Instagram booktv is our handle. Were kicking off today with an author discussion on Eleanor Roosevelt with emily wilson and National Book Award Finalist Patricia Bell scott. This is booktv on cspan2. Its live coverage of the southern festival of books. [inaudible conversations]. Since this session is being taped live, if you please use the microphone if we have time for questions at the end of the session, the microphone is over there, we will need the to end the session at 12 50. After that we will head to the book and author signing area where you will have an opportunity to meet the authors and have them sign your books. We cannot linger in this room. Thank you for your assistance. Professor of women studies at the university of georgia. She is a former contributor to miss magazine and cofounder to have National Women studys association. Her most recent book, the fire brand and the first lady, portrait of friendship, Paulie Murray, ellen nor roosevelt and struggle for social justice
For a complete schedule a visit booktv. Org or follow along on our social media sites. We are on facebook, twitter and instagram booktv is our handle. Were kicking off today with an author discussion on Eleanor Roosevelt with emily wilson and National Book Award Finalist Patricia Bell scott. This is booktv on cspan2. Its live coverage of the southern festival of books. [inaudible conversations]. Since this session is being taped live, if you please use the microphone if we have time for questions at the end of the session, the microphone is over there, we will need the to end the session at 12 50. After that we will head to the book and author signing area where you will have an opportunity to meet the authors and have them sign your books. We cannot linger in this room. Thank you for your assistance. Professor of women studies at the university of georgia. She is a former contributor to miss magazine and cofounder to have National Women studys association. Her most recent book, the fi
Time for questions at the end of the session . She is a former contributor to ms. Magazine and a cofounder of the National Womens studies association. Her most recent book, the firebrand and the firstrt lady, one the smith book award and was named best adult Nonfiction Book of the year by the American Library association. It was also a finalist for the Andrew Carnegie mellon for excellence in nonfiction and long list of our National Book award. Emily wilson resides in winstonsalem North Carolina. As a student at the Womens College in greensboro she pursued both campus politics and poetry with vigor. Long involved with the North Carolina Humanities Council she is been a, lecturer, organizer and advocate. She published poetry and taught creative writing and the North Carolinas Poetry Program and in the Community Colleges locally. Her book the three graces of valkill has received praise as a welcomed addition to the books and memoirs of the roosevelt family. Eachus author will read and di
Actually to switch cotton production to Food Production. In fact what everybody realizes especially in the blockade in 1861s were probably not going to get our cotton out of here anyway, we all know about Jefferson Davis king cotton diplomacy and withhold our cotton and force britain and france to come in on our side so they can get our cotton, of of course they start getting conned from india and brazil, and egypt and elsewhere. Thats out of my realm, i dont know. But what will happen during the war itself is that the State Government in order to feed the massive armies and the population, they will call on farmers to actually switch production from cotton to Corn Production and other foodstuffs as well. In fact i fact i saw a very interesting piece of letterhead, i was doing some research and a letter was written in february 19, 1862 and the letter had had cornstalks and it said cotton is no longer king, corn is king now. It was the effort of course to get people to switch from comp
That. Please stand adjourned to. [applause] we now have secular norman said of theological board that governs our acceptance or rejection the way our god can speak to people and what impact. We have the Davidians David Koresh says he has special insight to the bible a and this helps other members of the community understand the bible better and allows them to understand they live in the times. That by itself does got saved to be a problem but when it is indeed to other elements, if that trigger of the Law Enforcement concern and the popular press then the idea somebody listening to god is dangerous from the norms and that needs to be policed a and controlled. Stanley weintraub an Award Winning author ruth more than 50 highly acclaimed books including pearl harbor christmas 11 days in december and final victory and i actually remember when i was young undergraduate student reading a young folks on Queen Victoria so a man of many talents. The National Book Award Finalist and a guggenheim