Cspan2 as a public service. Im Chris Goodwin with Mississippi Department of history. Our session is titled uniquely American History and in one way or another these three books touch on every state of the union aswell as our neighbors to the north and south. We will hear from each of our authors about the story they tell you in thebooks and ill ask a few questions before opening it up to questions and comments from you all. Remember since we are on cspan the viewers will be able to hear your questions. All comments and questions take it to the podium. Jeff nguyen has chronicled the Southwestern United States such american undesirables as bonnie and clyde, charlesmanson and jim jones. He lives in Fort Worth Texas and was a member of the texas literary hall of fame with such bestselling books as go down together, the last gunfight, manson the road to jonestown and waco. Today he tells us about his war on the border, the Texas Rangers and an american invasion. Brian casper is received a b