Relationships between the writers and offers a valuable look at postcivil war west coast and provides the kind of perfect medium for the development of bohemia. It is a rich feast of history that really unwinds many different threads. Both of the writers and the city that helped host their exploits. Ben is the author of another book, the counterfeiters paradise, which is published by penguin press, and his writing has also appeared in the San Francisco chronicle, and hes worked at lathams quarterly. It is a delight and a pleasure to have him with us. Welcome, ben tarnoff. [applause] thank you for that introduction. And thank you all for coming out tonight. I should tell you, i have a little bit of a flu, so if i get a little warm or if my voice gets a little froggy, youll have to forgive me. Mark twain, when he was here in the 1860s in San Francisco wrote a very funny sketch called how to cure a cold, and one of the cures was to rub mustard all over your chest. So if things get to that
I think the question is for you. [laughter] which one was it for . I dont honestly know. Sounds like something he would have said. If you missed not just the fight against White Supremacy but how it is shaped so much the modern world and our economy and nation say, so forth, others have allowed us to see just how deep it cuts. And dubois of course was part of that. He said many times in many context that the problem is the problem of the color line. That is using you dont understand the 20th century. There are things you can understand and i suppose a lot of blues in beethoven. But in general as you try to understand the social world, it just seems to me its sort of a nonstarter, and the sentry i was looking. Now, one should say that, you know, there are moves forward, steps forward and steps backwards but clearly it isnt bending the word justice. I think it is Getting Better over the long haul and they get worse in various ways. Dubois also had this in mind, a question have been wrest
Wish this had never happened . They are like i would do it again in a heartbeat. I think there is Something Else that goes on there, too. That is that going through a neardeath experience, somehow seems to get them so much strength and courage and think that isi one reason why they would do it again. Read more of a conversation with david wood and other featured interviews from books notes and q a program cspans sundays at eight. Now available for a fathers day gift at your favorite bookseller. This year cspan is touring cities across the country exploring American History. Next, a look at the recent visit to Salt Lake City, utah. You are watching American History tv, all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Welcome to Salt Lake City on American History tv. Founded by big yum young. The capital is located on capitol hill. Just downtown of Salt Lake City. The pioneers arrived in 1947. At that point, this area was not part of the united states. It was still mexican territory. A lot of the me
Perhaps actually fighting with it, we dont know. Certainly, it would have been a mark of status and pride and one of the only examples of late 18th century 34inchlong hunting sword from paris, france. I think we are very fortunate here at the Neville Public Museum here in brown county to have pieces of American History that resound across generations. What you are seeing is elements that we are focusing on a specific timeperiod of contact. Native american and european populations are coming going. The material culture, the artifacts, the paintings, all illustrate the points of crossroads on a highway that has brought people to this landscape for millennia. It just happens to be a very interesting snapshot in time of when cultures collide, ultimately integrate, and then celebrate their identity for future generations. Find out where cspans local content vehicles are going next. Youre watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. The American Revolution and before h
Washington and how he contributed to western expansion and his efforts to link the east and west through the Potomac River. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] thank you so much. I wish my parents could have heard that. It would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. There you gofment [laughter] for me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year. As it began just a year ago when w. Smith y airy, fred library for George Washington and i was able to take a seat. During that year, i learned what a treasure all of you have in mount vernon. Led by the staff, the they are extraordinarily dedicated and extraordinarily loyal. For 150 years, the mount vernon laidies association has kept this place special. And with a new library, the orientation and education center, no crop of those women have done a better job have done better john job. Among those were remarkable women. Well, let me begin tonight with a question. Think