As best we can. Im going to talk to you a little bit tonight about america the ingenious. This book i wrote. The best thing about writing books is hopefully you learned something. I learned a great deal writing this. Americansof how invented, developed or learned to exploit so many of the things exploit the world. What i found even more telling was how things are invented. How invention itself is encouraged and nurtured. At least how it has been encouraged and nurtured in this country in the past. , as i do in myy book, that we are a nation of tinkerers. We americans like to think of ass natural adventurers, risktakers and entrepreneurs. But what does that mean exactly. I am a believer in american exceptionalism. It hasnes like to say, to be earned, never given. How did we earn it . How did we do what we did and how could we get back to doing it right . As the first nation to exist wholly in the modern age, United States has also insisted when making things when we were extracting them
Amy tyson from the History Department to present and interview them. I also want to thank all of you for being here. It is always so meaningful to feel support for artists and the arts. I think especially during this difficult time when bombast and quick takes seem to rule the day, a lot of us realize it is the quieter, more thoughtful and intelligent creations that actually sustain us. That said, i encourage you, if you like what you hear tonight, to support these great writers. I will post links to their books in the chat, and i know they are also on display at the depaul bookstore. We have one technical constraint that i would ask your help with potentially. We are limited to 100 participants tonight. I see we are at 52 right now. I anticipate that will grow in the next few minutes. If we do start to approach 100, i would ask some of you to go over to the link on facebook and watch it on Facebook Live so more people can continue to come in. Thank you very much. I will introduce amy
Eastern, 3 00 p. M. Pacific on American History tv. Next on American History tv, two bestselling authors discuss how they use Historical Research in their work. Kathleen rooneys latest is a on the civil war, and miles harvey focuses on his book the king of confidence. Amy tyson moderates it. Rudy and harvey both teach at depauls English Department. They cohosted the event and provided the video. Hi, everyone. Thank you for joining us. This event is hosted by the Writers Program of the Depaul English Department and cohosted by depaul History Department. Eventgreat to host an with two stalwarts of the department, Kathleen Rooney and miles harvey, amazing writers and teachers. Because of the role of Historical Research in their books, we are grateful to have amy tyson from the History Department to present and interview with them. I would like to thank all of you for being here. It is always so meaningful to support artists and the arts. I think especially during this difficult time when
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