This is a panel on the book civil war places. We have a couple copies up here that people will be thumbing through. And were going to have something very unusual for me, were going to have a screen behind us. He is smiling because i dont do anything this venturesome. To have actual images of when i give a talk. This is something of a departure for me. Heres how the structure is going to work. Im going give very brief introductions for the four people who are sitting here at the table with me and ill do all of them at once. And then im going to go in the order in which these images are going to appear and have each of our Panel Members talk about why they decided to be part of this project. And why they selected the image that they selected. Theyll talk for a little while about the image and then well see where the conversation goes after that. Youll be able to have questions. Let me introduce everybody up here. Ill start with carol riordan, the professor of American History at penn sta
20 books. I have a long list here. One of my favorite books is girls. Is earls. Is one of the first books to explore soldier motivation and ideology. It is an outstanding book. He has done any others that charge, ackets book on field fortifications. A lot of people dont love braxton bragg. Im not sure you will love him after you read earls book, but it is a fair and well researched , deeply analytical look. He has won a number of awards. I should note, this book fighting for atlanta, is published by the university of North Carolina press. Let me welcome earl hess. [applause] pete, veryhank you, much. Fighting for atlanta, tactics, is the and the civil war topic. The purpose is to understand one of the more important elements that influence the course of operations in the Atlantic Campaign. It is a followup to a trilogy that i did several years ago on field fortifications in the eastern campaigns. That was volume two of that trilogy coverage. Atlanta campaign was one of four that heavil
The wpa did in california, and then you fall down this rabbit hole and you find that theres everything else. And its a its a universe. So now what we are is a National Team that is identifying, mapping and interpreting the physical legacy of, the new deal, which is absolutely colossal. Its all around us. Its indispensable, able, but we dont see it. And thats accidental. So what were doing, we have a very active chapter in new york city, some of whom are here today. And what were doing is excavating a lost civilization. Its what i call the lost ethical language of new deal, public works. These objects which are everywhere, are trying to speak to us in a language which we have been persuaded to forget. And the effort to erase the roosevelt legacy. About april 12, 1945, when roosevelt safely dead and they could to do that. So thats what were trying to do. And we established a few years ago a prize, the best book on roosevelt or the new deal out of a of books being published year theres we
Good morning, everyone. Glad youre with is pup five things to know for this thursday august 17th. Devastating news again this morning out of hawaii. We have learned children are among the 111 victims killed in the wildfires and the police chief on maui said that number will go up. Only 38 of the area has been searched ed so far and more tha 1,000 people are missing this morning. And a Fulton County circled one day before primary voters head to the polls in more than a dozen states. New overnight a woman in texas has been charged for threatening the judge overseeing jack smiths federal election subversion case. Also this morning, more Young Americans are diagnosed with cancer. A new study says the rate is driven by women and 30 to 39yearolds. The coach for the womens soccer team is out after the devastating world cup. And you see balancing on the stones. Stunned onlookers watched. Eventually escorted away by a guard. Cnn this morning starts right now. You wouldnt you wouldnt do that . I
Then i think if you were a doctor or a nurse you could get a car and that was it, five years or so. Okay. Thank you so very much. I so appreciate your time. Thankim gray brecon. Im founder and project scholar of the living new deal, which is sort of nominally based in the bay, although now we are spreading out and it began actually about 15 years ago. I was to write a book about what the wpa did in california, and then you fall down this rabbit hole and you find that theres everything else. And its a its a universe. So now what we are is a National Team that is identifying, mapping and interpreting the physical legacy of, the new deal, which is absolutely colossal. Its all around us. Its indispensable, able, but we dont see it. And thats accidental. So what were doing, we have a very active chapter in new york city, some of whom are here today. And what were doing is excavating a lost civilization. Its what i call the lost ethical language of new deal, public works. These objects which