Saturday, July 4
Hour 1
[REBROADCAST] In his recent book, "Plain, Honest Men" University of Pennsylvania history professor RICHARD BEEMAN takes readers behind the scenes of the Constitution Convention and provides insight into the men who through compromise, conflict, and consensus created the U.S. Constitution.
Hour 2
[REBROADCAST] Philadelphia farmer John Bartram was one of the men responsible for Britain's revolutionary garden culture of the 18th century. Author ANDREA WULF tells the story of a group of naturalists who shaped England into a land of gardeners. Her recent book is,“The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession.”
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