Matchmaker Make Me a Match | Alex Haley, the Ghost Writer of the Sea

08/26/22 • 3 min

The Rest of the Story: Revisited | Paul Harvey

To fight boredom while at sea, Alex Haley taught himself how to write stories, and he wrote them well. So well in fact, that other soldiers paid him to write love letters to their girlfriends back home. Business was booming and Haley eventually had his duties covered so he could write as many letters as possible for these soldiers at war. Tune in to hear the rest of the story!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Haley

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Rescuing West Point from Total Oblivion | Alden "Old Pewt" Partridge

Lovingly deemed the worst school superintendent in the history of education, Alden Partridge was seen as a buffoon by his cohorts. Refusing to be humiliated, he fought to reclaim his school. Tune in to the rest of the story to learn how West Point went from shambles to greatness.
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Surprisingly very little is known about the inventor, Alexander Bain, whom we have to thank for the fax machine and the electric clock. He lives in the shadow of another great Alexander Bain, simply by sharing a name. Tune in for the rest of the story to learn more about one of history's most creative inventors!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bain_(inventor)