It has very rich history. Illinois on booktv with the help of our comcast part nosers next 90 minutes well travel the city and talk with local authors about the history of the area. We start with a look at organized crime in peoria during first half of the 20th century. As we explore the life and times of the shelton brothers gang. A gang war, famous car war erupted for three or four months in 1926 and it was tweeng the shelton brothers and the burger gang. About 40 or 50 men were killed but the shelton this was a vicious gig where fought out and it included the first aerial bombing first and only one of american soil when the sheltons comen deered a biplane and flew other charlie burgers hideout which was a little state lodge called shady rust in illinois and dropped them down. One created only fatality in American Bombing history because this was the only airplane ride we have in american history. I wrote the book because first of all ive had a lifetime interest and ive been around a
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Crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news america. Katty this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am katty kay. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton urged supporters not to take anything for granted as they enter the final stretch. 2 Police Officers ambushed and killed in iowa. The suspect has a history of confrontation. He is in custody. A famous choreographer posting her latest reduction, hoping it will stretch beyond the stage. Latest production, hoping it will stretch beyond the stage. Katty welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Next week we will know who the next president of the United States will be we hope. Until then, Candidates Campaign in critical states that will lead them to the white house. For donald trump, it is about florida. That is where he was with a warning of what would happ
You could have handed over to the unified government. They underestimated the threat of violence. They were telling them they were sending daily keep saying this was happening. I need more troops. On paper they created a peacekeeping force to go to the province but it wasnt for us with the details. He was busy drawing the flags in and the supposedly 50,000 member army force that went there and ended up being less than 2,000 people with actual rifles so they were not able to suppress the violence quickly. And they didnt have the troops in place and that was the british responsibility for the law and order up until that point so there were mistakes made. Its too easy you go to india today and pakistan today it is far too easy. You dont have any limits. At the time that you spent connecting with our faculty and classrooms so i want to congratulate you and thank you all for coming. Best of luck. [applause] you have other questions i can answer them individually. And talk to supporters on a
Thank you so much for being here today. My name is candace and i work with some of the events here. I want to welcome you. I just wanted to go over a few logistics. Make sure your cell phones are on silent. We are recording this event this afternoon and we also had cspan here with us today. Not having any interruptions would be great. We will have an hourlong presentation here which the half will be for questions. We had one microphone on the side here. If you would wouldnt mind using that for your questions then we can pick up on the recording. Then finally, we typically ask that you fold up you your chairs at the end of the event. If you could leave them where they are today. I am so pleased to be welcoming candice hooper. We will see her new book lincolns generals wives. This book but as a detail and lively account of four women during the civil war using letters memoirs in the extensive travel reports. The group biography of Jessie Fremont, Nelly Mcclellan, julia grant each married