I think he was right. His gift and legacy was the smithsonian, available to 0 million businesses a day, here in washington and new york and online to hundreds of millions more. Were very proud of keeping that we would like to hear from you. Tweet us your feedback at twitter. Com booktv were here at the National Press club with bob and tom talking about the heart of everything that is. Their new book. Tell white house is. The only thing so you to know about him is the only American Indian to ever win a war. Not a battle, a war again the united states. We came pleading to him, president andrew johnson, general of the army, you lis sis s. Grant, general of the western army went to him after two years of kicking us in the butt what do you want . Well give you anything you want. I think it say it is all. Tell us more. Of it somebody as somebody knows today because theres so much we dont know about American Indians of the 1800s. So a lot of what the book is about not just a fighting that wen
Brad gregory is the author of the uninteded reformation them resented his look on the protestant reformation in western society and culture. Professor agrees the recipient of the 2013 isi henry and anne paulucci book award. Good. All right right, well, good eveg and welcome. Welcome to the 2013 isi henry and anne paulucci book award presentation. My name is mark henry and im Senior Vice President and chief academic officer at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, isi. For those of you who may be new to us isi is a National Education organization founded in 1953 and philadelphia and headquartered since 1996 on centerville rd. In greenville. Isis mission is to educate for liberty, Inspiring College students to discover, embrace and advance the principles and virtues that make america free and prosperous. With the thousands of student and faculty members on virtually every College Campus in the country, isi each year produces a class of young and energetic leaders who, thanks to isi prog
Red cloud was somebody that nobody knows today because theres so much we dont know about American Indians in the 1800s. A lot of what this book is about is not just the fighting that went on but what was life like in 1840, 1850, 1860. Red cloud, crazy horse, sitting bull all these great leaders. What were they like as young men when they were fighting each other and fighting other tribes . That is a big part of the book, the excitement and drama of what the great plains were like in the early 1800s. One thing you should know too at one point right cloud, and he would never call it an empire that in our lexicon he had an empire that was one fifth of the contiguous united states. He controlled territory from canada down to the colorado, what was not then arizona and new mexico, east to minnesota and west to salt lake. So its a big we like to think its a big scope of the book involving manifest destiny and people moving in and the inevitable clash of red clouds empire and the nascent empi
There is a tab that says book club and you can participate in the discussion. We will be posting video reviews and articles up there tomorrow. The discussion will begin tomorrow and we will be having a regular discussion question. I hope h you will be able to participate in winnings history for beginners is that february 2014 book club selection. Next on booktv the coauthors talk about their biography of the warrior red cloud the most successful and powerful native american in u. S. History created this is about an hour. Thank you all for coming out today and everyone associated with the National Archives museum. This is one of my favorite places. This is my second time here. We fought over who would get to this and we flipped a coin and you might have noticed when he introduced me i sounded like susan. All these things ive been nominated for and ive never won. [laughter] anyway, this book is a bit different. This book we feel and i hope that you feel when you read this it is basically
Who kept the road open coming out of the chosen, 189 marines held 10,000 chinese to allow the First Marine Division to get out, and there were certainly Marine Security guards alive to interview who have been mistakenly left on the roof of the Saigon Embassy in 1975. Obviously, there was no one left from the 19th century, but what we did find was our forebearers were such literate people. We went into this expecting maybe wed get after action reports from the army. When the soldiers move west, maybe an officer wife kept a journal. As it turns out, every wife kept a diary, and we found them and letters, and tom, excuse me, tom, hell explain to you, at some of the libraries and historical centers, they brought out a journal in a case, and they had to turn the pages with tongs, because the oil from the fingers and there were letters from 12yearold girls who passed the train, tom was killed last by the indians, first train this year said they dug up his graves, maybe it was wolves, but we