Tonight at the Kansas City Public Library is really honored to have the author of three of the best american biographies of the last 20 or 30 years to kind of collect important that t t. J. Stiles has given us of the mid19th century. First his book about jesse james which he helped us understand fictional creation of the legends, elegant initial credit by the kansas city star. That would of course never happened today. [laughter] its about the civil war of course but its also about a Great American theatrical tradition, decoration of celebrities in public life. That would never happen again today. He has such great moments, narrative moments. Jesse james robbing a train near saint louis and issuing what in essence is the First Press Release by a bank robber. May be the First Press Release, bank robber and railroad robber. He makes you understand the dynamics. One of the three books i think that are necessary to understand what happened in our part of the world and also what created the
Heres the cover. The Second Intelligence Committee Report on torture. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Next, James Robbins counts the life of George Custer including his childhood in formative years as well as time in the field of battle from the civil war to his final defeat at the battle of little bit worn. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] thank you, glenn. I would also like to thank arlene and paulie and all the Hudson Library team. Its great being the sum of human audience. A wonderful busy here. Great to be back home in ohio. It is good to shake off inside the beltway every now and then. You know washington right . As we heard 80 miles south of here arthur grant sherman, one way or another ureter base here. As a friend from mississippi said, you have a lot of bloody from your state. [laughter] i guess it depends what side you are on. Last night but anyway. One question i get about my book, the real custer is why is that the title . Obliges this make you about the real cu
It is looking right now like the number may have to go a. When will it be available . The official publication date is december 30th. Well have the book printed and in our warehouse friday, three days from now. We will start shipping immediately. It may start popping up before the 30th in various independent bookstores, but it will be fully distributed around the country and available on the online retailers and brickandmortar retailers and independent stores on december 30th. Dennis johnson is the copublisher bought copublisher above a house located in brooklyn, new york. Heres the cover. The Second Intelligence Committee Report on torture. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Next, James Robbins counts the life of George Custer including his childhood in formative years as well as time in the field of battle from the civil war to his final defeat at the battle of little bit worn. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] thank you, glenn. I would also like to thank arlene and paulie and
[applause] thank you, glenn. Id also like to thank carlene and pauline, all the Hudson Library team. Its been great meeting some of you in the audience too. Ive had a really wonderful visit here. Its great to be back home in ohio, you know its good to shake off inside the beltway every now and then. You know . Washington right . As we heard George Custer was from 80 miles south of here. If you have a chance, you can go visit him. Also grant Sherman Sheridan all have ohio roots one way or another, either born or raised here. As a friend from mississippi said, you have a lot of bloody bastards from your state. [laughter] i guess it depends on what side youre on, but [laughter] anyway. One question i get about my book the real custer, is why is that the title . What makes your book the real custer . There are a lot of custer books. I think the easiest way to answer that question is to say thats what the publisher wanted. [laughter] so okay, thats the title. But i think its really better t
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