i m david bodni. i m not jonathan rothschild. i m substituting for our former mayor. thank you for indulging me. i practice media and constitutional law and i am so privileged to be here with all of you and our distinguished panel in the interest of time. please permit me to give brief introductions of our panelists. to my immediate left hw brands holds the jack. yes blanton senior chair in history at the university of texas at austin for three decades. he has been writing histories and biographies. two of his books the first american and traitor to his class were finalists for the pulitzer prize. his latest work our first civil war was published in 2021. gail jessup white is the public relations and community. engagement officer at monticello thomas jefferson s extraordinary estate in albemarle county, virginia a former award-winning television reporter and anchor she began her career at the new york times. her latest work is titled reclamation and it too was published last
introductions of our panelists. to my immediate left hw brands holds the jack. yes blanton senior chair in history at the university of texas at austin for three decades. he has been writing histories and biographies. two of his books the first american and traitor to his class were finalists for the pulitzer prize. his latest work our first civil war was published in 2021. gail jessup white is the public relations and community. engagement officer at monticello thomas jefferson s extraordinary estate in albemarle county, virginia a former award-winning television reporter and anchor she began her career at the new york times. her latest work is titled reclamation and it too was published last year. and finally to your far right is david zakino. david is a contributing writer for the new york times. he s covered wars and civil conflicts in over two dozen countries awarded a pulitzer prize for his dispatches from south africa. he s a four-time pulitzer prize finalist for his r
holds the jack. yes blanton senior chair in history at the university of texas at austin for three decades. he has been writing histories and biographies. two of his books the first american and traitor to his class were finalists for the pulitzer prize. his latest work our first civil war was published in 2021. gail jessup white is the public relations and community. engagement officer at monticello thomas jefferson s extraordinary estate in albemarle county, virginia a former award-winning television reporter and anchor she began her career at the new york times. her latest work is titled reclamation and it too was published last year. and finally to your far right is david zakino. david is a contributing writer for the new york times. he s covered wars and civil conflicts in over two dozen countries awarded a pulitzer prize for his dispatches from south africa. he s a four-time pulitzer prize finalist for his reporting from iraq lebanon south africa and philadelphia. his l
class were finalists for the pulitzer prize. his latest work our first civil war was published in 2021. gail jessup white is the public relations and community. engagement officer at monticello thomas jefferson s extraordinary estate in albemarle county, virginia a former award-winning television reporter and anchor she began her career at the new york times. her latest work is titled reclamation and it too was published last year. and finally to your far right is david zakino. david is a contributing writer for the new york times. he s covered wars and civil conflicts in over two dozen countries awarded a pulitzer prize for his dispatches from south africa. he s a four-time pulitzer prize finalist for his reporting from iraq lebanon south africa and philadelphia. his latest book now available in paperback is wilmington s lie. i ve had the privilege of reading these three books and i encourage you to pick them up buy copies and read them. they re terrific. so to get us starte