An assortment of articles by William Leuchtenburg https://muckrack.com/william-leuchtenburg/articles

Listen to Dr. Leuchtenburg read his entire story, “The Presidents Come to Chapel Hill,” from 27 Views of Chapel Hill: A Southern University Town in Prose & Poetry:

Purchase 27 Views of Chapel Hill (Eno Publishers): http://www.enopublishers.org/books/27-views-of-chapel-hill

Podcast music for “The Presidents Come to Chapel Hill” is entitled “The Mason Dixon March,” by Andy Ellison. Available on Soundstripe. https://app.soundstripe.com

Episode 4: Show Notes

Exploring Presidential Visits to Chapel Hill With Historian Bill Leuchtenburg

Past, Present & Future American Presidents in a Southern College Town

William Leuchtenburg knows his presidents. The historian is an authority on American presidents, particularly on Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Many presidents, including FDR, have traveled to Chapel Hill, Dr. Leuchtenburg’s home. He talks about those visits, the University of North Carolina, and about his collaboration over the years with filmmaker Ken Burns. Dr. Leuchtenburg also reads excerpts from his essay, “The Presidents Come to Chapel Hill,” featured in Eno Publishers’s 27 Views of Chapel Hill: A Southern College Town in Prose & Poetry. 

Bio note—

Historian William Leuchtenburg is the William Rand Kenan Jr. professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a leading scholar of the life and career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as well as other presidents. He has written and been co-author of more than twenty-five books, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, and In the Shadow of FDR. In addition, he has contributed many articles to journals and publications over his 80-year career. He is past president of the American Historical Association and other organizations; and has consulted and appeared on many documentaries with filmmaker Ken Burns. Dr. Leuchtenburg is a contributing author to Eno’s 27 Views of Chapel Hill: A Southern University Town in Prose & Poetry.