If you would like to view other after words programs online, go to our web site, booktv. Org, type afterwards into the search bar and all previous after words episodes will be available. Welcome to springfield, missouri, we visited the city to explore its rich history and literary culture, located 80 miles east of the kansas border, springfield wag the site of many major conflicts during the civil war. Today it is the their largest city in the state, with a population of 167,000. With the help of our partners at media come, for the next hour and ten minutes well explore the local literary culture, starting with jeremy, the border between them, and as he shares the story of bleeding kansas, a conflict occurring along the kansas missouri border in the struggle over slavery. And the question of whether kansas territory would be open for slavery or free soil. Violence of 1850s is really about that question and becomes wrapped in so much more. You have sites over water and access to grazing
Average, children are hardworking, and women are strong. As a humorist, Garrison Keillor is often compared with mark twain and will rogers. Like mr. Rogers, Garrison Keillor has made multiple visits the National Press club. He spoke in 1986, and 1987 and spoke again in 1994 after 21 years we are so glad he is back again and clearly he was waiting until minnesota was in charge of the place before he was going to come back. Garrison keillor is in the Nations Capital for performances today and tomorrow and this summer he hits the road for up prairie home companions america the beautiful. This is a tour of 30 cities in 36 days. His latest book, the keillor reader just came out in softcover, and on july 4th, a prairie home companion will celebrate its fortyonest anniversary with a live album broadcast in st. Paul and mcallister college. That was the location of the first broadcast of a prairie home companion on july 6th, 1974. Garrison keillor is active in Democratic Politics so he may have
That was Edith Roosevelt, speaking in new york city 20 years after she left the white house. She was the matriarch to a rambunctious family and her husband, Theodore Roosevelt, was as outgoing as she was private. She was the groundbreaking manager of the white house, overseeing a major renovation that added a west wing, separating the family quarters from the president s office is for the first time. Good evening and welcome to cspans series, first ladies. Edith roosevelt will usher in season two of the series and the 20th century. We have two historians who know the roosevelts well. Meet Kathleen Dalton. She is the author of Theodore Roosevelt a strenuous life. And Stacey Cordery is the author of a biography of alice roosevelt. Welcome, the both of you. The 1900 election. It does not last very long because an assassin has other things in mind for president mckinley. Tell the story that brings the roosevelts in that very momentous time into the white house. It is traumatic because Theo
That describes the ships humanitarian mission. And at 10 30, the screaming eagles in vietnam, a u. S. Army big picture film episode, documenting the 101st airbor airbornedivision. That is tonight on American History tv on cspan3. Earlier this year, nprs prairie home companion host announced that he would leave the show by 2016, handing the mic to chris theeley, he spoke at the National Press club in may. Delivering a speech, titled 15 things that need to change right away. Applause. Thank you very much, john, you were much too kind. Dont make that mistake again. You will be held to account for it honored to be here. I went to the lengths of writing out a speech. Which i never do. Reminds me too much of being in college. 15 things that need to change right away is the revised title of my speech. I came up with this because i was thinking about another speech that i gave, which also was a great honor, i was invited to give the address at princeton university, i was up in princeton earlie
Rally pause. Futures are flat as investors await further futures from the feds on its interest plans call it the amazon effect. Shares of bed, bath beyond slashes fullyear outlook. The most destructive storm in modern history puerto rico suffering that direct hit from maria. After another day of record highs for stocks, wall street focusing on the fed which wraps up its twoday policy meeting this afternoon the policy Statement Due at 2 00 followed by the News Conference a half hour later. The watch is on to see what the fed will say about reducing its Balance Sheet. This is the head of the journals finance section today and that is markets uneasy over fed action as this treasury slump, jim, is now the longest since march. Yeah, i mean, i think that were all kind of dealing with the idea that the markets, i looked at that headline and i say, if the markets arent easy, why did we hit a high. Dow jones, s p, nasdaq if for once were not beholden to what the fed says i want to know about th