Welcome to the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. I've had the great
honor of meeting and interviewing hundreds, if not thousands, of authors. One
of my favorite guests over the years, and I interviewed him many times for
many books, was Norman Finkelstein, a resident of Framingham who passed away this
week. Norman was a school librarian for the Brookline Public Schools and taught history
for many many years at Hebrew College. He won great acclaim over the years
for over twenty books geared to the younger readers in his audience, books that
people of any age could appreciate. Norman loved history, he loved biography.
Was the winner of two National Jewish Book Awards and the Golden Kite Honor Book
Award for nonfiction. His works include The Shelter and the Fence. When nine
hundred and eighty two Holocaust refugees found safe haven in America, Schools of Hope,
How Julius Rosenwald helped change African American education, The Capture of Black Bart,
Gentleman Bandit of the Old West, thirteen Days, ninety miles, The
Cuban Missile Crisis, Emperor General A Bio of Douglas MacArthur, and the list
goes on and on. Norman Finkelstein will be missed, but he's left us
a legacy of great writing. I'm Jordan, and that's the Book Club.
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