Baxter here with us today the author of in pursuit of jefferson traveling through europe with the most perplexing founding father. Joining us today from fairfax, virginia where he lives with his wife and children and in his words. They lived quite a peaceful life there before deciding to follow thomass jeffersons travel advice across europe, so he is going to tell you a little bit more about the book and we are so thrilled to have him here derek baxter everybody. Great. Well, thank you. Thank you scuppernong and and cspan. Thank you everybody for watching. So. So yes, this book is about its about me following jeffersons travels across europe and its really it was a chance to learn about a different side of jefferson that we dont often hear about we all know about the younger jefferson who wrote the declaration of independence at the age of 33, and we probably know something about jefferson as an older man when he was president , but this gave me a chance to explore this different side
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Prof. Ferling hello, everybody. I want to thank the Atlanta History Center for inviting me in and provide a much nicer weather for me than six years ago when i came in when my wife carol and i were driving and that is, we looked at the thermometer on the dashboard of the car and it was 103 degrees as we came in. So it is much nicer to me. I want to thank you for coming out, especially on night when my priors are struggling to stay alive. I guess well find out how we think that when this is over. I want to talk with you tonight about jefferson and hamilton. Their political battle was over the shape and care for the new american nation and not battle has been a sense never really ended. Puts one in mind of the line from folksinger when he says the past isnt dead. In fact, the past is an event past because jefferson and hamiltons battle was over the same issues that have been perennial values in american clinical history. Struggles over the power and intrusiveness of the federal governmen
Up next on booktv historian john ferling. En thomas this program is just over an al hour. [applause] hello, everybody, and i want [apphank the Atlantic History Center for inviting me in. Rybodw for providing much nicer weather for me than six years ago when i came in when my wife carol and i were driving in that day in and my wife carol and i were driving in that day. We looked at the monitor on the dashboard of the car and it was 103 degrees as they came in. Its much nicer tonight. I want to thank you for coming out and especially on a night when my Pittsburgh Pirates are struggling to stay alive. I guess we will find out how they came out when this is over. I want to talk with you tonight about jefferson and hamilton. They are political battle was over the shape and character of the new american nation and that battle has in a sense never really ended. It puts one in mind of a line from faulkner when he said the past isnt dead. In fact the past isnt even past because jefferson and ha
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