Of photos shes gonna put up so we can discuss what we are going over the book today. Speedily see if i can figure this out for us. This is just going to roll theres Nothing Specific it will just roll for us. Alright with the photos as we discussed this is a wonderful new book thats come out on april 21 something good for us to all read at this time. Just did a quick introduction doctor landdeck is a professor at Texas Womens University which coincidentally or not coincidentally is home of the archives. And this is a book thats very special for her and her shes going to talk about her journey to getting this book to publication. I want to start, something i am always fascinated by his how did you get started on this topic . When did you learn about it . Guest thats a great question and thanks so much for having me. And for talking meet today. I like to show this picture its silly, but this is that moment in time right met carol bailey bosco all of the aviation peaches who might beyond h
Pitcaithley promised he was going to include it is my distinct pleasure and honor to introduce you to doctor dwight pitcaithley. applause nic promised he was not going to include the rock star part. But the best laid plans. Thank you for coming tonight. Thank you to nick for that wonderful introduction. Thank you for the site for posting this event. Im going to talk for about 25 or 30 minutes and then ill turn it over to you so you can talk about whatever you want and talk about whatever you want and hope that during my time i will have been provocative enough that we can have a conversation that goes on for another 30 or 45 minutes robert warren, many of you know, threetime pulitzer prize, who wrote that the civil war is our only felt history. History lived in the national imagination. I think that is true whether youre ancestry goes back that far or not, my mostly does not. We sort of the civil war thanks to ken burns maybe is a part of us. It is a part of our dna. We think about it
Us, a little about history in the park service. So since he retired dr. Pitcaithley teaches at new mexico state university. He teaches public history and Civil War History. He had a book that came out this week, the u. S. Constitution and secession, a documentary anthology of slavery and White Supremacy. So it is my distinct pleasure and honor to introduce you to dr. Dwight pitcaithley. Nick promised he wasnt going to include the rock star part, but best laid plans. Thank you for coming tonight. Thanks to nick for that wonderful introduction, thanks to the grant site for hosting this event. Im going to talk for about 25 or 30 minutes and then turn it over to you so you can talk about whatever you want to talk about, and we hope that during my time ive been provocative enough that we can have a conversation that goes on for another 30 or 45 minutes. Robert penn warren, who many of you know threetime Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote in 1961 at the centennial of the war that the civil war is
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