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Gerald D. Swick

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I regard historic research as a never-ending Easter egg hunt: You never know where you’ll find a hidden treasure. Growing up with parents who told stories of family history probably had a lot to do with that. I realized early on that history is about lives already lived. I’ve met war veterans, early aviators, friends of Abraham Lincoln’s in-laws, and a host of others who shared their histories with me – and it was never boring!

Favorite Books

Fiction: Catch-22; The General; Dandelion Wine; Travels with Charley.
Nonfiction: Rocket Boys; Visions from a Foxhole; End of the Line; Class of 1846; The Story the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell; The Official Records of the Rebellion.

Favorite Movies

Unforgiven; Modern Times; Dirty Harry; The Dollars pictures; Potemkin; Zulu; Red Badge of Courage; Gettysburg; Fantasia; Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Favorite Period(s) of History

American Civil War, World War II, Great Depression

Favorite TV Programs

The Prisoner; M*A*S*H*; Sherlock Holmes PBS series; Pinky and the Brain. Currently, NCIS.

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