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Texas History!
Join Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) as they delve into Texas’ fascinating past with special guests: Mike Cox – Author of ‘Historic Photos of Texas Lawmen’; and William R. Chemerka & Allen J. Wiener – Co-authors of ‘Music of the Alamo: From 19^th Century Ballads to Big-Screen Soundtracks’.

Show airs live on Friday, May 15 at 3pm PT – Tune in: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Way-Back-When/2009/05/15/Texas-History


Meet our Guests:
Mike Cox – An elected member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Mike Cox is the author of fourteen non-fiction books including ‘Historic Photos of Texas Lawmen’. Over a freelance career of more than forty years, he has written hundreds of articles and essays for a wide variety of publications. His most recent book, The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900, received excellent reviews and has been a best-seller among books about the Old West. A former award-winning reporter, he was a longtime spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety and later communications manager for the Texas Department of Transportation before retiring in 2007.

William R. Chemerka – Co-author of ‘Music of the Alamo: From 19^th Century Ballads to Big-Screen Soundtracks’, William is the founder of The Alamo Society and has edited the organization's quarterly, The Alamo Journal, since 1986. He has appeared on The History Channel as an on-camera consultant in productions including The Real West: The Battle of the Alamo; Live from Austin: Davy Crockett; and Wild West Tech: The Alamo, among others. Texas Monthly calls Chemerka "the Google of Alamo Buffs."

Allen J. Wiener - Co-author of ‘Music of the Alamo: From 19^th Century Ballads to Big-Screen Soundtracks’, Allen is also the author of The Beatles: The Ultimate Recording Guide; and co-author of the forthcoming Poor Man’s Friend: David Crockett in Congress, from bright Sky Press. He has written for The Washington Post, People, American History, The Alamo Journal, Western Clippings, Goldmine, and Discoveries. Wiener has written liner notes for several CDs and has served as a researcher and consultant for several books.

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Join hosts Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors)and special guests including Rebecca Schall - Historian & Author of 'Historic Photos of The Presidio'; Terry Ommen - Historian & Author of 'Visalia: Then & Now'; Deb Echohawk of the Pawnee Nation, & Ronnie O'Brien from the Great Platte River Road Archway in Nebraska who is hosting their 'Dancers of the Plains Exhibition of a Pow Wow Celebration' in June.

Join hosts Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) as they learn about some the Historic Women of the West with special guests: Jay O'Connell - author of 'Train Robber’s Daughter: The Melodramatic Life of Eva Evans, 1876-1970'; Tod Ruhstaller - Executive Director & Curator of History at The Haggin Museum in Stockton, CA; Joan Meacham & Edie Mayo - The Arizona Womens Heritage Trail; and Chris Reid - Pinal County Historical Society Museum in Florence, AZ.

Get the inside scoop on some of America's Presidents! Join Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith (BigBlendMagazine.com editors) for this special episode about US Presidents with special guest co-host Gil Klein - Editor of 'Reliable Sources: 100 Years at the National Press Club' & Former National Press Club President, former White House Correspondent. Special Guests include John & Emily Salmon - Authors of 'Historic Photos of The White House'; Dana Lombardy - Author of 'Historic Photos of Dwight D. Eisenhower; and Jay Whitney - Author of 'Historic Photos of Ronald Reagan'.

America’s Presidents!
Ronald Reagan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Harry S. Truman, George H. W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, William H. Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, Warren G. Harding, and the National Press Club!

Join Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith (BigBlendMagazine.com editors) for Way Back When History Radio featuring America’s Presidents on Jan. 24, from 1-3pm PST.

Special Guest Co-host:
Gil Klein - Author of 'Reliable Sources: 100 Years at the National Press Club'. He was a national correspondent for the Media General News Service, covering the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, political conventions and presidential campaigns during his 22 years writing for Southern newspapers.
Before coming to Washington in 1985, he was a reporter for the Tampa Tribune and the Gwinnett County (Ga.) Daily News. He was elected president of the National Press Club in 1994. A graduate of Rollins College in Florida, he earned a Master’s degree in journalism at the American University in Washington D.C. Read more at http://www.bigblendmagazine.com/TurnerPublishing/Press-Club.htm

Featured Guests:
Dana Lombardy - Author of 'Historic Photos of Dwight D. Eisenhower’, and ‘Historic Photos of Los Angeles’, for the past thirty-five years, Dana Lombardy has contributed as an editor, writer, cartographer, graphic artist, and designer for more than 100 history books and magazines, and was Publisher of Napoleon Journal from 1996 to 2000. A frequent speaker on the seminar circuit, Lombardy has made nearly twenty television appearances, including multiple episodes of the History Channel’s Tales of the Gun series. Read more at http://www.bigblendmagazine.com/TurnerPublishing/Dwight-Eisenhower.htm

John & Emily Salmon - Authors of 'Historic Photos of The White House', together they have written & edited several books and articles including Franklin County Virginia, 1786-1986: A Bicentennial History. Emily has BS and MA degrees in psychology and history, respectively. She is senior copy editor in the Publications and Educational Services division at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, and coeditor of The Hornbook of Virginia History. John has BA and MA degrees in American history. A former archivist at the Library of Virginia, he is retired from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, where he was staff historian and wrote the Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide. Read more at http://www.bigblendmagazine.com/TurnerPublishing/White-House.htm

Jay Stephen Whitney - Author of 'Historic Photos of Ronald Reagan', Jay Stephen Whitney began his publishing career as a teenage intern reporter at Athol Daily News in his native Massachusetts, the highlight of which was cover a re-election campaign stop of Edward W. Brooke. Whitney earned a degree in communication at DePauw University, working on Senator Richard G. Lugar’s 1976 campaign during that time. He studied law at Western New England College where he met his wife, Cathy Okrent, an attorney and author. Whitney is currently writing  76 Things All Americans Should Know for Turner Publishing. Read more at http://www.bigblendmagazine.com/TurnerPublishing/Ronald-Reagan.htm

For more details about Way Back When’s American Presidents Show visit http://www.bigblendmagazine.com/Way-Back-When/Jan24-2009.htm

Guests include Eduardo Rubio from the Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona; Chris Reid – Florence Junior Parada, Oldest Sanctioned Youth Rodeo in the US; Melody Groves – Author ‘Colton Brothers Saga: Arizona War’; Rod Groenewold – Director Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista, CA; Eduardo Obregón Pagán – Author ‘Historic Photos of Phoenix’; and Dana Lombardy - Author ‘Historic Photos of Los Angeles’