Jamie now onto our speaker today. A former Senate Speech writer , Alan Pell Crawford has reviewed books on u. S. History, politics and culture for the wall street journals in 1993. The International Center for jefferson studies at monticello and he is the author of several books, including unwise passion, a true story about a remarkable woman and the first great scandal of 18th century america. Twilight at monticello and most recently, we are all here today to learn about his wonderful, entertaining new book how not to get rich the financial misadventures of mark twain. We will hear more about his book in about mark twain in virginia. Please join me in welcoming alan crawford. [applause] alan thank you, jamie. We are all familiar, i think, with the story of how mark twains death was greatly exaggerated. There were two times in which this took place. The first one, the one we are all familiar with, was in 1897 in london. But the second one, the one you will hear about the first time tod
Jamie now onto our speaker today. A former Senate Speech writer Alan Pell Crawford has reviewed books on u. S. History, politics and culture for the wall street journal since 1993. Alan has been a resident scholar at George Washingtons mount vernon. My previous employment, the International Center for jefferson studies at monticello and the boston and the name. He is the author of several books, including unwise passion, true story of a remarkable woman and the first great scandal of 18th century america. Twilight at monticello, and most recently, what we are all here today to learn about his wonderful, entertaining new book how not to get rich the financial misadventures of mark twain. Please join me in welcoming alan crawford. [applause] alan thank you, jamie. We are all familiar with the story of how mark twains death was greatly exaggerated. [laughter] alan there were two times in which this took place. The first one, the one we are all familiar with, was in 1897 in london. The sec
He was awarded three silver stars for his actions in vietnam. At westrview was held point center for oral history and is about 70 minutes. Good morning. The west point center for oral history, today is the 20th of june 2017. I am here with richard b cole. Class of 1963. What are you in town for . For a funeral of a classmate. Him, interviewed fortunately. That you areo see in town. Tommy about your childhood. I was born in 1939. And grew up in the mountains of north georgia. Right where georgia, tennessee, and carolina come together. Is that close to chattanooga . It is west of chattanooga. What do your parents do . They built dams. My mother was a schoolteacher. I have an older brother. Two years older than me. An older sister, three years older than me. Ops. S an o to me what it was like growing up. A little seven acre farm in the mountains. Rural, very poor, but a big bootlegging county. My best friend had a lot more money than we did. Thand they have more money we do, why dont you