John Bertland is the Digital Librarian and Content Specialist for the Presidio Trust in San Francisco, California. In this episode, we discuss John’s academic and professional background, his work at the Presidio Trust, and we end with a story about mules.

 

Recommendations

Harwood P. Hinton and Jerry Thompson, <a href='https://www.oupress.com/9780806167244/courage-above-all-things/'>Courage Above All Things: General John Ellis Wool and the U.S. Military, 1812-1863</a> (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) - recommended by John Bertland

“<a href='https://www.presidio.gov/officers-club/exhibitions/exclusion'>Exclusion: The Presidio’s Role in World War II Japanese American Internment</a>” at the Presidio Officers’ Club, recommended by Jimmy

Lizzie Johnson, <a href='https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/617250/paradise-by-lizzie-johnson/'>Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire</a> (New York: Penguin Random House, 2021), recommended by Rob

Working Historians is a podcast series that showcases the work and careers of historians in a wide variety of career fields. We hope to introduce history students and the general public to the career paths available to people who study history, introduce and promote historians to students and the public, and showcase the work that historians do on a regular basis. Hosts Rob Denning and Jimmy Fennessy can be reached at workinghistorians@gmail.com.