Story of Writing August 31, 2025

Union Gen. William T. Sherman attacks Atlanta, Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon, Russian and the UK carve up Persia, and the U.S. passes its first Neutrality Act.

The Nazi's "false flag" attack within Germany leads to their attack on Poland, which started World War Two.

The birthday club includes Roger Dean, Van Morrison, Itzhak Perlman - and a reading from Willa Cather's "The Song of the Lark."