History Detectives Manhattan Project Patent/Galleon Shipwreck/Creole Poems

Episode Description

"Manhattan Project Patent" Wes Cowan researches a patent for an invention that might relate to America's covert effort to be the first to build an atomic weapon during World War II. "Galleon Shipwreck" Elyse Luray examines a 23-pound chunk of beeswax dug up on the Oregon coast that might have been cargo on a Spanish Galleon that wrecked off the coast of the United States three centuries ago. "Creole Poems" Gwen Wright investigates a French manuscript that could contain a collection of love poems and the clues to resolve a family mystery.