Story of Writing October 30, 2024

Slave rebellion leader Nat Turner is arrested, the October Manifesto gives Russia a parliamentary monarchy, Orson Welles broadcasts H. G. Well's "The War of the Worlds," and Jackie Robinson breaks the MLB's color barrier. And the birthday club includes Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Zoe Akins, Ruth Gordon, and Jean Chapman - with a reading from Roberts' "The Time of Man."