Columbus Day Controversy on Monday's Access Utah

Utah Public Radio | By Tom Williams

Published October 11, 2013 at 11:24 AM MDT

Laurence Bergreen’s latest book Columbus: The Four Voyages will change everything you thought you knew about Columbus.

In the first major biography of the iconic explorer in more than sixty years, Bergreen shows us the madness and genius that only those who traveled with him could have seen. Covering his four epic voyages, it's the Columbus you didn't learn about in school. Welcome to the voyages of a lifetime. We would like to hear from you: what is your opinion on Columbus Day? Do you feel it is worthy of being celebrated? If so, why? You can email us at upraccess@gmail.com or comment on our facebook page.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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