even on our current memory of the war. so i ve got a quote from woodrow wilson who s president in 1913 talking about just how healing right the post period after the civil war had been essentially saying everybody was united that s 1913. that s 50 years after the end of the civil war. so like i said, i want to step back and see how we ended up there with wilson saying such a thing. the lost cause is a term. i know you all have heard and we ve talked about and karen cox talks about in her book, that will be discussing next week and we rewriting your papers on it s a word that came from a book. so, you know it s today. used widely but the man who s credited with coining it was a journalist a virginian, edward pollard. edited the richmond examiner during the civil war. he was a native virginian. and very in the post-war period and looking back at the end of the war. he saw himself as sort of self self-style himself as the first historian of the confederacy. he wanted to write wh
the people involved in writing the history of the civil war initially were the people that experienced it and they had their own views and beliefs and that had heavily left an imprint even on our current memory of the war. so i ve got a quote from woodrow wilson who s president in 1913 talking about just how healing right the post period after the civil war had been essentially saying everybody was united that s 1913. that s 50 years after the end of the civil war. so like i said, i want to step back and see how we ended up there with wilson saying such a thing. the lost cause is a term. i know you all have heard and we ve talked about and karen cox talks about in her book, that will be discussing next week and we rewriting your papers on it s a word that came from a book. so, you know it s today. used widely but the man who s credited with coining it was a journalist a virginian, edward pollard. edited the richmond examiner during the civil war. he was a native virginian. an
even on our current memory of the war. so i ve got a quote from woodrow wilson who s president in 1913 talking about just how healing right the post period after the civil war had been essentially saying everybody was united that s 1913. that s 50 years after the end of the civil war. so like i said, i want to step back and see how we ended up there with wilson saying such a thing. the lost cause is a term. i know you all have heard and we ve talked about and karen cox talks about in her book, that will be discussing next week and we rewriting your papers on it s a word that came from a book. so, you know it s today. used widely but the man who s credited with coining it was a journalist a virginian, edward pollard. edited the richmond examiner during the civil war. he was a native virginian. and very in the post-war period and looking back at the end of the war. he saw himself as sort of self self-style himself as the first historian of the confederacy. he wanted to write wh
company. danielle thompson is a professor vought crime at the john j college of criminal justice. she s also the author of possessions accuse history of private collectors and her writing is appeared in the washington post the new york times, quote,, quote, and art in america. to moderate tonight s conversation, we are also joined by ariel sabar, who s an award winning journalist whose work has appeared in the atlantic, at the new york times, harper s, and many other publications. he is also the author of very tough, a harvard curve faster [inaudible] and the gospel of jesus s wife, which was a finalist for the edgar award for best true crime book of the year and for the investigative recorded were bored reporters and editors of origin throughout this evening broadcast you re invited to ask questions by using gas question feature at the bottom of the screen and please order your copy of smashing statues from books and books below by pressing the green button and we appreciate
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