EP283: What's It Like to Have Possum for Supper?, A Eulogy for Richard Houston and Ulysses S. Grant's Greatest Battle
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney, our regular contributor and recipient of our 'Great American Storyteller Award' tells the story of what her family ate during the Great Depression years. Mesquite Police Officer Richard Houston is eulogized by Police Chief David Gill and his daughter, Shelby. Christopher Klein tells the story of the former president and Civil War hero, Ulysses S. Grant, and how he raced to complete a literary masterpiece that saved his wife from destitution with the aid of Mark Twain.
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00:00 - What's It Like to Have Possum for Supper?
10:00 - A Eulogy for Richard Houston
33:00 - Ulysses S. Grant's Greatest Battle
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