It has very rich history. Illinois on booktv with the help of our comcast part nosers next 90 minutes well travel the city and talk with local authors about the history of the area. We start with a look at organized crime in peoria during first half of the 20th century. As we explore the life and times of the shelton brothers gang. A gang war, famous car war erupted for three or four months in 1926 and it was tweeng the shelton brothers and the burger gang. About 40 or 50 men were killed but the shelton this was a vicious gig where fought out and it included the first aerial bombing first and only one of american soil when the sheltons comen deered a biplane and flew other charlie burgers hideout which was a little state lodge called shady rust in illinois and dropped them down. One created only fatality in American Bombing history because this was the only airplane ride we have in american history. I wrote the book because first of all ive had a lifetime interest and ive been around a
It has very rich history. Illinois on booktv with the help of our comcast part nosers next 90 minutes well travel the city and talk with local authors about the history of the area. We start with a look at organized crime in peoria during first half of the 20th century. As we explore the life and times of the shelton brothers gang. A gang war, famous car war erupted for three or four months in 1926 and it was tweeng the shelton brothers and the burger gang. About 40 or 50 men were killed but the shelton this was a vicious gig where fought out and it included the first aerial bombing first and only one of american soil when the sheltons comen deered a biplane and flew other charlie burgers hideout which was a little state lodge called shady rust in illinois and dropped them down. One created only fatality in American Bombing history because this was the only airplane ride we have in american history. I wrote the book because first of all ive had a lifetime interest and ive been around a
[inaudible conversations] you are watching booktv on cspan key with top nonfiction books and authors every weekendo of tv, television for serioustha readers. Nation host Amy Ellis Nutt is our guest and heres the cover of her book, becoming nicole. Who is now call . Guest nicole was born and identical twin boys in 1997. Board and given the name wyatt. This is a chart from the age of two, twoandahalf, identified as they grow. If when i see identified as a girl, didnt say to her parents i think im a girl, said wed like it to be a girl . You know, wed like it to look like a girl . Believed she was a girl and twon middleclass ordinary parents living in the state of maine, need to figure out what that was about. T how host how do they figure it out, or did they . Guest they did. Video of the book is really the mother. These twins were adopted atbirt birth. Kelly knew there were two things that were most important to her as a mother. Ha make sure that her children were safe and happy. She had
[inaudible conversations] you are watching booktv on cspan key with top nonfiction books and authors every weekendo of tv, television for serioustha readers. Nation host Amy Ellis Nutt is our guest and heres the cover of her book, becoming nicole. Who is now call . Guest nicole was born and identical twin boys in 1997. Board and given the name wyatt. This is a chart from the age of two, twoandahalf, identified as they grow. If when i see identified as a girl, didnt say to her parents i think im a girl, said wed like it to be a girl . You know, wed like it to look like a girl . Believed she was a girl and twon middleclass ordinary parents living in the state of maine, need to figure out what that was about. T how host how do they figure it out, or did they . Guest they did. Video of the book is really the mother. These twins were adopted atbirt birth. Kelly knew there were two things that were most important to her as a mother. Ha make sure that her children were safe and happy. She had
Movement of the armies to cover a lot of ground. There are several bottles only way. By the time the armies battles on the way. By the time the army gets to appomattox they have been in constant contact. When they arrived at the courthouse, there is a final battle on the day of the surrender because nobody knew there would be a surrender that day on the morning of april. April 9. Here we have sailors creek, the largest battle of the campaign with eight thousand confederate 8000 confederate soldiers captured on one day. As the army of Northern Virginia drifts into the courthouse, the Union Cavalry under general custer has gotten in front of the Confederate Army, blocking the road they intend to use. The goal all along for robert ulees to get robert lee is to get the army down. Lee cap makes the terms to the south because union forces keep blocking the way but the union armies cant make the turn to the south because union forces keep blocking the way. This map shows the final battle whic