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answer period, please step up to the microphone next to the podium so they can get your question on the recording. please make sure that it is, in fact, a question. normally, when we finish an event, we ask you to fold up your chairs and put them against a book shelf. please leave them where we are, as we have three more events this afternoon. as mr. randall is finished talking and finished with the question and answer, he d be happy to answer questions. the line will start to the right of the podium. mr. randall details the 50 years and persistent attempts by the british to control american trade waters and how in spite of in the united states ultimately becomes the world s largest independent maritime power. publishers weekly said of the book: revisiting such famous events as the chesapeake affair in which a british ship fired on and mustered an american crew, randall brings to life the violent skirmishes that played out in the name of trade on sea, lake and land. his ....
a couple quick things before we get started. time to turn off your cell phones. we have c-span booktv with us today and you don t want to be the person whose phone rings on the recording. when we get to the question-and-answer period, please step up to the microphone next to the podium so they can get your question on recording. also make sure that it is in fact a question. normally when we finish any event, we ask you to fold up your chairs put them against a bookshelf. please leave them where they are as we have three more than this afternoon. after finished talking, he d be happy to sign books available behind the register in the line will start to the right of the podium. in unshackling america, mr. randall to control american trade water and how in spite of the of the united states ultimately becomes the world s largest independent maritime power. publishers weekly said of the book revisiting the chesapeake affair in which a british ship fired on and mustered an ....
good evening, everyone. good evening. that s good. thank you all for being here. my name is kirk brandt, we re delighted to have you here for the four evening book talks and i begin by thanking the ford motor company for their partnership, and they ve done a lot for us including endowing this book talk series. i m personally able to welcome back nathaniel philbrick. and i asked to introduce him because whenever i do that, i m struck by his bona fides as a true renaissance man. a ba from brown university, and he was a james duke fellow and a worked as an editor at sailing world magazine and wrote and edited several sailing books, the yachting wind, and the parody. and he s the author of mayflower, as well as a book heart of the sea , national book award for nonfiction. in 2010 he published a book called the last stand , it was new york times best seller. it was a new york times notable book and ala notable book and attempted into a 10 part tv series and adapted a ....
populations, his new york research included major projects on the saratoga battlefield and in the lake george region and in the mohawk valley. snow moved to pennsylvania state university in 1995, where he served as head of the department of anthropology for the next 10 years. in 2005, he was a fellow at dumbarton oaks in washington, d.c., the four returning to penn state as professor of anthropology. he served as president of the society for american archaeology from 2007 to 2009. he has also been closely involved with the development of digital antiquities, a cyber infrastructure program for the archiving of archaeological data , initiated with funding from andrew andrew the andrew mellon foundation. he lives in pennsylvania with his wife of 52 years. dr. s note is a company dr. snow is accompanied hereby with by theirter, here daughter, who you may recognize. we welcome dr. dean snow. [applause] dr. snow: thank you very much. i m delighted to be here tonight. i ....
on the saratoga battlefield and in the lake george region and in the mohawk valley. snow moved to pennsylvania state university in 1995, where he served as head of the department of anthropology for the next 10 years. in 2005, he was a fellow at dumbarton oaks in washington, d.c., the four returning to penn state as professor of anthropology. he served as president of the society for american archaeology from 2007 to 2009. he has also been closely involved with the development of digital antiquities, a cyber infrastructure program for the archiving of archaeological data, initiated with funding the andrew mellon foundation. he lives in pennsylvania with his wife of 52 years. dr. snow is accompanied hereby with her daughter, here by their daughter, who you may as kate snow. we welcome dr. dean snow. [applause] dr. snow: thank you very much. i m delighted to be here tonight. i hope that i can get through this quickly so we can get to the question period, because i find ....