Castles
b'A Historical Oddity on the Hudson River
Guest:\\xa0Thom Johnson, co-author, "Bannerman Castle"
Originally built as an island arsenal by the father of the Army-Navy store, Francis Bannerman VI, Bannerman\\u2019s Castle appears to be an old-world Scottish castle plopped down in the middle of the Hudson River. Thom Johnson\\xa0delights us with stories of romances on the island, munitions misfiring, and connecting young people with adventure.\\xa0
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Japanese Samurai Castles
Guest:\\xa0\\xa0Jennifer Mitchelhill, author, \\u201cSamurai Castles: History / Architecture / Visitors\' Guides\\u201d
Medieval Japanese castles are just as ornate, if not more so, than European castles of their day. They protect an inner tower behind concentric layers of stone fortifications. Over the centuries, hundreds of these were deliberately destroyed as unwelcome reminders of feudal powers, but 19 of them remain in tact today. Mitchelhill had her first glimpse of one castle\'s ruins when she snuck in to one restoration site during a gap year. As an architectural student, she was hooked. She explains, for example, that they were engineered anciently to withstand earthquakes.\\xa0
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Castle Stories
Guest: Sam Payne, host, "The Apple Seed," BYUradio
Sam Payne revisits his youth through a book about castles.'