Mexico month author Richard White presents a history of the Transcontinental Railroad. You draws mexico, next author Richard White presented history of the Transcontinental Railroad. Welcome to the meeting of the Commonwealth Club. You can find us on the internet. I am David Kennedy, professor of history emeritus and codirector of the center for the American West at Stanford University and your moderator for this program. This program is being presented with the California Historical society. It is now my pleasure to introduce our distinguished guests, Richard White, also a professor of history at Stanford University and codirector at the bill lane center for the American West with me and the author of the new book railroaded the transcontinentals and the making of modern america. Richard is got to be more precise, the Margaret Byrne professor of history at stanford or he has been since 1998. He previously taught at the university of utah and the university of washington where he took
We rely on our courage. The kind of courage that shows up when we need it. And when cancer is least expecting it. Courage. Just one reason more of us are surviving cancer than dying from it. Give now to the american cancer society. Joele hannah fletcher. Will you marry me . Yes. Oh, my god. Jojo chose jordan, surprising so many of us. We will have to wait and see if a wedding happens in 2017. Welcome back to our year end roundtable. Jond guessing. There were plenty of weddings that did happen this year. Dean and nina. Lets start with one of my favorites. Kevin hart, he had a big year, multiple movies released. But his biggest moment was wedding in april. They tied the knot as did eva longoria and jose beston. Whose wedding you have leaked to have gone to . Kevin hart. Had a party. Yes. Kevin a buddy of mine. Dances on demand. Like, he is a good time. Did a great speech. Had everyone laughing. Party. Wonderful. Rather be there. No offense, eva. Sweet as can be. More romantic. That would
Thank you all for coming out tonight. Its great to have such a terrific crowd. Book tv is here, cspan. So, yeah. Lets hear it for book tv. We dont have an applause light so patty is going to wave her hat during the lecture at which point you burst into applause. You guys on the balcony will get confetti and you can throw it out at odd intervals and convey the whole spirit of this event. And people at home watching this on book tv will know how wonderful this lecture is. That would be excellent. As usual with william cody the best way to start is with the story. In the spring of 1883 william buffalo bill cody a onetime buffalo hunter and army scout, already a well known performer, held the first dress rehearsal for what would become Buffalo Bills wild west show in nebraska. According to an eyewitness when the deadwood stagecoach trundld into the arena buffalo bill invited the town council wlug the mayor, a beloved but notorious blusterer to ride in the coach. For the first two passes ar
Actor, entrepreneur, and congressional medal of honor winner. Next on history book shelf louis warren discusses the public image of the famous and controversial figure in his biography Buffalo Bills america, william cody and the wild west show. This is recorded at the center of the American West in boulder, colorado in 2005. Its about an hour. [applause] thank you all for coming out tonight. Its great to have such a terrific crowd. Book tv is here, cspan. So, yeah. Lets hear it for book tv. We dont have an applause light up there so patty is going to wave her hat during the lecture at which point you burst into applause. You guys on the balcony will get confetti and you can throw it out at odd intervals and convey the whole spirit of this event. And people at home watching this on book tv will know how wonderful this lecture is. That would be excellent. [applause] as usual with william cody the best way to start is with the story. In the spring of 1883 william buffalo bill cody a oneti
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