Eye On Entertainment #156

Blane Singletary — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:47:14 +0000

Air Date: 6/22/12

With summer well underway, Eye on Entertainment has its eye on vacation destinations you might plan to visit on your summer travels. This week, host Blane Singletary speaks with Dr. Edward Berenson, a history professor at New York University and author of a new book; The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story. He joins us to talk about the little-known origins of this American icon. Also, we'll fly through our own backyard and look at a plethora of plays taking place.

Eye on Entertainment - Ed Berenson

Blane Singletary — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:47:14 +0000

From Eye on Entertainment #156

Host Blane Singletary speaks with Dr. Edward Berenson, a history professor at NYU and author of a new book, The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story. Berenson talks about the little-known European origins of this American icon, and discusses the many symbols it took on over the decades since.

For more information about the author: http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/edwardberenson