Hamelton the rivality that forged a nation. Several of his books have been selections of the history book club, and the book of the month club and almost a miracle of the american victory and the war of independence was an awardwinning book as well. He had a 40year teaching career at the university of west georgia in carrollton before retiring in 2004 to focus more on writing books which is why hes been very prolific over the past few years. You can learn more about him and his books by visiting johnferling. Com can. Please join me in welcoming john ferling to the atlanta history center. [applause] thank you kate, and thank you for coming out this evening on this gorgeous atlanta spring night. Coming inside, actually, on this night to hear me talk. I want to talk tonight about my new book, whirlwind, and let me tell you first ors how i happened to first, how i happened to come up with the title, whirlwind. I used the i chose the title because it was a word that was used by both Abigail
Hamelton the rivality that forged a nation. Several of his books have been selections of the history book club, and the book of the month club and almost a miracle of the american victory and the war of independence was an awardwinning book as well. He had a 40year teaching career at the university of west georgia in carrollton before retiring in 2004 to focus more on writing books which is why hes been very prolific over the past few years. You can learn more about him and his books by visiting johnferling. Com can. Please join me in welcoming john ferling to the atlanta history center. [applause] thank you kate, and thank you for coming out this evening on this gorgeous atlanta spring night. Coming inside, actually, on this night to hear me talk. I want to talk tonight about my new book, whirlwind, and let me tell you first ors how i happened to first, how i happened to come up with the title, whirlwind. I used the i chose the title because it was a word that was used by both Abigail
The real birth of advertising is in the 1920s with the birth of the big ad agencies, the spender, the both of madison avenue always in paris and other places as center of industry which is dedicated to the system manic development of advertisements over and over that will keep you buying stuff. Go to book tv. Org for the complete weekend schedule. Were live for the 33rd international chunk hill conference. Sunday evening at 6 00 p. M. On american artifacts. American history tv real america features a 1944 documentary titled the any grow soldier the film was intended to encourage africanamericans to enlist in the u. S. Army in world war ii and traces the history to contributions to society during the revolutionary war. In 2011 it was chosen to be preserved in the National Film registry of the library of congress and was recently restored by the national archives. Each week it brings you ar kooifl films takes you on a journey through the 20th century. Produced by frank, the any grow sold
Libraries. I like to own t they might loan me a book or Something Like that. I do go to bookstores and just browse like everybody else. I read reviews. And you know, i just see something or hear something, there is no particularly systematic way. Or i decide i want to, you know, i want to read something on fillintheblank. You just go to the internet and pop up something about this and there you go. And then i try, if i am going to have an opportunity to meet an author, the other night at the library of congress, we had this president ial series that they are doing and i didnt have a chance to meet him but i was an admirer of evan thomas who wrote a book i friend of mine got me that was autographed from him. So i wanted to make sure i read being nixon which is one of the best and sympathetic portraits of Richard Nixon i have ever read. One of the nice things in this business is you have those opportunities more than others do. Host on the night evan thomas was at the library of congress