Little bit about mark c johnson. Hes the author books and a u. S. Senate history and a frequent commentator on american and political history. Mr. Johnson is also a fellow, the Mansfield Center for the university, montana. His work has appeared the new york times, the Washington Post, the bulwark, california journal, politics and public policy. Montana. The magazine of western history and the indiana magazine of history. He is a columnist for the lewiston tribune. Idaho, and writes regularly on the blog many things considered. His previous books for the university of Oklahoma Press are tuesday massacre for Senate Elections and the radicalization of the republican party, a study of how independent campaigns upended american politics after 1980 and political hellraiser a biography of montana new deal era senator Burton K Wheeler and that is a spur Award Finalist by the western writers of johnson served as a press as the press secretary and chief of staff to idahos longest serving governo
With these other television providers, give you a giving you a front row seat to democracy. Good evening and welcome to live at the library and the preview of the new library of congress in cspan series books that shaped america. Im was cspans book tv. About 150 years ago when i was young, my parents were a little worried that my brother and i werent reading enough. So they consulted miriam stauffer, she was the principal at our grade school in fort wayne, indiana. Good evening, and welcome to live at the library, and a preview of the new library of congress cspan series, books that shaped america. My name is peter, and i am with cspans book tv. About 150 years ago, when i who catalogs the unknown. Zora neal hurston, who helped define the harlem renaissance and to vocalize the fears that many were feeling during that time. Then to Milton Friedman who defined the Economic System that drives us. These are just some of the authors and books we will be exploring in our 10 week series begin
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The american west. Today we will be talking about the lewis and Clark Expedition and discussing some of the ramifications of this most important expedition. Some people have classified the lewis and Clark Expedition and compared it to the odyssey of the greek tragedies. Just like the civil war is sometimes seen as the american iliad of that great battle. This expedition will be quite significant and important. A few years ago, the Atlantic Monthly did a survey of the top 100 most influential figures of american history. Lewis and clark make the list at 70. What i find interesting is they are the only names on the entire list where they are listed together. It is almost like they are inseparable. The smithsonian did one just five years ago on the 100 most significant americans. Lewis and clark made that list. They were also hooked together. Sacagawea also made the list. This woman was considered one of the 100 most significant americans. There is an impression across the United States t
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