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Michael Hill has just published a young adult novel, "The Legend of Harry Gardner," which is now available on amazon. Written in the hero-driven tradition of the popular 1920s sports novels, the book is about the friendship between two college friends: Harry Gardner, a celebrated football hero with a mysterious past and Peabo Elliott, a shy, non-athletic aspiring sports writer. The story is packed with plenty of old-time gridiron heroics along with a series of surprising twists and turns in their deep and touching personal friendship. As a historical researcher for over forty years, Michael Hill has assisted such authors as: David McCullough, Jon Meacham, Sebastian Junger, Evan Thomas, and Nathaniel Philbrick Most recently, Hill was co-editor, with Dorie McCullough Lawson, of "History Matters" (Simon and Schuster, 2025), a collection of essays, speeches and interviews by legendary American historian David McCullough. He has also had articles published in the online magazines Literary Hub and American Heritage magazine. Hill is also the author of: "Funny Business: The Legendary Life and Political Satire of Art Buchwald" (Random House 2022, with a foreword by Christopher Buckley and the audio book read by actor Mark Feuerstein); "Elihu Washburne," a biography of the American Minister to France during the Siege and Commune of Paris (Simon and Schuster, 2012) and "War Poet" (2014), about the life of World War I poet Alan Seeger who penned the famous war poem, “I Have a Rendezvous With Death.” Hill won an Emmy in 1991 for his work as a co-producer on the PBS “Civil War" series narrated by David McCullough. He also served as a historical consultant on the HBO mini-series, “John Adams" produced by Tom Hanks; the ABC-TV docu-drama "Challenger" about the 1986 space shuttle disaster produced by George Englund; and a creative advisor on the PBS American Experience documentary, “Race to the Moon” about the Apollo 8 space mission to the moon.
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    • The Life of Alan Seeger and His Rendezvous with Death
    • By: Michael Hill
    • Narrated by: Price Waldman
    • Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 14-08-2018
    • Language: English
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