Next we travel about 15 miles northwest of washington d. C. Where we will take a boat ride, to learn the history of the chesapeake and ohio canal. I would like to introduce myself, my name is chris andrea, and i am a seasonal park ranger heres. I think were going to, cast off here shortly, but we will go ahead and start and give you a brief history, about here on the canal, and its called the chesapeake and ohio canal, and it doesnt go all the way up to chesapeake bay, our the ohio river, which was the intention of the canal we started building it in basically july 4th, of 18 hundreds and 28. And the west was up in ohio, and pennsylvania at that time, and we wanted connect pittsburgh to the chesapeake bay. So what we did, was we started making this, canal and we tried earlier and it was George Washingtons dream to use the Potomac River to transport goods, and back then it would seem as a reasonable thing to do too he had a canal system built while using a system of locks but it did not
David is the author of a number of books and he is here to talk about some of the past. His book about arnold rothstein, has book about 1920 the year of six president s, 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon, and ted silent cows almanac, the wit and wisdom of calvin coolidge, and ted williams my life of pictures. He has also written and produced a wma hq documentary local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviews for his harry truman lively itabout how is, illuminating portraits of candidate, and the evenhanded appraisal of truman is especially compelling. The journey he takes to election day is one he has definitively become the best at leading. His work has been compared to theodore whites classic them a of the president s series. After three homeruns, i think pietrusza is the undisputed champion of chronicling americans president ial campaigns. He holds a masters degree in history the university at albany and has served on city council in amsterdam new york and is the , rec
Coming up on American History tv, a discussion with the author the book 1948. Harry trumans improbable victory and the year the transformed america. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the clifton park half moon public library. We are very pleased to have David Pietrusza with us this morning to talk about his latest book, 1948, Harry Trumans improbable victory and the year the transformed america. David is the author of a number of books. Hes been here to talk about some of them in the past. A book of 1920, the year six president s. 1960, lbj versus kennedy versus nixon. And ted williams, my life and pictures. Hes also written and produced a wmht documentary, local heroes, if you support his harry truman book talk about how lively it is. Illuminating portraits of what candidates and the even handed appraisal of drumming is especially compelling. The journey that he takes to get us to election day is one that he has definitely become the best at leaving. In his past, his work has been co
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