Author Candice Millard argues that Churchill’s battlefield coverage and daring escape from capture while serving as a correspondent for a British newspaper during the Boer War were turning points in his life. Millard’s book is ‘Hero of the Empire.’ Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews ‘Manhattan Beach’ by Jennifer Egan. Contributor Haroon Mogul talks about how a minor encounter at a border crossing helped him out of depression.
