The Bob Edwards Show, Anne Applebaum and Timothy Egan, September 2, 2013

Anne Applebaum won the Pulitzer Prize for her book, Gulag, about the history of the Soviet Union labor camp. Now the columnist for The Washington Post and Slate takes a wider look at the brutality of Communist rule with her book title, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945 – 1956.

Then, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Timothy Egan recounts the life and career of the turn-of-the-20th century’s most famous photographer, Edward Curtis. Egan’s book, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis is now available in paperback. [Broadcast Date: September 2, 2013]