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Wisconsin Public Radio - Chapter A Day.
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| Monday 12/22 through Friday 1/30/2004 |
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
read by Karl Schmidt
(Grove/Atlantic; ISBN: 0802139256)
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 Set in the early 1960s, Enger's debut novel is narrated by eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy whose close-knit family is broken apart after the oldest son, Davy, commits a crime of passion and becomes a fugitive. Reuben, his father and younger sister become immersed in a series of mystical events as they follow Davy's trail across the northern United States. |
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Theme: Beethoven: Sonata # 10 in G Major, Op 96; Augustin Dumay, violin; Maria Joao Pires, piano (DG 471 495-2) |
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| Monday 2/2 through Friday 2/20 |
Design for Living by Margot Peters
read by Jim Fleming
(Knopf; ISBN: 0375411178)
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 A biography of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, the most famous English-speaking acting team of the twentieth century. Margot Peters delights with her ability to bring to life these legendary stars. |
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Theme: Overture to "Kiss Me Kate" by Cole Porter; London Sinfonietta -- John McGlinn (EMI Classics CDC 7 54300 2) |
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| Monday 2/23 through Friday 3/5/2004 |
Benjamin Franklin: an American Life by Walter Isaacson
read by Norman Gilliland
(Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0684807610)
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 A compelling look at one of America's heroes. |
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Theme: Bach: Andantino from Quintet in D Major for flute, oboe, violin, cello & keyboard Op 22 Nr 1; English Concert (Archiv 423 385-2) |
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| Monday March 8 through Friday March 26/2004 |
Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis
read by Jim Fleming
(Knopf; ISBN: 0375405445)
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 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is a very readable historical account of several
key moments in the lives of Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, Madison, Burr, and others following the ratification of the Constitution in 1788. It shows that partisan politics, defamatory rhetoric, and secret deals were part of US politics from the beginning, and suggests that they may be a necessary cost of popular elections in a democratic republic. One of the featured books for Wisconsin Reads, part of the Wisconsin Humanities Council project A More Perfect Union. |
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Theme: Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op 65; Garrick Ohlsson, piano (Arabesque Z 6584-2) |
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| Monday 3/29 through Friday 4/23 |
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
read by Karl Schmidt
(Knopf; ISBN: 0375727434)
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 Marvelous short stories by a modern master of the form. |
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Theme: John Corigliano: Troubadors (variations for guitar & orchestra)& Lukas Foss: American Landscapes: variations on "the Wayfaring Stranger" from "Sharon Isbin: American Landsacpes" (Virgin Classics CDC 7243 5 55083 2 4) |
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| Monday 4/25 through Friday 5/28 |
Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan Doig
read by Jim Fleming
(Scribner; ISBN: 0684831058)
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 The central volume in Ivan Doig's celebrated Montana trilogy, Dancing at the Rascal Fair is a story of the essential American experience. At the turn of the last century,immigrants dare to try to impose their will on the Rocky Mountain territory. |
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Theme: "Roxanna Waltz & Scotland," & "Big John McNeal" from "The Best of Fiddle Fever" (Flying Fish FF 70303) |
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| Monday 5/31 through Friday 6/18 |
English Creek by Ivan Doig
read by Jim Fleming
(Penguin; ISBN: 0140084428) |
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 Continuing the story of the McCaskill family, Ivan Doig in English Creek tells of life in Montana in the innocent years before the Second World War. |
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Theme: "Roxanna Waltz & Scotland," & "Big John McNeal" from "The Best of Fiddle Fever" (Flying Fish FF 70303) |
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| Monday 6/21 through Friday 7/9 |
Franklin & Winston: an Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham
read by Karl Schmidt
(Random House; ISBN: 0375505008)
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 Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “The Greatest Generation” and this story of their relationship brings both to life. |
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Theme: excerpt from - John Corigliano: fantasia on an ostinato for solo piano; Helene Grimaud, piano (DG 474-869-2) |
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| Monday 7/12 through Friday 7/23 |
Population: 485 by Michael Perry
read by Jim Fleming
(Harper Collins; ISBN: 0060198524)
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 Michael Perry returns home to New Auburn, WI and connects with his community as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. Esquire magazine calls it “...intimate and disarming and lovely.”
