Of the book that we will be selling in our shop. The book is called curating america journeys through stories gives of the american past. Is a beautifully written book. I had such fun preparing for this evening because it is the perfect combination of you as an incredible scholar with an enormous amount of academic background and a deeply personal and funny and warm i urge you all to have a look at it. What we are going to do is talk for about 40 minutes, and then open it up for questions from all of you. So, i think richard is going to start is off by reading a few paragraphs from the book. Theard so, this sunday, 29th, will be the 50th anniversary of a trip i took as a disgruntled, tired, bored graduate student in history. I went out to an outdoor History Museum in Central Massachusetts called old sturbridge village. Some of you have been there. It was a day like today, but 30 degrees colder. Instead of rain, it was a lot of snow. I pretty much had the whole museum to myself that day
Exhibits all over the United States. His book is curating america. He is also the author of the book that were going to be more focused on tonight which is for sale in our shop. And richard has very kindly offered to sign copies of the book after we talk this evening. The book is called curating america. It is a beautifully written book. I had such fun preparing for this evening because it is a perfect combination of you as an incredible collar with an enormous amount of academic background and deeply personal and funny and warm. So i urge you all to have a look at it. What were going to do is talking for about 40 minutes and open it up to questions from all of you. So i think richard is going to start us off by reading a few paragraphs from the book. This sunday 29 will be the 50th anniversary of a trip i took as a disgruntled, tired, bored graduate student in history. I went out to an outdoor History Museum in Central Massachusetts called old sturbridge village. Some of you have been
Exhibits all over the United States. His book is curating america. He is also the author of the book that were going to be more focused on tonight which is for sale in our shop. And richard has very kindly offered to sign copies of the book after we talk this evening. The book is called curating america. It is a beautifully written book. I had such fun preparing for this evening because it is a perfect combination of you as an incredible collar with an enormous amount of academic background and deeply personal and funny and warm. So i urge you all to have a look at it. What were going to do is talking for about 40 minutes and open it up to questions from all of you. So i think richard is going to start us off by reading a few paragraphs from the book. This sunday 29 will be the 50th anniversary of a trip i took as a disgruntled, tired, bored graduate student in history. I went out to an outdoor History Museum in Central Massachusetts called old sturbridge village. Some of you have been
Exhibits all over the United States. His book is curating america. He is also the author of the book that were going to be more focused on tonight which is for sale in our shop. And richard has very kindly offered to sign copies of the book after we talk this evening. The book is called curating america. It is a beautifully written book. I had such fun preparing for this evening because it is a perfect combination of you as an incredible collar with an enormous amount of academic background and deeply personal and funny and warm. So i urge you all to have a look at it. What were going to do is talking for about 40 minutes and open it up to questions from all of you. So i think richard is going to start us off by reading a few paragraphs from the book. This sunday 29 will be the 50th anniversary of a trip i took as a disgruntled, tired, bored graduate student in history. I went out to an outdoor History Museum in Central Massachusetts called old sturbridge village. Some of you have been
Caribbean, and then he was sent to tasmania, and he had terrible asthma. Meagher was the great orator during the rebel times, mitchell was the great writer. So it was a onetwo punch. Mitchell would write in the newspaper, meagher would give speeches in front of thousands of people. They were very close. Mitchell finally comes to america as well, but he likes slavery. Something happens in him that he sees slavery as not a bad thing. He writes in his own newspaper that if you irishmen are coming to america looking for a start, get yourself a couple of slaves and come south. And so meagher and he, his other people, break with mitchell. Mitchell has three boys. Two of them were on the other side of that wall when the irish stormed marys heights. So there was not a technical irish brigade in the confederacy, but there certainly were irish who fought on the other side, including the very people who were the kids of his best friends. Also i have a scene in the book where they fight the irish