vengeance, salvation, and world war ii, about a group of jewish volunteers who fought the nazis and the postwar actions of a few of them. in today s presentation, the last kiss good night, howard has found another remarkable story about a dazzling american debutante who became an allied spied during world war ii and was hailed by oss chief general wild bill donovan as the greatest unsung heroine of world war ii. ladies and gentlemen, howard blum. [applause] for every author, there is a time when he thinks he has found a story that interests him, when he begins to realize that maybe he can wake up each morning, go to his desk, and look forward to the prospect of spending a day making this story come alive on the page. but those moments are just preludes to the energizing moment when he decides, i love this story, this is a book i have to write. this afternoon, what i would like to tell you is how i came to write the last good night, a true story about a glamorous american
were resistant to the better liquor tax that the government try to collect. professor stewart: good afternoon, class. what i want y all to do is go back in time. go back to the beginning of the semester, second day or second class. remember i showed you a clip of i asked you, and guys to tell me what the stereotypes of those movies were? these mounted residents were uneducated. in one case, they have these genetic deficiencies. they live in poverty and are primitive and uncivilized. and there was one kind of positive image about mount people that was described in wereverance in that they good musicians. they are going to be created and popularized to a national audience at the turn of the 20th century. 1870 21920 andat historians noriod as of the discovery of appalachia. that region is not yet been as a distinct part of the united states or seen as unique. that is going to change at the beginning of the 1870 s when we enter into what historians call the discovery of appalac
he describes how a journalist known as local color writers helped create the mix of appalachia as a violent place l. he describes how a through their coverage of the so-called moonshine wars of the 1870 s. during this time, federal agents attempted to collect a federal liquor tax from distillers, many of whom hard resistant in the region. the class is just over an hour. prof. stewart: good afternoon, class. what i want y all to do is go back in time. go back to the beginning of the semester, second day or second class. remember i showed you a clip of deliverance, and i asked you guys to tell me what the stereotypes of those movies were? these mounted residents were uneducated. in one case, they have these genetic deficiencies. they live in poverty and are primitive and uncivilized. and there was one kind of positive image about mount people that was described in deliverance in that they were good musicians. they are going to be created and popularized to a national audien
debate between governor scott walker and his democratic challenger mary burke. the first of two scheduled debates between the candidates. the political reports currently that the place as a tossup. if artest comes courtesy of the wisconsin broadcasters association foundation. wisconsin broadcasters association foundation 2014 four debate gube rnatorial debate. anything. on saturdays have you been feeling republican arizona in a major wisconsin campaigns. his hair, the association is two statewide face anything right and require. this is made possible in part because of generous grants from the wisconsin association of independent colleges and universities. i would like to introduce the moderator for the debate, a longtime wisconsin broadcaster and member of the hall of fame, joe. jill. we encourage the candidates to share specifics about how they plan to govern. this is the format. each candidate will present a two-minute opening statement. the order was chosen by coi
In 1963, the world's musical landscape was changing, thanks to four young men from Liverpool. And one meeting in July that year made sure that Australia would not be left out.