NPR Literary Detective segments

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The St. Nicholas League
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
​21 December 2013

Who Wrote the First Detective Novel?
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
8 January 2011

Barbara Newhall Follett, Disappearing Child Genius
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
18 December 2010

Shakespeare’s First Drafts
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
28 November 2009

On the Trail of Invisible Ink
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
6 September 2009

Spelling Reform Movement Takes on ABCs
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
6 September 2008

The Art of Advertising Tobacco Products in Books 
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
1 December 2007

Halloween Tales
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
27 October 2007

Sousa’s Other Talent
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
7 July 2007

Revelations About a Precursor to Mad Libs
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
24 February 2007

Dr. Poe and His Curious Breathing Machine
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
13 January 2007

Clement Moore, Anti-Jefferson Pamphleteer
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
23 December 2006

True Crime from the 1820s: Shades of Capote
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
28 October 2006

Rock Bands of the 19th Century
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
3 June 2006

Did Melville Borrow for Moby Dick?
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
24 December 2005

Authors’ Lowlights,Resurrected from the Dustbin
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
1 October 2005

A Priest’s Early Quest to Create a Bulletproof Vest
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
30 April 2005

The Literary Legacy of Lord Timothy Dexter
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
22 January 2005

The Case of the Horrifying Mystery Writer
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
31 July 2004

English as She is Spoke
Weekend Edition With Scott Simon
6 December 2003