette, and Paul Auster shares his latest novel, Book of Illusions.
Karl Koch III
A conversation with Karl Koch III, the head of the small company of steelworkers who built The World Trade Center. He discusses the history and politics surrounding the rise of the Trade Towers and his new book, Men of Steel: The Story of the Family that Built the World Trade ...
Terry Golway
New York Observer editor-columnist Terry Golway takes listeners inside the New York City Fire Department, from its origins in New Amsterdam to present day New York, So Others Might Live: A History of New York’s Bravest: The NYFD from 1700 to the Present.
Harlow Giles Unger
Harlow Giles Unger talks about one of the heroes of the American Revolution, Marquis de Lafayette and his biography Lafayette.
Paul Auster
Paul Auster shares his latest novel, Book of Illusions.
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