Welcome to a new season of award-winning Hill Country Authors Podcast, sponsored by Stoney Creek Publishing. In this podcast, Hill Country resident Tom Fox visits with authors who live in and write up the Texas Hill Country. Host Tom Fox welcomes Tim Garson on the Hill Country Authors podcast about his book, Five Thousand Years of Controversies: A Family’s Journey Through World History.
Garson’s book is a 50-chapter, fact-heavy world history told through fictionalized dinner conversations where a mother teaches two children and each chapter ends with an argument between the father and uncle over a historical controversy. Garson, a pediatric cardiologist and former University of Virginia provost, was inspired by a university discussion about AI and what educated people should know, realized he lacked world history knowledge, and spent about five years researching, including reading roughly 500 books. He wrote the book for high school students, parents, and non-history readers, with independent chapters and hopes for classroom debates and curriculum use.
Key Highlights
- Why Write World History
- Medicine to Storytelling
- Dinner Table Chapter Format
- Family Roots and Inspiration
- Research and Writing Process
Resources
Tim Garson on Stoney Creek Publishing
Five Thousand Years of Controversies
Podcast Cover Art
Tom Fox