Good afternoon. I am margaret sullivan, columnist for the Washington Post hr per sponsor of the library of Congress National book festival. We want to thank the sponsors in particular david rubenstein. You can support the festival with a donation of information in your program and you are urged to do so. Another piece of information is that this presentation will have a question and answer period. There are microphones at the end of the idols and you are urged to take part. The officer at the state department after 30 years while that state he wrote 17 books on the civil war and the American West. His new book is the earth is weeping the epic story of the american war for the American West by radial from booklist called it a magnificent single volume account of the postcivil war conflict that shaped our history and mythology of the frontier. The books have all been selections of the book of the month club, history th of the cb were military book club. I introduce to you peter. [applaus
Im jamie colby, and today im in tucson, arizona, to meet the family of a man who spent his entire life building beautiful homes, and it led him to amass a collection of what some would say was lessthanfunctional furniture but others insist were works of art. My name is Diane Bennett. I was married to Edmund Bennett for 30 years. He left us an inheritance that had collectors around the world buzzing. Hi, diane. Hi, jamie. Diane was eds third wife. This is the last of eight homes they shared until his death in 2013. Oh, my. This is a history of 33 years of a blended family, eds children, my children, ed, and me. Diane, tell me about edmund. Well, he was a very complex man. He was very pragmatic but a real romantic. Born in washington, dc, in 1920, bennett serves in both world war ii and korea. By 1953, hes ready for peacetime and takes a job at the state department. He and his first wife, wilda, are making their own contribution to the baby boom. He buys two lots in washington, with plan
And sympathetic to them. First, i thought it was unique. I thought that was a prevailing point of view on the part of most of the army high command. I found that remarkable that we have empathy, empathy for the indians and circumstances and so that led me in to indian wars. The tiet sl not a quote. Its from my own imagination but derives from, you will find various combinations ofly ricks in indian songs of the period that we use for earth, mother earth, sad, weeping and depicting their situation in the west. Your sources, you began your study as the eyewitness to the indian wars. The book gives a balance view, maybe the first to give such a balance view of rights of indians. What were most valuable to you in researching this book. A particular value, i will speak principally of the indian side because the white sources are more apparent, army, dairies, reports, letters, in the indian side, there were a number of stenographers, professional and otherwise who took testimony from indian
And sympathetic to them. First, i thought it was unique. I thought that was a prevailing point of view on the part of most of the army high command. I found that remarkable that we have empathy, empathy for the indians and circumstances and so that led me in to indian wars. The tiet sl not a quote. Its from my own imagination but derives from, you will find various combinations ofly ricks in indian songs of the period that we use for earth, mother earth, sad, weeping and depicting their situation in the west. Your sources, you began your study as the eyewitness to the indian wars. The book gives a balance view, maybe the first to give such a balance view of rights of indians. What were most valuable to you in researching this book. A particular value, i will speak principally of the indian side because the white sources are more apparent, army, dairies, reports, letters, in the indian side, there were a number of stenographers, professional and otherwise who took testimony from indian
Stanford university libraries. As bruce was describing, the bill lane center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and Public Education on the past, present and future of Western North america. So this is a very appropriate program for them, and the Stanford University libraries offers access to a comprehensive range of Scholarly Resources both print and digital format in support of research and nstruction here at stanford. Today we inaugurate a new lane Center Initiative called arts west. It is designed to place a spotlight on the rich contributions of the arts and humilities in the american west. Arts west offers the Stanford Community innovative public programming, on the writers, artists and cultural leaders that make the west a Fertile Ground for global creativity and artistic vision. It offers two distinctive series , the great writers of the west focuses on our western literary heritage and the great artists of the west elevates the western visual arts. We begin today with the c