Im very excited to introduce her to you. She stuck to Fay Yarbrough professor of history and an associate dean at rice university. Dr. Yabra as an expert on 19th century native american history, and shes got special interest in the interactions between Indigenous People and people of african descent during the 19th century. So her first book was race and the Cherokee Nation sovereignty in the 19th century, and her most recent book is called choctaw confederates the American Civil War in indian country. And of course you recognize the title. That book is the subject of tonights talk and its also basically brand new. I noticed its official publication date was exactly two weeks ago. So its a twoweek birthday for your book this evening and were excited to share it with you. You can find it in all of the usual bookstore places as well as directly from the university of north carolina, press the publisher. So the talk will be around 30 to 35 minutes or so. Well have plenty of time for discu
Im very excited to introduce her to you. She stuck to Fay Yarbrough professor of history and an associate dean at rice university. Dr. Yabra as an expert on 19th century native american history, and shes got special interest in the interactions between Indigenous People and people of african descent during the 19th century. So her first book was race and the Cherokee Nation sovereignty in the 19th century, and her most recent book is called choctaw confederates the American Civil War in indian country. And of course you recognize the title. That book is the subject of tonights talk and its also basically brand new. I noticed its official publication date was exactly two weeks ago. So its a twoweek birthday for your book this evening and were excited to share it with you. You can find it in all of the usual bookstore places as well as directly from the university of north carolina, press the publisher. So the talk will be around 30 to 35 minutes or so. Well have plenty of time for discu
Forecast. Good morning. I even dealt with some icy situations right in mia parking garage from the snow that melted off the cars. Oh, totally. Situations out there, packing garage, also youre going to be dealing with that in driveways, on the side streets, so it will be compromised starting out your saturday morning, where the temperatures were below freezing all night long. Let me take to you graphics now. Show you a look at storm scan3 , and how it is a much quieter out there compared to what we dealt with yesterday afternoon, and yesterday evening. In fact, some of the skies are mostly clear to partly cloudy, depending on where you liver. We could still see a snow shower today for portions of the Lehigh Valley, up into the poconos, but everyone sells going to be staying dry. Lets show you snowfall totals now in delaware, ive been showing you totals across the tristate area. 3. 2 inches in marshall ton, Prices Corner around 3 inches of snow fell, and newark, yesterday, just under two
Reporter at least stefon diggs will not have to buy himself a drink in minnesota soon. Reporter i was at a friends house, saturday night, they were popping the campaign. Reporter intense games this weekend most of them, other than the patriots game they were really close. The weather center, we have satellite and radar, we have a few clouds around, and overall were expecting a bright start and high clouds move in as the day goes on. Well be looking at a clipper system out to the west by cincinnati bringing us light snow. 1 in reading, 15 in trenton. 18 in millville. 16 in philadelphia. Its cold as you step outside. Dry conditions, but a little bit of a breeze out there, too. A windchill currently of 5 in philadelphia. One degrees in allentown. 4 in wilmington, 4 in trenton. 5 in millville. You get the picture you have to bundle up as you head out to the bus stop and the train station or just to heat up the car. 19 degrees by 7 00. Well improve a little bit expecting a high of 32 at 3 0
With sydney blumenthal, former Senior Advisor to president bill clinton. His book is a look at the political life of Abraham Lincoln. With that, im going to throw it over to our interviewer, elizabeth taylor, the literary editor at large for the chicago tribune. [applause] hi. Thank you. Are these mics on . Great. You can hear me . Thank you so much for coming out. This is a wonderful turnout for a wonderful book, and were delighted to be here. Ive actually in this chair, year ago, talking about the first volume of Sidney Blumenthals four to be four volumes on lincoln, and im really excite it excited about this one. I loved that one and this is even norwich. Wrestling with the angel. So, like to set the stage. Begins in march 1849. Lincoln returns to springfield to practice law. 1849. And then 1856, nonothing party, nominates bill moore for president , National Convention for the Republican Party. We have that blackdrop. Whats the title about . Host wrestling with his angel is a title