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Elizabeth Thomas: Civilization, the Harmless People and a Return to Civility

By Monadnock Summe... on Friday, June 29, 2007.

In the 1950s, Elizabeth Thomas's family spent many years in the Kalahari Desert making an ethnographic study of the Bushmen. In those days, the interior was unexplored, and the people had almost no contact with the rest of the world. Today, Liz is one of the few people still living who saw the pure form of hunter/gatherer life then lived by the Bushmen, now believed to be the First People, living as all of humankind once lived for its first 150,000 years on the planet.

Liz has degrees from Radcliffe and George Washington University. She got her first book contract when she was 19 and has been writing ever since. Among her many books are The Harmless People and The Old Way about Bushmen, two novels set in the Paleolithic, (Reindeer Moon and The Animal Wife).

Land of Lincoln

By Liz Bulkley on Friday, June 29, 2007.

Andrew Ferguson, a journalist and native of Illinois was determined to find out what was behind the mystique of President Abraham Lincoln. In the process he discovers a humorous American backdrop to the lore and legend of the country's sixteenth president. We'll talk with Ferguson about the sometimes bizarre journey he took to research his new book, Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America.


During the show, we'll also hear Studio 360 host Kurt Anderson explore the legacy of the 16th president through the lens of Washington D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial. You can listen to the piece again at the Public Radio Exchange.

US Internet Connection Lag Behind Other Nations

By Amy Quinton on Friday, June 29, 2007.

A new nationwide report by the Communications Workers of America shows high speed internet connections in the United States lag far behind other nations.

The report, which also compared states, ranked New Hampshire 8th in the nation.

But that’s still twice as slow as other top-ranked states.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports.

Prairie Warblers and Power Lines

By Rosemary Conroy on Thursday, June 28, 2007.

Some types of wildlife need different types of habitat, so preserving the forests isn't always the answer to preserving species.