Unknown Empire: The True Story of Mysterious Ethiopia and the Future Ark of Civilization with Author Dean W. Arnold. (2020)
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| 0:00.0 | All right, 321. Hi, this is William Ramsey. Welcome to William Ramsey Investigates on Tonight Show. I have a returning guest, a very special guest. He talked with me about his book, Hillary and Vince, A Story of Love, Death, and Cover Up. We have a recorded conversation about that book from September 1, 2016. His name is Dean Arnold. He has just recently published a book, which I read with |
| 0:22.7 | great interest, a very fascinating book that he wove together a variety of different narratives, |
| 0:27.9 | his experiences in Ethiopia, the history of Ethiopia, and also this view of Ethiopia from, I would |
| 0:35.1 | say, a more Afrocentric perspective. |
| 0:42.0 | The title of the book is Unknown Empire, the True Story of Mysterious Ethiopia, and the future arc of civilization. |
| 0:44.0 | He's also written another book, Old Money, New South, Spirit of Chattanooga, the Cherokee |
| 0:49.5 | princes, mixed marriages and murders, true, true unknown story behind the trail of |
| 0:53.9 | tears, and he's also written a screenplay titled The Wizard and the Lion. mixed marriages and murders, true unknown story behind the trail of tears. |
| 0:55.0 | And he's also written a screenplay titled The Wizard and the Lion |
| 0:58.2 | that's about the friendship between J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. |
| 1:02.2 | So he's definitely done some serious writing, but again tonight we're going to talk about his book, Unknown Empire. |
| 1:08.8 | The True Story of Mysterious Ethiopia and the future arc of civilization. |
| 1:12.1 | Dean, are you there? |
| 1:13.9 | I am right here. |
| 1:14.9 | Awesome. Thanks for agreeing to the interview. |
| 1:17.2 | So, cool. |
| 1:19.5 | So people who don't, oh yeah, your books are also available at your website, |
| 1:22.6 | dean arnold.org and Amazon as well. |
| 1:25.6 | But for people who may not know you, can you talk a little bit about your background and how you became interested in the subject of mysterious Ethiopia? |
| 1:34.3 | Sure. |
| 1:36.3 | First of all, I kept Ethiopia out of the lead title because nobody really cares about Ethiopia. |
| 1:42.3 | Let's be honest. |
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