About Robert Denning

NBN Episodes hosted by Robert:

Thomas C. Rust, "Watching over Yellowstone: The US Army's Experience in America's First National Park, 1886–1918" (UP of Kansas, 2020)

June 25, 2020

Watching over Yellowstone

Thomas C. Rust
Hosted by Robert Denning

When, in 1883, Congress charged the US Army with managing Yellowstone National Park, soldiers encountered a new sort of hostility: work they were untr…

Christopher Tomlins, "In the Matter of Nat Turner: A Speculative History" (Princeton UP, 2020)

April 20, 2020

In the Matter of Nat Turner

Christopher Tomlins
Hosted by Robert Denning

In 1831, Nat Turner led a band of Southampton County slaves in a rebellion that killed fifty-five whites, mostly women and children. After more than t…

Jamie L. H. Goodall, "Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars" (The History Press, 2020)

March 11, 2020

Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay

Jamie L. H. Goodall
Hosted by Robert Denning

The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Mary…

Brian Cervantez, "Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life" (U Oklahoma Press, 2019)

January 21, 2020

Amon Carter

Brian Cervantez
Hosted by Robert Denning

Raised in a one-room log cabin in a small North Texas town, Amon G. Carter (1879–1955) rose to become the founder and publisher of the Fort Worth Star…