Wisconsin Election Officials when he is not working or writing. 1721 tells the history of the worst smallpox epidemic to hit boston. It set the stage for scientific advancement including the controversial but effective smallpox inoculation. The pittsburgh gazette calls this book solidly told and the wall street journal called it a deeply researched account. Please join me in welcoming stephen coss. [applause] i am a wisconsin election official. I am not in wisconsin. They are having an election. I had to vote absentee. I would rather be here right now. The line of fire. Stephen exactly. That is a nonpartisan position. It is a fantasy a fancy phrase for poll worker. Register new voters. Firsttime voters, naturalized citizens. I like it a lot. Thank you very much for that introduction. Thanks to harvard bookstore. This is my first time here. But i have heard about this store. Everybody has. It smells like a bookstore should smell and looks like a bookstore should look. I am happy and pro
Hilary and for now i am pleased to introduce tonights author and his new book the fever of 1721. Stephen coss has a bachelors degree in journalism. He has worked as an Advertising Agency copywriter and served wisconsin Election Officials when he is not working or writing. The fever of 1721 tells the history of the worst smallpox epidemic to hit boston. It set the stage for scientific advancement including the controversial but effective smallpox inoculation. The pittsburgh gazette calls this book solidly told and the wall street journal called it a deeply researched account. Please join me in welcoming stephen coss. [applause] stephen i am a wisconsin election official. I am not in wisconsin. They are having an election. I had to vote absentee. I would rather be here right now. The line of fire. Stephen exactly. That is a nonpartisan position. It is a fancy phrase for poll worker. I get to register new voters. Firsttime voters, naturalized citizens. I like it a lot. Thank you very much
[applause] i was about to say how special the slightest but you beat me to it. Welcome. My name is steve, im the executive director and on behalf of all the collects in the foundation and jamie the collects in the library, were thrilled to could be here. All of our forms are great, but tonight is a tree. Its also the beginning of the john f. Kennedy centennial weekend. We plan this months ago and we really thought would be the best speaker and moderator week again for this historic time. Were thrilled theyre both here. Before i introduce them, few brief announcements. First, want to thank our underwriters and sponsors. Bank of america, the Lowell Institute including bill and andrea, i media sponsors. As i say, were kicking off the centennial was information when you leave about what were doing over the next few days. Over the next few days there are opportunities to see new exhibits with a hundred items on saturday will be doing a special peace corps day, on sunday we have an astronaut
Start this out to a biblical quote where two or three are gathered together and so on. Unfortunately, that is not the case. That historians learn that we need to remember is that you have to checking your assumptions. If your assumptions are incorrect, it can lead you to some very wrong conclusions. I would like to illustrate that by the following story, which i hope you will find somewhat well , rivaled as ribald as well. The smiths decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the data proxy father was to arrive, mr. Smith kissed her goodbye and half an hour later by chance a baby photographer happened by, hoping to make a sale. Good morning, maam, i have come to no need to explain, said mr. Smith, s mrs. Smith, i have been spiking your. Did you know that my specialty was a babies . That is what my husband and i hope. After a moment she asked where do we start . Me, id leave it to usually try to in the bathtub, three and the couch, and in the living room we hopefully ha
Heavy rain from northern virginia, i thought i might start this out where to go or three guys are together. [laughter] fortunately that is not the case. One thing historians learn and all of his need to remember is that you have to keep checking your assumptions. If your assumptions are incorrect, they lead you to some very wrong conclusions. To illustrate that by the following story, which i hope you will find somewhat somewhat although risible as well. Conceive unable to children and chose a surrogate father. On the day the father was to arrive, he said to his wife, i am off and the man will be here soon. Baby photographer ring the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. Hello, maam no need to explain, said mrs. Smith. Understand. Oh, really . He said, babies are my specialty. Blushing, she said, where do we start . He said, leave it to me. I usually try two in the bathroom, maybe one in the living room [laughter] we try several positions and i shoot from several angles, i am sure you will