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Robert M. Poole, former executive editor of National
Geographic and author of
On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National
Cemetery, was interviewed for BookCast by Fairfax County
Public Library Director Sam Clay. BookCast is sponsored by Dominion
Resources through the Fairfax
Library Foundation.
Robert Poole was a writer and editor for National Geographic for more than two decades, retiring as executive editor in 2001. He has also written for Preservation, The New York Times, the Washington Post and Smithsonian, where he is a contributing editor. He is the author of Explorer’s House, a history of National Geographic’s founding family, as well as On Hallowed Ground.
“Vivid, compelling, filled with rich and unexpected detail, On Hallowed Ground, tells the little-understood story of Arlington National Cemetery and in the process chronicles how we have honored—and sometimes dishonored—those who gambled everything on our behalf. Robert M. Poole is a fine storyteller and this is a great story.” –Geoffrey C. Ward, author of The Civil War and The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945
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