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Books and Brews talks with M.B. Zucker.

M. B. Zucker has been interested in storytelling for as long as he can remember. He devoted himself to historical fiction at fifteen and earned his B.A. at Occidental College and his J.D. at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He lives in Virginia with his family. He is the author of four novels: The Eisenhower Chronicles, A Great Soldier in the Last Great War, Theodore Roosevelt and the Hunt for the Liopleurodon, and The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine. Among his honors is the Best Fictional Biography Award at the 2023 BookFest.

M. B. (Michael) Zucker has been interested in storytelling for as long as he can remember. He devoted himself to historical fiction at fifteen and earned his B.A. at Occidental College and his J.D. at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He lives in Virginia with his family. He is the author of four novels: The Eisenhower Chronicles, A Great Soldier in the Last Great War, Theodore Roosevelt and the Hunt for the Liopleurodon, and The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine. Among his honors is the Best Fictional Biography Award at the 2023 BookFest.

www.mbzucker.com

Michael’s Readings:

Meeting the Elder Adams – 8:53
The Holy Alliance – 27:53
JQA Helps an Enslaved Woman – 42:46

Chris’s Cocktail Pairings:

Old Gimlet Eye (paired to Meeting the Elder Adams)– 6:03
Hot Ale Flip (paired to The Holy Alliance) – 23:56
Mint Julep – 38:29

Interview Highlights:

Parents and pressure to be president – 17:17
Can our country unite? – 21:50
Writing and publishing from age 14 – 20:05
Summing up the Monroe Doctrine – 33:03
Founding Fathers’ intentions regarding slavery – 47:21
How JQA spent a night in the snow to find his brilliant idea – 52:06

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Books and Brews checks in with author Ralph Jarrells. RALPH JARRELLS became an author after retirement from more than four decades in marketing, advertising, and publishing, much of it in senior executive positions. He writes mostly historical fiction with religious themes. His first book was published August 4, 2017 when he was 75—a great example that you’re never too old to start a new chapter in your life.

His firth book, The Essential Last Supper debuted this month.

Ralph’s Readings:

· Three Kings – 11:55

· A Lady and a Pirate – 41:05

· Fighting Like a Little Girl – 46:55

Chris’s Pairings:

· Goliath (paired to Three Kings) – 9:06

· Sweet Tea and Vodka (paired to A Lady and a Pirate) – 31:35

· Rum and Grog (paired to Fighting Like a Little Girl) – 46:55

Interview Highlights:

· Did Jesus & Judas know each other in Egypt? – 18:10

· Did he really do it for the money? – 21:48