His current book the crayola fair was published last year. He is in the stages to complete his book deal that will be published in september. Please join me in welcoming him to the national archives. [applause] good afternoon. For most of us, American History begins with the American Revolution and the drafting of the restitution and perhaps make a brief stop at though war of 1812. As a result, that opperiod imagery and was a lack or. In that black hole there took place in rebellion that led the u. S. And british to the brink of another war. I want to tell you this interesting start. On october 25 eight teen 41 october 20 5, 1841, the creole left with tobacco supplies and crew and others. A captain was in charge. He brought his wife and fouryearold daughter and 15 yearold niece with him. He had a crew of 8 and three guests who got free passage to new orleans in exchange for being guards. The creole still down the river to the atlantic ocean. In addition to tobacco and supplies, the cre
Is the gerhardt professor of constitutional law and director of the university of North Carolina center on law and government. He is the author of five books. The Financial Times has named the forgotten president s is one of the best books of 2013. Michael has advised congressional and white house officials on many constitutional issues. He has participated in no fewer than five Supreme Court confirmations hearings and was the only joint witness in the house judiciary history of impeachment. Ladies and gentlemen, join me in welcoming michael gerhardt. [applause] it is such an honor. Lets begin by asking why you decided to write this book. Chance to bete the here. Us, thisgood for me. Ecca for i am moving my officer later. My office here later. Why this book . As you well know, a lot of what i have done, not just write also taken very seriously and opportunity to consult with congressional leaders. , i encounter a lot of questions about constitutional law. How much of that work turns on
Didnt have any confidence that they could hold this position in this, so, yet, the army retreated yet again. Sherman, at this point, is pretty optimistic about the course of the campaign up to this point. And in a wonderfully e voktive phrase, he writes this is at the beginning. With are like a vast hive of bees and expect to swarm over the chatahoochie in a few days. Johnsons army was in the alatoona mountains. Sherman was very familiar with the entire section of georgia. He had spent time in the 1840s. He had been stationed here. Sherman knew it would be foolish to try and attack johnson in the alatoona mountains. So what johnson tries to do is execute another flanking march. This one would involve some risk because it would move the union army some mimes away from the western atlantic. The objective of this march would be the town of dallas. Johnsons calvary informed him in pretty timely fashion of this Movement Toward dallas. And johnson shifts away west ward to try and block sherm
Weve been live on American History tv from the world war i centennial symposium at the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia. Well reair the days events this evening at 8 00 eastern here on cspan 3. Up next constitutional law professor michael gere hardt talks about his book the forgotten president s and discusss 13 president s least remembered by americans due in large part to their strict constitutional vision. The National Constitution Center Hosted this event and it runs about an hour and 10 minutes. This book is spectacular. I was so excited to read it this book on the forgotten president s. What michael has done is take a topic which seems like a parlor game, these obscure president s we dont remember well, and revealed that the constitution was at the center both of their failures, devotion to a particular constitutional vision but also that their failures laid the groundwork for the success of more powerful president s. This is a constitution saturated book. It is so on missi
Particularly i began i was attracted to someone what a great influence on dickens. Author of thee french resolution revolution, etc. Here wasense that someone who was a victorian but inidences, a personal sort regard to the kind of authoritarian and commentary and take your he was. I just got entranced by the ministry of this man who was witty. A much more elaborate prose writer. Mort difficult to fathom. Someone who is basically out of fashion not only in the general reading world but the academic world. I thought he was someone who attracted me and i wanted to write narrative as opposed to writing analytic academic material. I wanted to reach a wider audience. There was no modern biography that i think represented him well. Cargileyear did you do carlyle . The divisions of my own life m any kind of 1970s. I have you a Charles Dickens in 1979. What really doing back then the . I was a professor at queens college. I was in very distantly now at the torilla nest, a recession in british