Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Crooked Man” appeared in 1893 and subsequently in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was one of the 19 most popular stories in Doyle’s catalog of favorite Holmes tales. See my audio review of this book on AudiblySpeaking either before or following your listening to this story. And now, experience the story of “The Crooked Man–” if you dare.
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What is this thing…called “white privilege?” Where does it come from and what is it all about?
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote “The Adventures of the Crooked Man” in 1892. It turned out to rank 15th on his list of 19 favorite short stories. My audio narration of the story will appear soon here on AudiblySpeaking. In this introduction, I analyze and critique the structure of the story and its qualities in terms of the expectations inherent in the mystery genre of storytelling.
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In this classic Fireside Chat, FDR rallies the Nation two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. One of his finest Fireside Chats, Roosevelt cleverly ties the mission to retaliate against Japan with the effort, not yet widely shared by Americans, to halt the march of fascism in Europe, represented by Hitler and Mussolini. The next day, December 10, Hitler would clear the way for FDR to accomplish this goal by suicidally declaring war on the United States.
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