About Thomas Jefferson. They start now on booktv. Miss gordon reed won the National Book award and the Pulitzer Prize for her first book also about Thomas Jefferson. Good afternoon and welcome to the seventh annual gaithersburg book festival. I am a Nonfiction Book critic at the washington post. It is honored to be here in gaithersburg and take part in this wonderful literary festival. I have been to a lot of these and there are few that are as inviting and welcoming, excuse me . I will try to speak as loudly as i can. A few housekeeping announcements. For the consideration of everyone here if you can keep your phones quiet that would be great. If you are tweeting the event we need your feedback, there are surveys to complete at the tent and on the festival website. If you completed you can win a 100 visa gift card which you should spend on books. Speaking of books our office will be signing at the book signing area intent a, line 4 right after the presentation and copies are on sale o
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Caribbean, and then he was sent to tasmania, and he had terrible asthma. Meagher was the great orator during the rebel times, mitchell was the great writer. So it was a onetwo punch. Mitchell would write in the newspaper, meagher would give speeches in front of thousands of people. They were very close. Mitchell finally comes to america as well, but he likes slavery. Something happens in him that he sees slavery as not a bad thing. He writes in his own newspaper that if you irishmen are coming to america looking for a start, get yourself a couple of slaves and come south. And so meagher and he, his other people, break with mitchell. Mitchell has three boys. Two of them were on the other side of that wall when the irish stormed marys heights. So there was not a technical irish brigade in the confederacy, but there certainly were irish who fought on the other side, including the very people who were the kids of his best friends. Also i have a scene in the book where they fight the irish
Booktv. Welcome to the library of philadelphia. Im a representative jim roebuck and im certainly very happy to be here this evening. Im a native philadelphia and. I graduated from Central High School that my particular [applause] my particular focus tonight is on the fact that i went to college at Virginia Union university in richmond from which ive received a history degree of honors and then i did my masters in charlottesville. [applause] subsequent to that, i tour the history and i like to think about all the right points here. I worked briefly as a legislative assistant and in 1985 was elected to the state legislature where i still serve in an currently the minority or the democratic chair of the house education committee. The library is dedicated to advancing literacy, guiding learning and inspiring curiosity from its awardwinning event series to its programming like the upcoming american president ial series that will present compelling programs through the president ial election
Graduated from Central High School but my particular [applause]. My particular focus is on the fact that i went to First College at Virginia University in richmond from which i received a history degree of honors and then i did my masters and phd in virginia at charlottesville. I am a wahoo as they say. Subsequent to that i taught history for many more years and i like to think about. Depending on all the right points here. I worked briefly in the Mayors Office as an assistant in a 1985 was five was elected to the state legislature were still sir. I am currently the minority or democratic chair of the house of education committee. The free library is dedicated between advancing leaders see, guiding guiding learning and inspiring curiosity from its awardwinning event series to its thoughtprovoking programs like the upcoming american president ial series which will present compelling programs through the president ial election season. It is now my pleasure and honor to introduce the pree