we are going to have a great night tonight. we are honoring literary liens, emma white will be honored, a big night for the massive national book foundation for literature, culture, a big night for all of us. when i have the ability to stand in front of people i mention my mother s name jean christian. she is the reason i like to say about my mother i am the man that i am because she is the woman sheis or was . my mother was my first teacher. my mother graduated from college at the age of 17, the first person in her family to go to college . for me to be a well-known literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a scant few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthrightof every single one of us, no exception and if you can read in at least one language youare in my definition free . that is to say , no one can pull the wall over your eyes. no one can give you a set of what they want to call alternati
and his overall inking about the art of command on a 19th-century command on a 19th-century battlefield. the historical moments of s personal lee s personal battlefield leadership provide an opportunity to evaluate him through his physical actions at the tactical level, as opposed to an interpretation of his strategic thinking where historians have spilled much ink investigating his thoughts on generalship during the civil war. pute moments where lee himself a great personal risk also wrote a moment to review discerned his army was an exceptional danger. robert edward lee was no stranger to the perils of combat put himself a great personalposts. his service during the war with mexico, is harrowing personal reconnaissance prior to the battle of cerro gordo in 1847 the provided winfield scott with critical intelligence on the enemy s flank position was vital to the planning of a crushing flank attack executed by scott s armie. army. he was in danger consistently throughout h
thank you, ashley. it is my pleasure to introduce for our final afternoon talk barton myers. barton is an associate professor of history at washington and lee university where he teaches courses on the american civil war, war and society, the u.s. south and public history. his main research emphasis is on a regular warfare, soldiers in atrocities, and political dissent. he has earned his phd at the university of georgia where he studied under john ensco. he published his master s thesis, which is unheard of, entitled executing daniel bright: grace, loyalty and guerrilla violence and coastal carolina. in receipt the 2009 jewels and francis landry award for the best book in seven studies. university published his dissertation, a book entitled rebel against the confederacy, north carolina s unionist. he is the next rotondaro aware fair. he has an edited warfare with brian mcknight and daniel sutherland entitled the guerrilla hunters: irregular conflicts during the civil w
university where he teaches courses on the american civil war, war and society, the u.s. south and public history. his main research emphasis is on a regular warfare, soldiers in atrocities, and political dissent. he has earned his phd at the university of georgia where he studied under john ensco. he published his master s thesis, which is unheard of, entitled executing daniel bright: grace, loyalty and guerrilla violence and coastal carolina. in receipt the 2009 jewels and francis landry award for the best book in seven studies. university published his dissertation, a book entitled rebel against the confederacy, north carolina s unionist. he is the next rotondaro aware fair. he has an edited warfare with brian mcknight and daniel sutherland entitled the guerrilla hunters: irregular conflicts during the civil war. 2017, you are not going to speak on guerrilla warfare. after all this, he does more than that and i asked him to speak about robert e. lee. robert e. lee on
all right. it is my pleasure to introduce for our final afternoon talk. barton myers. he s an society professor of history at washington and lee university. where he teaches courses on civil war, war and society. his main refers is warfare, soldiers and atrocities. he has earned his ph.d. at the university of georgia where he studied under john insko. there he published his master s thesis entitled executing daniel bright, race loyalty and gorilla violence in a coastal care loo nacommunity this received the 2009 jules and francis landry award for the best book in southern studies, just recently cambridge university published the dissertation, rebels against the confederacy. as you can tell, barton is an expert on gorilla warfare he has a recent volume that s come out, edited with brian mcknight and daniel suter land. entitled gorilla hunters, irregular conflicts during the civil war. 2017 you re not going to speak on gorilla warfare after all this he does more than that a