The author of the new book author in chief. Who was oran follett . Why did he make the claim that he made Abraham Lincoln president . Oran follett was a publisher in ohio. He had is a Printing Firm in ohio. They published lots of different local books. He had the distinct privilege to publish Abraham Lincolns bestselling book. We should probably back up, because a lot of people do not know that he wrote one. When lincoln ran for the senate and lost to Stephen Douglas, they had their famous debate. During the debates, there were a couple of people from newspapers transcribing the debates, writing down shorthand and then a couple of days later, they would print it in papers so people who didnt attend could read it in the newspapers. Lincoln, after he lost the enate race, for most people, the story stopped there. This is breaking news. Lets move on. Lincoln, after he lost the senate race, he worked hard to gather those newspaper transcript. He worked hard. There are at least nine survivin
During the rise of the new deal. He is the author of free an american history. Lawrence glickman is in the department of history at cornell. In addition to Free Enterprise in 2019, he has written for other books. He writes on a regular basis for publications including the Washington Post though i am not sure we would call that a popular publication. [laughter] the Boston Review with his articles was named one of the most loved essays in the Boston Review in 2018. Thank you to rachel for all the behind the scenes work, and impeach and erik and christian. And all the organizations that made this possible. I am honored by the size of this audience today. No historian works alone, we all stand on the shoulders of those who came before. I would like to begin to mention some of those scholars to help me identify Free Enterprise. Here i have elizabeth phones wolf, Bethany Morton book kim phillips fine, and wendy l wall the book inventing the american way. Id like to think more people and i re
In the rise of the new deal. Author of Free Enterprise an American History. Professor of american studies in the department of history at cornell. In addition to Free Enterprise an American History, he has written four other books, including buying power history of consumer activism in america published in 2009 and a living wage American Workers and the making of Consumer Society published in 1997. He writes on a regular basis for popular publications, including t the Washington Post. Though im not sure we would call that a popular publication. Boston review and descent. Racist politics of the english language was named one of the, i quote, most loved essays in the Boston Review in 2018. Thank you. Thank you to rachel for all the behindthescenes work and pete and eric and christian, and all the organizations that helped make this possible. Im really grateful. And thanks to all of you for coming out. Im really honored by the size of this audience today. No historian works alone. We all
Announcer ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. As we get into this next session, im sure you noticed on the official program that were one speaker short for this panel. Dr. Raymond callahan due to circumstances beyond his control could not be with us today so today. So, were sorry that we are missing him today, but, you know, his friends here in new orleans are certainly thinking about him. To lead this session, we have called on one of the most distinguished military historians that were very fortunate to have right up the road here at the university of new orleans, dr. Allan millett. His career has not only filled many bookshelves, but he has also fill the ranks of military history phds by overseeing the most doctoral candidates of anyone in the country. Its hard not to find one of his students around. To talk about one of the most important battles in june of 1944 and the war as a whole, its my pleasure to call on dr. Alan millett and Hiroyuki Shindo to discuss the battle in the chin
Most of this is Arch International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us and supporters of have been protesting in london in solidarity with the imprisoned wiki leaks founder a hearing on his possible extradition to the u. S. Gets underway on monday. As more. Im here in the center of london with protesters who are opposing the possible extradition of Julian Assange to the u. S. We launch from australia house. To Parliament Square and you can see behind me theres a lot of talks going on in entertainment in support of putin now this is of course the center of democracy and support as they gather to. Ahead of the wiki leaks founder hearing on call in court on monday people are. Serious this. Is a crazy. Is more freedom of the bombing future of. Journalism. Of. Journalists. Have to be able to scrutinize the wrong to be decided whether he is indeed extradited to the u. S. He could be facing 175 years in prison for leaking documents. Accusing him of hacking a u. S. Government com