We are both very fast eaters. [laughter] we also found out that we share d a common passion for history. I am very pleased to introduce Candice Millard to you today. I am a longtime fan of her work. I think what distinguishes her work from the work of other popular historians is her rare ability to engender suspense despite the readers knowledge of the outcome. I speak from experience. When i read her first book, the river of doubt, i spent a lot of time worrying about if and how Teddy Roosevelt was ever going to get out of that brazilian jungle even though i knew that he would. The suspense was worse because i was listening to the book as i was driving the washington beltway. It was always a race to see who was going to get to the exit first, teddy or me. Reading her second book destiny the republic, i kept hoping that James Garfield would somehow survive the ineptitude of his doctors, even though i knew he would not. I am well into her latest book, which i have right here hero of the
Nuclear power today. Cspan is visiting harrisburg, pennsylvania, to learn about its history. Right behind me is the rockville bridge. Built in 1902, at one point, it was the longest known arch bridge in the world. Up next, we take you to the Pennsylvania State museum and show you some of the states most historic treasures. Will come the state museum of pennsylvania. To the state museum of pennsylvania. Of it is devoted to a connection between Early American History and pennsylvania history. If you know your American History, you know a lot of the early part of colonial america took place in pennsylvania. The four we focus on this particular component of the exhibit, let me tell you a little bit about the overall exhibit. Day icons exhibit was put together for the 50th anniversary of the state museum building. Its purpose was to bring out a story that we thought most people would expect a find in the Pennsylvania State museum. For example, we have a section about william penn in the fou
Nuclear power today. Cspan is visiting harrisburg, pennsylvania, to learn about its history. Right behind me is the rockville bridge. Built in 1902, at one point, it was the longest known arch bridge in the world. Up next, we take you to the Pennsylvania State museum and show you some of the states most historic treasures. Will come the state museum of pennsylvania. To the state museum of pennsylvania. Of it is devoted to a connection between Early American History and pennsylvania history. If you know your American History, you know a lot of the early part of colonial america took place in pennsylvania. The four we focus on this particular component of the exhibit, let me tell you a little bit about the overall exhibit. Day icons exhibit was put together for the 50th anniversary of the state museum building. Its purpose was to bring out a story that we thought most people would expect a find in the Pennsylvania State museum. For example, we have a section about william penn in the fou
This is about an hour and ten minutes. All right. Sounds like the mic is on. Thank you so much for coming out tonight folks on behalf of hidden city philadelphia. I would like to welcome you to this event the celebration his new book abandon america, the age of consequences. I would like to. Out that this event is actually being recorded. Everything that happens tonight will eventually appear on teesixteen. Book tv. But we need you to do is turn off your cell phones. Its like going to the ritz. And to remember that we are going to have a q a session after the event. After after matt is done speaking. And also when you have a question we we will be around with a microphone for you. Dont be dont be that kid calling out in class. You know, i have known that for a while now. The 1st time that i really i really understood kind of you know, just how good he was at what he does is when we made plans to go see the willow steam plan which is this really monstrous brick and rusty smokestack buil
Republican, in the Gubernatorial Race in november, we will have a preview for you. Pennsylvania kind of bucked the trend here. Good day it is tuesday, january 20th, 2015. Lets get to the weather because sue, we have some 40s for our highs today. I think today will be one of the few days we have seep lately where the temperature will will go above average. Wow. So lets talk about what is happening and what is going to happen. We have nothing in the way of precipitation, anymore, on the ultimate Doppler Radar at least not for today. We have a little disturbance we are watching in ohio that is not expected to come our way, the one that is, is all the way back here just east of the Rocky Mountains into kansas with some rain and that is going to gather a little bit of strength, not a whole lot and it wont have a whole lot of moisture buzz it could give us a couple of inches of accumulating snow starting tomorrow. For today we are starting off at freezing, we have a wind chill of 25, 8 miles