Rob Reid
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1,484 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 23 Aug
Rob Reid’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Events in the United States presented him with another opportunity.
The American Civil War was in its third year.
Soldiers were dying at a rate of 13,000 a month.
and the government had instituted a draft to meet the insatiable demand for more men.
To meet the quota, a group of wealthy Bostonians looked eastward for able bodies.
They wagered that there were thousands of young men in Europe who would join the American military provided their passage could be paid.
This scheme became Pulitzer's escape route.
And then there's just a great description of Pulitzer at this point in his life.
Pulitzer had no money, so his options were limited.
It was not military life that Pulitzer sought, but the escape that it offered.
So the deal is we will pay to get you to America.
You'll fight for us.
If you survive, we'll give you a little money after the war ends.
So this is Pulitzer's life at 18.
He's alone in a strange new land.
He doesn't speak the language.
He has no money.
At the end of the war, they pay him $135.35.
And so he's released into American society and is looking for a job at the same time that thousands of soldiers are doing the same exact thing.
So there's record high unemployment at this point.
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