At that point down to florida with the orders to stop in the seminole war. Robert kennedy spoke at the new england Law Institute about the impact into this is what he said. It is an obscure conflict had not sat down in jail with a pencil and paper to write to the Supreme Court and of the court t had taken the trouble to look for the merits in that petition among what it must receive every day, the machinery and the american law would have gone undisturbed. First visited fort myers and purchased this property for his familys winter retreat until thomas is back in 1931. In 1947 she needed the property to the city of fort myers. Its an incredible book about fort myers and the legacy that is left. I didnt have time to do that, and i had some difficulties, have to work. While i was researching the book i had to go to new jersey and if they had some of their original artifacts and i was in this warehouse digging into a Cardboard Box full of original documents and i pulled out a handful that
And david ignatius. In a few minutes president carter will be in the next room signing his books. Thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] fort myers, florida on booktv. The city of palms, fort myers is noted for its beaches including. The river itself first became a boundary back in the 1830s and at that time we had the second seminole war going on. President Martin Van Buren has become very concerned about the cost of the war so he sent general alexander make room, who was the Commanding Officer of the entire United States army at that point down to florida with the orders to stop in his seminal work. Attorney general Robert Kennedy spoke at length on Lott Institute about the impact of gideon v. Wainwright. This is what he said. If an obscure and Clarence Earl gideon had not sat down jail with a pencil and paper to write his letter to Supreme Court and of the Supreme Court had not taken the trouble to look for mary and not one crude petition among all the bundles of