Fresh Air, Daniel Mendelsohn, September 21, 2007

By: Terry Gross

Narrated by: Terry Gross

Hear author Daniel Mendelsohn, TV critic David Bianculli, and film critic David Edelstein on this edition of Fresh Air.

Daniel Mendelsohn's book The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million is about investigating what happened to his great uncle's family. As a child, old Jewish relatives told stories of family members killed in the Holocaust. Mendelsohn undertook a worldwide search for surviving members of his family's town. He discovered letters from the family begging their relatives in the US to help them get out of their Ukranian town. Mendelsohn teaches at Bard College. (Original Airdate: 11/08/2006)

Then, David Bianculli previews The War, the new documentary series about World War II by Ken Burns, which premiers on PBS Sunday night.

Also, David Edelstein reviews Into the Wild, the new film directed and adapted by Sean Penn from the best seller by Jon Krakauer. [Broadcast Date: September 21, 2007]

Then, pick up Into the Wild.

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