You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living.

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.

You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come across a Buck O'Neill and you know you are going to know him for the rest of your life. The same thing happened with Curt Flood.

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