The Silver King's War
"The Silver King's War" is a podcast series (with episode transcripts available on Applecast) of World War II plays (The Silver King, Marauder Men, Serviceman and Who Is Della) based on true events about a young man, Stanley Silverfield, who joins the United States Army Air Corps to serve his country as a Martin Marauder B-26 Bombardier flying in the 9th Air Force. Stanley wrote letters to his family throughout World War II from January 1943 to October 1945. An exploration of his war letters, “Dearest Ones,” follows the four plays. The series concludes with a trilogy of plays, "The Silverfields of Northbrook," which follows the family's 1950s Midwest suburban life. Stanley, born in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 23, 1923, died on October 15, 1990, in Rockford, Illinois. He was 67. The Silver King is my dad. Please enjoy and share "The Silver King's War."
The Silver King's War
Ditka Days
This episode follows the conclusion of Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy, with a special reading by the young narrator, Michael Silverfield. Thirty years after the Bears won the 1963 NFL Championship, beating the New York Giants & Quarterback Y.A. Tittle, 14-10, the team fired its head coach, Mike Ditka. Iron Mike led the Bears to the 1986 NFL Championship, beating New England 46-10. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War series, shares a 1993 essay he wrote about his favorite Monster of the Midway.
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