this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outside influence on american history. we are in henry clay s parlor right now. let me introduce you to jim carter, state historian. why henry clay why is he relevant to americans living in our time? first of all, his famous caveat, i would rather be right than be president, still speaks to us across whatever we are doing, whether we in politics or something else. he also said that politicians need to remember their country and sacrifice for their country. that is still something we need to remember as well. the man known as the great compromiser, the man that forced these compromises that not only kept the country together but were constructed. as well as all the things he did in his life, a clarion call over and over to say to us again and again that we can do a lot of things if we just try like the self-made man, henry clay, did. a very complex and interesting time of american history. let s
when you decided the list for the contenders, what was your objective? to give viewers an alternative school of american political history in particular. it has been observed that the winners write the history books, and that is true, but that means that we are deprived of a another whole story line. even more, at a biographical level, there are 14 people in this series, many of whom, i guarantee, viewers may never have heard of, and all of them, i can guarantee they will find interesting to fascinating. do you have somebody in mind who may have been the most important contender in history for the presidency? some modern biographers say that losing candidates in the last 20 years, even george wallace could be the most important loser. i do not think that at all. i go back to the 19th century and henry clay. he ran three times, and that is one of the things that interests me about these folks. they are recidivists. they keep at it. it gives me new insight into defeat,
[applause] [inaudible conversations] our author today has previously confessed that he first became acquainted with that 26th president through the classics illustrated centennial publication called theodore roosevelt, the roughriders. from that early moment in his youth, our author was influenced by the character and philosophy of that vigorous individual. like theodore roosevelt, roger desilvestro is a naturalist and a writer. also there exists another comment nominator between them. roosevelt understood the american west from having lived and worked in the american west. the same is true of mr. di silvestro. mr. di silvestro s knowledge of all of america is the product of a career that has taken him all over our country. he has lived in the bronx, in san francisco and in many places in between. if they can be said that the later workings of theodore roosevelt can only truly be understood by understanding his time out west and his hiatus from politics, then it can also be
of chicago where booktv is on location, here is his newest book, warfare state world war ii americans and the age of big government. .. remove a cancerous tumor from presidents grover cleveland in june 1893 during 1 of the worst economic moments in american history. mr. matthew algeo talks about his book with an audience at the american the museum of american finance in new york city. it s about 55 minutes. hi, i m david cowen, president of the museum of american finance. bagram. welcome back to our lunch and learn series. welcome to the university of oklahoma. the okies are in the house. thank you for coming. please join us again, everyone, next week on the 26. we will continue the lunch and learn series the director of the rothschild art archive. again, one week from this thursday. on the 204th, tuesday, we will be streaming the rediscovering alexander hamilton. this is the pbs documentary that was recently released. all your questions about the movie can be answere
it s about 5 minutes. 55 minutes. hi, i m david cowan, president of the museum of american finance. welcome back to our lunch and learn series. welcome to the university of central oklahoma and professor arnold. thank you for coming. please join us again, everyone, next week on the 26th we re going to continue the lunch and learn series. the director of the roth child archive will be here, melanie. this is an historic banking house, again, a week from this thursday. and then on the 24th, this is tuesday upcoming, we ll be screening the rediscovering alexander hamilton. this is the pbs documentary recently released, and all your questions about the movie can be answered because the producer/director, michael pack, will be in the house. now, turning our attention to today and matthew algeo, and the president is a sick man. this is matthew s third book. his second, which traced harry and bess truman s cross-country trip in 1953, got a lot of great press, and in 2009 the was