This hourlong event was part of the lincoln forums annual symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Part of the lincoln forums annual similar symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here again. Our first thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here again. Our first speaker this morning robert wilson, the author of a new wellreceived book on Matthew Brady. Mr. Wilson has written for many prominent newspapers and journals and held editorial posts at many of those same institutions. Hes currently editor of the american scholar. Hes written two previous books as well as a certain somewhere writers on the place they remember. Hell be talking about mathew brady today. Brady is an interesting character. Weve all looked at dozens, probably hundreds of bradys photographs. I suspect many of you join me mathew brady, the man himself, who took much of these photographs. And consequently shaped so much of what we understand about the war. He not only
International manhunt that will blow everyone away. Your suspect is quite literally in the wind. Is gone. Love, according to the song writers, is a many splinderred thing. Financial empires have been built on our annual hearts and flowers. But this story is about the people caught in the powerful grip of loves darker side, obsession. Everybodys crazy it involved talented and beautiful people. Miss washington. Smart people, whose obsessions made them do stupid things. Passionate people caught in an emotional whirl wind. And finally, innocent people, who paid the price when those passions ran amok. It all began, of course, on the dark and stormy night. They now expect what they are calling a worst case scenario. It was august 2004, friday 13th, hour hurricane charley was hammering the gulf coast, particularly punta gorda. Our message is urgency and safety. Get inside and hunker down. That night, jean hutton said her life was quite literally in shambles. I stayed and rode the hurricane ou