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I'm Martha McKallum, and this is the untold story, and it's wonderful to have our guest, Jerry Willis, today, who is one of our favorite reporters, tough as nails, business reporter, all around great journalist, Jerry Welles, who's joining me today.

And it's great at this time of year, I think, Jerry, to talk a little bit about things that

people are going to want to gobble up and put on their summer reading list.

So welcome, Jerry Willis, and congratulations on your new book.

I'm excited to have you here to discuss it.

Thank you, Martha, so much. And thank you for supporting the book and writing a blurb for the back of the book.

You've been nothing but supportive. So, you know, oh, love to you.

Well, I'm really proud to have a blurb on the back of this book. And I know you had so many people who

wanted to talk about this really fascinating topic. And what a great, great job you did handling it.

I want to just start a little bit. And I love that right in the intro, on the front of the book,

it says the untold story of the abolitionist Southern Bell who helped win the Civil War.

So you're a perfect fit for this podcast because I love sort of uncovering stories that people

don't know, especially in history.

But can you just do us a favor, Jerry?

Because one of the things I love to do at the beginning of this podcast is to give people

a handle on you and who you are.

You have a very extensive background in business news.

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