From Josh Ritter, a Song That Became a Debut Novel

07/04/11 Listen to the Audio GWEN IFILL: Next, a musician-turned-novelist. Jeffrey Brown talks with Josh Ritter about his debut work of fiction. JEFFREY BROWN: Henry Bright is a 20-year-old young man just returned home to West Virginia after serving in World War I, when his life is turned further upside-down. His wife dies in childbirth. And Henry, instructed by an angel, escapes into the wilderness with ...

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Schweitzer Confident of Full Oil Spill Cleanup, Future Pipelines Will Be OK

07/05/11 Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: Next, assessing the damage from an oil spill in Montana and the effort to clean it up. Jeffrey Brown has the story. JEFFREY BROWN: One of the great Western rivers now stained in oil. Three days into the spill on Montana's Yellowstone River, cleanup crews scrambled again today to contain the ooze. But rising water levels, caused by increased snowmelt, blocked ...

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McCullough's 'The Greater Journey' Tracks French Influence on U.S.

07/14/11 Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, on this Bastille Day, the national day in France, Jeffrey Brown talks with author David McCullough about the French influence on American life dating back to the 19th century. JEFFREY BROWN: Through his nine books, the historian David McCullough has been painting a portrait of America, from early works on the Johnstown flood and the building of ...

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