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Garrett Sweitzer

Garrett Sweitzer has returned home to Connecticut after many years on the road in such faraway places as Bologna, Italy, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Nashville, TN. When not engaged in the writing process, Garrett practices meditation with the Community Meditation Project and prepares culinary creations for Clambake Connection in Stamford. He finds these pursuits useful as they provide him with both financial and spiritual satisfaction. From an educational standpoint, Garrett received a Bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University.

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Garrett Sweitzer

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James Walvin Illuminates the End of Slavery

In Freedom: The Overthrow of the Slave Empires (Pegasus Books), James Walvin traces the rise and fall of the transatlantic slave trade with a focus on the constant tension that intrinsically defined the relationship between the slave and his or her master. From the outset, the slave owner had to…
Garrett Sweitzer
September 3, 2019
Nonfiction

What Could Possibly Happen in 100 Days?

When did it become normal for weapons of mass destruction to loom over conversations between nations? Why do Presidential candidates disagree so strongly on the environment and the rights of disadvantaged people? Harlan Lebo provides some answers to these questions in his book 100 Days: How Four Events in 1969…
Garrett Sweitzer
July 3, 2019
Nonfiction

“Covert Cows:” Growing the Chick-fil-A Empire

On Dec 31, 2012, Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, stood on the 50-yard line of the Georgia Dome, surrounded by seventy-two thousand screaming fans, awaiting kickoff at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. How did Truett Cathy, who borrowed $6,600 in 1946 to build the Dwarf Grill in Hapeville, GA, become…
Garrett Sweitzer
July 1, 2019