The Silver King's War

Send a text This bonus episode is the conclusion of The Silver King's War podcast series. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War , talks about his family's history and twelve years of research & writing to build the podcast.  Throughout the series listeners asked about Stanley's life after his Second World War.  This episode explains...

Send a text This episode is scene five of The Sievers , the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook   trilogy. It's summer 1960 on Gregg Road. During a spectacular & busy season of Glencoe Beach visits and little league games, Stanley & Shirley share difficult, important news with Michael & Cindy.  The family is leaving Northbrook for Rockford, Illinois, as Stanley explains h...

Send a text As The Silverfields of Northbrook and the entire podcast series reaches its conclusion later this month, this bonus episode offers a brief, final review of Stanley Silverfield's life as the Silver King during his Second World War.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War reviews his father's story arc as an admiring, humble son wit...

Send a text This episode is scene four in The Sievers , the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's early winter 1960 on Gregg Road. A heavy snow storm has hit the cul-de-sac as Stanley prepares to make sales calls.  First, however, he calls Northbrook's city hall to have a public works crew clear the snow from the driveway's edge. Cindy's building a snowman...

Send a text This episode is the third scene in The Sievers , the final play in The Silverfields of Northbrook  trilogy.  It's early June 1959.  Michael Silverfield visits Chicago and joins his uncle, Norman Gordon and almost-cousin Scott Fleischman, for a memorable Friday night Standard Club Father & Son event, including a White Sox game against the Bronx Bombers, the New York Yankees, at...

Send a text This episode is the second scene in The Sievers , the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy.   Michael Silverfield played five seasons in the Northbrook Little League: two in the minors, three in the big time.  His pitching hero was Sandy Koufax, a Jewish lefty with a lethal fastball.  The April 13, 1964, Sports Illustrated baseball issue cover, a painting of Sandy Koufa...

Send a text This episode is the first scene of The Sievers , the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook   trilogy.  It's summer 1959.  Cindy Silverfield is the family's Beautiful Swimmer , a powerful child churning through Lake Michigan's white cap curls.   She's eight, a happy sun princess who loves the Glencoe Beach excursions.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer...

Send a text This episode introduces The Sievers, the final play in The Silverfields of Northbrook  trilogy.  This is the family's last glorious summer on Gregg Road.  Stanley accepts a large new sales territory for Bailey's Beauty Supplies in northern Illinois.  The family moves to Rockford, Illinois, and on October 7, 1960, and becomes the Sievers.  The Silverfields' demise signals...

Send a text 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...

Send a text This episode is the final scene in Wrigley Days , the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy.  It's November 1959.  The Bailey & Gordon families have Bears' season tickets. Norman Gordon invites Stanley & Michael Silverfield to join his group for the Packers v. Bears game at Wrigley Field .  It's Vince Lombardi's first year as the Green Bay he...

Send a text This episode is the fourth scene in Wrigley Days , the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy.  It's fall 1958.  The World Series is over and the Gregg Road footballers are preparing for a weekend game in the Levy's backyard.  Much of the conversation throughout every contest was about the Monsters of the Midway , the mighty Chicago Bears. The cul-de-sac kids h...

Send a text This episode is Scene three in Wrigley Days , the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook  trilogy. It's late summer 1958. Cindy Silverfield, 7, visits Aunt Phyllis Gordon (Shirley's older sister) in Chicago as they shop for just the right Hula Hoop .  Aunt Phyllis buys Cindy a bright blue hoop and they ride the Sheridan Road bus north to Belmont Avenue. The bus driver,...

Send a text This episode is the second scene in Wrigley Days, the second play of The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. Each summer, Michael & Cindy enjoyed a family day with the Bernsteins & Gordons at their respective country clubs, Green Acres and Bryn Mawr . The clubs represented prosperity & opportunity for Jewish families who were excluded from social settings throughout the Uni...

Send a text This episode is the first scene in Wrigley Days , the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy.   It's summer 1956. The family visits Glencoe Beach , a short drive east from Gregg Road over the Edens Expressway to Lake Michigan's edge.  Each summer throughout the Silverfields' Northbrook years,  the family owns a public beach pass. For ten dollars per season...

Send a text This episode is the introduction to Wrigley Days , the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook  trilogy.  Chicago's Wrigley Field, an iconic sports venue, was home to the Silverfield's favorite teams, the Cubs and Bears, the Monsters of the Midway .  Those were the years of Ernie Banks and Billy Williams, Mike Ditka, Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers, the Kansas Comet .  Mich...

Send a text This episode is scene five in The Suburbs , the first play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's spring 1956. Stanley has a new job selling wholesale beauty supplies for his uncles, Abe & Joe Bailey, owners of Bailey's Beauty Supplies in Chicago. Abe Bailey is married to Sara Belle's sister, Rose. The Silverfields, excited about dad's new job, share th...

Send a text This episode is scene four in the first play, The Suburbs , in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy .  It's late summer 1955. The family has moved from Chicago's lake front to Northbrook, a growing north shore suburb. The Silverfields have met the Krauss family. Now they meet their one-house-over neighbors: Kal, Jeanne, Frank (Skip) & Ronnie Levy (plus memorable collie,...

Send a text This episode is scene three in the first play, The Suburbs , in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy .  It's early summer 1955. The family has moved from Chicago's lake front to Northbrook, a growing north shore suburb. The Silverfields meet their new, immediate neighbors: Hyman, Frances, Jimmy, Elaine & Stanton Krauss.  The families share yards without boundaries. Mich...

Send a text This episode is scene two in The Suburbs, the first play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy.  The family prepares to leave Chicago as they visit their new Northbrook home. It's summer 1955.  They tour their Gregg Road home with amazement and joy.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War series, narrates the family's suburban...

Send a text This episode is the opening scene of The Suburbs, the first play in the The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War, introduces the scene as he reflects on the family's fun-filled suburban life from 1955 to 1960. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Appl...

Send a text This episode introduces The Silverfields of Northbrook, a trilogy of plays about the Silver King's family from 1955 to 1960 in the burgeoning suburbs north of Chicago.  The plays: 1) The Suburbs, 2) Wrigley Days and 3) The Sievers, follow Stanley, Shirley, Michael & Cindy Silverfield through their lives in a new home & neighborhood on Gregg Road, a kids-filled cul-de-sac i...

Send a text This episode is Stanley's transition finale from soldier to civilian.  It begins in 1946 and explores his new job as a production engineer for Acme Paper Box Manufacturing in Chicago.  Lee Bernstein, his brother-in-law, owns the company. The Silver King is now a member of the country's Reserve Officers Corps at the behest of President Harry Truman.  Michael G. Sievers, Stanle...

Send a text This episode completes Stanley's transition from soldier to civilian. It's December 1945. The Silver King has arrived in Chicago to live with the Bernsteins as he begins his job as a production engineer at the Acme Paperbox Manufacturing Co.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War podcast series, reviews the confluence of the live...

Send a text This episode continues following Stanley's transition from soldier to civilian. It's November 1945.  Stanley's enjoying his Birmingham return as an Air Corps veteran, and prepares for life in Chicago as a production engineer for the Acme Paperbox Manufacturing Company, owned by Lee Bernstein's family.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of this p...

Send a text This special bonus episode is about Phyllis M. Gordon, the family's famous & most-favorite aunt.  She was a Red Cross  volunteer who served in Europe during World War II. Born in April 1913, Phyllis graduated from Northwestern University and lived a full life in Chicago. Kelly Sievers reads excerpts from Phyllis' war letters.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer &amp...