Unionists and premillennial religious references in the writing of confederates, and i was wondering about the relative prevalence and frequency of religious references on the two sides, if theres any difference, or if these images are equally evident for unionists and confederates, and i also wondered about women and men, if there is any sort of difference in their propensity to make such references. Question that dovetails out of religion indo with the lives of your two subjects, who we heard a little bit about early in his martyrdom, but religion and his degree of heidi. Lets start with john. Thank you for that. By the 1850s and 1860s, middleclass women are assumed to be more moral and religious on either side of the masondixon line, so one would anticipate and certainly find in these diaries that women refer rather morerayer than men. Particularly west point graduates, etc. And there is a great deal of resignation toward the vicissitudes of childbirth, etc. If i survive this is in
[applause] thank you, glenn. Id also like to thank carlene and pauline, all the Hudson Library team. Its been great meeting some of you in the audience too. Ive had a really wonderful visit here. Its great to be back home in ohio, you know its good to shake off inside the beltway every now and then. You know . Washington right . As we heard George Custer was from 80 miles south of here. If you have a chance, you can go visit him. Also grant Sherman Sheridan all have ohio roots one way or another, either born or raised here. As a friend from mississippi said, you have a lot of bloody bastards from your state. [laughter] i guess it depends on what side youre on, but [laughter] anyway. One question i get about my book the real custer, is why is that the title . What makes your book the real custer . There are a lot of custer books. I think the easiest way to answer that question is to say thats what the publisher wanted. [laughter] so okay, thats the title. But i think its really better t
Great day to be in texas and today i have the honor and pleasure to be at the texas book festival serving as a moderator, and im pleased to be here with rachel l. Swams. I will tell you a few things about rachel because you came here to hear her and not me and our time is limited. She has worked for the New York Times since 1995. Reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the president ial campaign of 2004, and 2008, and first Lady Michele Obama and her role in the obama white house. I met rachel at an event this year where i bought a book, the book she wrote, american tapestry the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama. After hearing her talk, id bought six more copies. I bought them for all my family members and to give out as christmas gifts. Now after having read her book i can tell you it was a good investment. It helps me better understand my own family and many mysteries surrounding my own family. Rachel l. Swamss book is a comp
This topic, i learned that 80 of the latin American Children in u. S. Schools get separated from a parent in the process of migration. So i mean, thats a whole lot of kids that are being separated from parents, who are coming here, you know, as undocumented child immigrants. So definitely my experience is not unique, but not, theres not a whole lot of awareness, you know, or when people talk about immigration, very seldom do they consider, you know, that other side of immigration, which is the children who get left behind who later come to the u. S. To be reunited with her parents. And we dont talk about how immigration breaks up families and how, you know, it takes a toll on the whole family. So this is one of the reasons why i wanted to write about this. Because you know, its something that its an experience that definitely scarred me, that has really like shaped the woman i am today, and then also an experience that i think right now with the dreamers, you know, where the young undo
hour long conversation from cspan s sunday night interview series q and a. here is the encore q and a on american history tv. sheperdstown, west virginia is in the eastern panhandle of the state near the famous civil war sites of harper s ferry an an teed am. chartered by the virginia assembly in 1762, it is the oldest town in the state. today, sheperdstown is thoem a division of the u.s. fish and wildlife service, a bureau of the department of interior. that is where q and a went in late april to talk with historian douglas brinkley about his book on the influence of our 26th president, on the history of the conservation movement. the book is tighted the wildnerness warrior theodore roosevelt and the crusade for america. doug bringley, why did you want to start our conversation about your book at this center? this is the national conservation training center, this is where biologists get trained, make sure that our rivers and our marshlands are taken care of, that ma