Family History

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 26, 2015

Jill Lepore, staff writer at The New Yorker, professor of American History
at Harvard University and the author of many books, including The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Vintage, 2015), talks about her three-part feature for The New Yorker Radio Hour about a friend's family history.

Hear Part One of Jill Lepore's feature for The New Yorker Radio Hour below:

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