Extras

Introduction: The Icon of Independence We residents of the tri-cornered area where today the states of Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts converge, and through which the Housatonic River flows, share a marvelous heritage: We are the fortunate successors to the homeland that in the century between the 1740s and the 1840s was a strange, sparsely […]

A preview of the video of the documentaries, ABSOLUTE ZERO and THE CONQUEST OF COLD. Together, these are the most-requested and most-shown of the many Nova science programs. Watch Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold Preview on PBS. See more from NOVA.

A penetrating interview that I did about RUMSPRINGA, on NPR. Be sure to enjoy some of the questions from the listening audience that I had to answer. NPR Interview abaut Rumspringa

THE GILDED LEAF is a book about a compelling journey into the past of a family, taken by Patrick Reynolds, one of R. J. Reynolds’ six grandsons. This prologue, which takes place at an extraordinary auction of his dead father’s belongings, sets the scene. AT MUSGROVE PLANTATION on the resort island of St. Simons, off […]

Meuser Rutledge is the premier sub-surface engineering firm in the world. I was privileged to work with the senior partners on their 100th anniversary history volume, which has now been posted on-line. The opening chapter tells the story of the ‘bathtub’ under the World Trade Center, compromised by the 9/11 attacks, and how MR helped […]