Im reading two books. Im reading a book by Doris Kearns Goodwin that looks into four of our presence the two roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson very interesting and im also reading the border by daniel silva. Host what looks are you planning on reading in the future and why . Guest i do tend to move towards more historical types of hooks on leadership political books historical perspective. I dont have any titles in mind right now but i like to read nonfiction and thats probably what ill do. Host how do you like to read . Guest i do it a couple of ways. Sometimes i get sick just gyms from friends that i used to be in the oak club back in the day and i would hear reading selections and pick from that and then i read the book review sections of the newspapers to see whats good and whats considered page turning. I kind of mix it up. Host do you share books with her colleagues and friends . Guest absolutely. We share books and we share book ideas and as a matter fact roy blunt a
Reynolds, i am the Current National ambassador for young peoples literature. Coming to you from my home in washington dc im currently in my office where i do all my work you can see the books behind me. Im also the author of stamped racism, antiracism, and you. I should say on the coauthor of the book. It came about because there is a wonderful great scholar named biebers candy, abhe published a book in 2016 called stamped from the beginning a history of racism and policies he won the National Book award, we met at the National Book award and it was then that ab shortly after that he asked me to somehow translate all this work. He had over 600 pages of scholarship about history he wanted to figure out a way for that book to be translated into something for young ayounger people. After some prodding i eventually said yes and decided to tackle it. The purpose behind it is to make sure this information is as accessible as possible so we can arm ourselves with information creating new voca
Privateering in the american. Just a little more background on me. Ive been a full time writer since about 2007. Most of my books are in american history, usually have a maritime component. Ive spoken at the archives a number of times in the past. Of the books include the history of whaling in america for fortune, an empire, a history of fur, trade in america, black flags, blue waters, the epic history of americas notorious pirates and my last book, a furious scar on the history of american hurricanes. But today i am here to talk about privateering and American Revolution. It was late the day on june 3rd, 1780, when salem captain Jonathan Harrod and his privateer, the pickering, were heading for the friendly port of bilbao, spain. The british achilles, however, stood in the way nobody would have faulted had he fled in the face of this superior foe. While the pickering had a crew of 38 men cannons, the achilles bristled with 130 men and 43 cannons, hardly fair fight. But thats not the w
Next, author Eric Jay Dolin discusses the american fur trade in his book fur, fortune, and empire. He profiles key players including Thomas Jefferson and john jacob astor. Eric i remember very clearly the moment at which the idea for this book came to me. It was back in the spring of 2007
Ahoy, mates. And welcome to tonights great lives presentation on americas pirates. The top is faltered by the Community Bank of chesapeake to whom we are grateful for their generous support over the past several years. And its that kind of commitment that enables it the program to bring to the university and to the Community Outstanding speakers such as our guest tonight. Eric jay dolin is the author of the fascinating book black flags blue waters. The epic history of americas most notorious pirates. Eric grew up near the coast of new york and connecticut. And from an early age developed an interest in maritime affairs. Toward that end, he earned the double major in biology and environmental studies then getting a masters degree in Environmental Management from yale. That was followed by a ph. D. In environmental policy and planning from mit, where his dissertation focused on the role of the courts in the cleanup of boston harbour. Eric has held an interesting variety of jobs. Many of