Lots of other little theegions that really give ozarks region a lot of diverse, physically speaking. My interest in the history of the ozarks dates back to my undergraduate days. I went to school in the age of the ozarks, a Little College called i had grown up in the ozarks. I just didnt really know it. Identity is a funny thing. When i grew up, i associated with the ozarks with places that advertised them. They kind of branded themselves as part of the ozarks. We watched Television Channels out of springfield, missouri, they were always talking about the ozarks. I thought thats where the ozarks must have been, around springfield, missouri. I remember, i was an undergrad in the library at lyon college, and i came across this book written by a geographer named milton lafferty. I opened it up and there was a map of the ozarks, the borders. I discovered i grew up in the ozarks, but had never really i knew i grew up in the hills, that we were hill people, but i Never Associated myself with
But the next hour, a book tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits fayetteville arkansas to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For seven years now, we traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the book seen to our viewers. You can see more at cspan. Org citiestour. Hi, we are standing here with jason, who will be providing us a driving tour of fayetteville. We are standing in front of the walkers stonehouse. We have a sculpture. That is one of the many public pieces of art we have here in fayetteville. What are we going to see today . , we are going to take a tour of the historic and entertainment district. We are going to head up to the university of arkansas. And we will also get a lovely view of the highest point in fayetteville. Are you ready to go . Lets get out of here. We are on our way. This is one of my favorite spots and all of fayetteville. It is a oneway street, pretty quaint. On either side we have gtx, we have we have boutiques, we have a few places for food. We
Will explore this city is literary life and we will hear from area writers including author and historian brooks lavished ensure the history of the ozarks and talk about stereotypes people face living in the region. Those stereotypes have been developing for a couple hundred years and they are strong in a kind of stick with us no matter what we do. As you seem come you got that in the cnn you travel around northwest at the fortune 500 companies, Major Research university is is all kinds of business and industry and hightech stuff going on out there, but those images and stereotypes, you know, theyll stick with us. They are part of our story. We begin our tour with a university of Arkansas Library. To learn more about the life and accomplishments of jay William Fulbright. James William Fulbright was a long time serving in arkansas from 1944 to 1974, 30 years. Before that he was a u. S. Representative from or fall, arkansas area produced president of the university of arkansas, and the y
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