This event was taped in 2014 at a bookstore in asheville, north carolina. Ts about an hour. Denise i am thrilled to be here with karen abbott. I love her book. Love all her books. You show us this entire other view of chicago through the eyes of the two most famous american madams ever. In american rose, we learned about an American Icon who hasnt been explored the way you explored her. Now with liar, temptress, soldier, spy, you hit on several things i adore. Unexplored American History, espionage, and women with real spines, adventurous incredible women. Tell us about what this book is about. Karen i will tell you the origins. I was born and raised in philadelphia and moved to atlanta in 2001. I noticed immediately that the civil war seeps in the conversation in the south in a way it never does in the north. I saw the occasional confederate flag, heard the jokes of the war of northern aggression. The point was really driven [laughter] good point. And the point was driven home that it
That southern white women would or would not have supported a confederacy. Her talk is about one hour and 15 minutes. Prof. Silber we started talking about the beginning of the movement of womens right. Saying,men, as i was were usually on the margins, i would say, of the womens writes movements. We talked about search on her truth, andjourner Harriet Jacobs also had contact with a number of womens writes activists, rights but she was also very critical of white suffragists and often made the point that they did not fully recognize the way that race had created, you know, kind of a distinct set of obstacles for black women. I think somebody in our debate made exactly that point in our discussion. So we are to talk about that in a couple of weeks. About jacob to talk herself, the narrative she composed, and i think as you know, she wrote about narrative under the name of linda brent. Also changed the name of a number of people in that account. She was born it not as linda in 1814, herja
Warm introduction and thank you for hosting me. I am so happy to be here. They occupied the house just next door, formerly occupied by Jefferson Davis. It is a story that very few civil war buffs know. Ive given this talk all over the country and people are surprised, they have not heard of him before. Over the next hour i will tell you why he was chosen to enter richmond 150 years ago today. You may remember his name when you walk out of here. The book is actually on sale upstairs in the gift shop. I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What an understatement that is, to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago when i was going through my grandfathers Family Archive and memoirs and came across this entry. My fathers uncle was a general in the civil war. My grandfather george weitzel. He was born in the United States in ohio.
I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. If you do not have a copy, there is still time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What antzel understatement that is, to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago when i was going through my grandfathers Family Archive and memoirs and came across this entry. My fathers uncle was a general in the civil war. My grandfather was born in the United States in ohio. His parents were immigrants. Jacob lew is weitzel was his father and his parents died at a young age when george was 18 months old. He was adopted, and the family name was changed. Im a blood weitzel. So the title of my talk is im a is weitzeltalk returns. We have weitzels in the Confederate White House. We have some weitzels here today. Probably more than in 150 years. Welcome. This is Major General Godfrey Weitzel. Age 1835, died in 1884 at 49. He was bo
We are advantage evangelists on behalf of the study of history. And one of our judges in a conversation today began talking about a High School Teacher he had had when he was 14 or 15 years old. And that teacher, and teachers of adolescents are the Unsung Heroes and heroines of our profession. Thats when you plant an abiding, lifelong affection and even addiction to history. One to have historical muses has been sadly, neglected in the American Academy the american university, for a generation. And one of the ideas of our founders, one of whom i will introduce to you in a moment was that something that the h. F. Guggenheim family could go to arrest could do to arrest this malady and reverse it, is support an annual prize for the best work of military history in english during the preceding year. Finish and that is why we are here this evening. History, as written by practitioners of it who have produced works that indicate enlightened research, who write gracefully, who have in the bac