The new deal, the life of Francis Perkins. Fdrs secretary of labor and his moral conscience. This was part of the ninth annual festival in washington d. C. The book festival in the national mall. inaudible the streets around these building. I will explain to you how that happened. Much of the research was done at library of congress which is sponsoring todays events. It is a wonderful institution. The beautiful buildings. They are such Important Research materials there. It is all available free. It is Public Access libraries. They are one of the things that make our nation great. I am very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give us such wonderful material. This is a self selecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is, but a lot of people do not. Let us start by asking this question. How many of you know who Francis Perkins is . Yes this is great good how many of you know someone on Social Security please raise your hand. H
Growth of the u. S. Beef industry. The Watkins Museum of history and lawrence kansas hosted this event. Good evening everyone. Welcome to our latest book chat at the watkins. I am will hickox. I thank you for joining us tonight. Im starting to sound like a broken record before every event, but these days, when there are so many options for things to do with our free time, and you can just sit on your couch every evening. It is very encouraging and exciting for us here at the museum to have folks come in for our events. We really appreciate it. I know that the staff of the bookstore appreciates it as well. I will introduce tonights guest speaker. James sherow is University Distinguished professor at the department of history at kansas state university. He specializes in researching and teaching environmental history. Kansas history. North American Indian history and the history of the American West. Professor sherow sherow has written six books and numerous articles. It is a familiar re
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