Join your friends and comment on Michael Perry's adventures by coming to the Chapter a Day Book Club. There's an online interview with Mike as well! |
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Theme: David Goodrich: Accidentals of the West (www.davidgoodrich.com) |
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| Monday 7/26 through Friday 7/30 |
A Kind of Flying by Ron Carlson
read by Jim Fleming
(Norton; ISBN: 0393324796)
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 Ron Carlson's been writing short stories for years, some wicked, some zany, but always rich. |
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Theme: Miles Davis: Freddie Freeloader from "Kind of Blue" (Columbia CK 40579) |
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| Monday 8/2 through Friday 8/20 |
Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant
read by Karl Schmidt
(Library of America; ISBN: 0-940450-69-0)
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 The former president wrote his memoirs as he was dying of throat cancer, his sole purpose to provide some financial security for his family. The result established him as a giant of American letters. It’s not so much a personal biography as a personal history and statement of character.
first broadcast in 1988 |
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Theme: Music of the Civil War; Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennel conducting (MERCURY SRI 2-77011) |
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| Monday 8/23 through Friday 9/3 |
Himalayan Passage: Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, and Pakistan by Jeremy Schmidt
read by Jim Fleming
(The Mountaineers; ISBN: 0898862820)
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 For a few months in 1987 the Chinese allowed relatively unrestricted access to Tibet for Western travelers. Jeremy Schmidt and his photographer friend Pat Morrow, along with their wives Wendy and Baiba, took advantage of the opening and traveled by bike and foot and truck through the country. |
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Theme: "La Bastringue/Green Mountain Petronella" & "Distant Side" from the album "Endless" with Silk Road Music (Jericho Beach Music JBM 9801-2) |
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| Monday 9/6 through Friday 9/24 |
The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw
read by Jim Fleming
(Hyperion; ISBN: 0786864516)
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 This is Greenlaw's memoir of one trip as captain of the Hannah Boden, one of the most well outfitted and successful swordfishing boats in the offshore fleet, and sister ship to the ill-fated Andrea Gail. |
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Theme: John Adams: Naive & Sentimental Music (Nonesuch) |
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| Monday September 27 through Friday October 8 |
Jayber Crow by Wendell Barry
read by Norman Gilliland
(Basic Books; ISBN: 1582431604)
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 Berry returns to tell another tale of his fictional town Port William, KY, where Jayber Crow is the town barber. The stories he tells reveal the depth of community possible when people care. |
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Theme: "Daybreak in the Mountains" from the CD
"The Best of Fiddle Fever" (Flying Fish 70303) |
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| Monday October 11 through Friday October 29 |
The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
read by Jim Fleming
(Knopf; ISBN: 1400042070)
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 They seemed like the perfect couple, but in fact they should never have married. Pauline & Michael were hastily wedded in the passion of the moment during the early days of World War II, and somehow never managed to make the marriage work. Their thirty-year marriage provides a fertile field for the masterful Baltimore novelist. |
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Theme: Benny Goodman: Air Mail Special - from "Live at Basin Street - Yale Archives Vol. 2" (Music Masters CIJ 60152Z) |
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| Monday November 1 through Friday November 26 |
His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis
read by Jim Fleming
(Random House; ISBN: 1400040310)
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 The “father of our country” comes alive as a man in this rich and readable biography by the author of “Founding Brothers.” |
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Theme: Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op 65; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Neville Marriner, cond. (Philips 422 050-2) |
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| Monday November 29 through Friday December 17 |
All Fishermen are Liars: True Tales for the Dry Dock Bar by Linda Greenlaw
read by Karl Schmidt
(Hyperion; ISBN: 1401300707)
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 Fishermen do love to tell stories, and Linda Greenlaw loves collecting them. In this memoir she pulls together a variety of stories into an afternoon at the Dry Dock Bar. |
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Theme: John Adams: Naive & Sentimental Music (Nonesuch) |
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| Monday December 20, 2004 through Friday January 7, 2005 |
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
read by Catherine Brand
(Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 068982983)
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 On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers he is no mortal boy, but the Sign-Seeker, the last of The Old Ones, destined to help in the battle between Dark and Light. |
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Theme: excerpts from: "Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughan Williams and "St. Paul's Suite" by Gustav Holst |
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