Can we tell the history of the world through its shipwrecks? In this episode of Back Stories, Elyssa from the Johnson County Public Library in Indiana is joined by David Pfeiffer from the Johnson County Museum of History to explore this concept through two books: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson and A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks byDavid Gibbins. Gibbins shares his adventures diving on these shipwrecks and dives deep into their significance.  If you want to dig into the local reaction to the firing on Fort Sumter, you can find a digitized version of the Franklin Democrat at a JCPL Branch with Newspapers.com. It's free with your library card. Learn about all of our research services at this link.

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