And now Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser discusses the life and novels of Laura Ingalls wilder. She explained the differences between actual events in the authors life, the little house on the prairie book series, and the television adaptation. The Jefferson County, Missouri Library hosted this event. Good evening, everybody. We are really thrilled to see you here tonight. This is the third and final program in this series. We kept miss fraser very busy for the last two days and weve had wonderful crowds turned out each time. We sold out of the books. It has been really very satisfying. To have cspan here taping this to show on television is just the icing on the cake. Its such a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. My job tonight. [applause] is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She grew up
Understanding of our past egging into primary sources and listening to the voices of those not usually heard. Todays guest author, Stephanie Jones rogers has done this in her new book, they were her property, white women as slaveowners in the american south. Jones rogers uses an impressive assortment to piece together the stories of the slaveholders and the enslaved with the oral histories of formally enslaved people, news paper advertisements, sales records Court Documents and more. Two weeks ago we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act ended slavery in the district of colombian 1862. Hey among the records generated as a result of this you will find several references to women owners. To come up for example, sot compensation for their freed slaves, one claiming one slave was a gift from her sister and worth 1500. They were her property has received a number of highly favorable reviews. A writer because at a stunning new book. The New York Times reviewer says it is a tot and cogent corr
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Back. We had a great session last night. This of course is the 2019 International Conference on the American Revolution. Were meeting at the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia. Were very thankful to our sponsors. Richard c von hess foundation, and john am jeanne roe. Theres a long genie all itchy to this topic. It goes back more than a quarter century. Very personal for me. It starts with insight thats brought out in the exhibition that is celebrated, here the life and death of a irish soldier. This explores connections between the American Revolution and ireland through the eyes of st. George, both a soldier and. Artist not a fine artist, a caricaturist. Of course we know that satire and mockery, something we use a lot here among the staff at the museum can reveal a lot about culture. This is certainly a theme that comes up. About 30 years ago when i was a graduate student doing research for a dissertation chapter in edinburgh, there was another graduate student at the