Pleasure to welcome jerry mondesar. Good evening. Wake up, yall, its early. All right. Thats a little better. Probably was worried because i was running late, but did i come prepared . All right. I would not let you down. Friends select has a conversation about someone as important in black history and American History as Harriet Tubman, i wouldnt miss this opportunity to join the conversation and thats what i hope tonight is. A conversation about Harriet Tubman and the fact that for so long she has been a footnote in American History books and finally we have a serious study, thanks to mrs. Clinton about Harriet Tubman. Im not going to discuss the book because the author is here and there are plenty of books for you to buy and thats why were here for you to participate in the conversation by picking up one of these books. What i would like for you to like to do is discuss the Historical Context in which this book talks about Harriet Tubman. Too often we dont discuss american slavery i
He was definitely an engaging teacher and as you mentioned his experiments influence a lot of people including including you. [inaudible] this is a bit of a followon and im still trying to formulate what is probably a very elementary question but you talk about all the research you did and obviously he mixes in real historical characters with his primary fictional characte characters. Was he primarily using fiction to illuminate history and historical forces or using history to illuminate human nature . Yes and yes. [laughter] i mean thats a huge question. One of the criticisms that this book has received is that tolstoy intentionally distort historical facts for his own purposes so for instance he creates in the character could to save us a far more salt of the earth kind of character than he actually was. He was apparently much more widely, much more questionable in terms of his morals so historians have accused the full story of using history and distorting it for his own ends. I do
In the Book Pages this week, find out about the incredible publishing career of Judith Jones, the subject of Sara B. Franklin's biography, "The Editor."
In the Book Pages this week, find out about the incredible publishing career of Judith Jones, the subject of Sara B. Franklin's biography, "The Editor."
In the Book Pages this week, find out about the incredible publishing career of Judith Jones, the subject of Sara B. Franklin's biography, "The Editor."