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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 ....
next, an author discusses his new book, margaret of the american revolution, the .xecution of isaac hayne host: is hostednute event by the society of cincinnati in washington, d.c.. evening everyone. that introduction is hard to live up to put on trial. a and.ally most especially the founding of our nation s country. i reside in thomasville, georgia which is 35 miles north of tallahassee, florida. i can say with some confidence that between 1775 and 1783, absolutely nothing happened in this part of the world. unless of course maybe you were a creek indian or a seminole. i am an anesthesiologist by profession. it s my nature to put people to sleep. i sincerely hope that that won t happen tonight. if i catch anybody napping i reserve the right to send you a bill. it was about this time in 2007 that i became a member of the society of the cincinnati of south carolina. my knowledge of the revolutionary war was rudimentary at best. i began to study. i was familiar with the b ....
we are kindred spirits, interested in american history, but most especially the founding of our nation s country. i reside in thomasville, georgia, 30 miles north of tallahassee, florida. i can say with some confidence that between 1775 and 1783, absolutely nothing happened in this part of the world. unless of course maybe you are a creek indian or a seminole. i am an anesthesiologist by profession. it is my nature to put people sleep. i sincerely hope that won t happen tonight. i want you to know if i catch anybody napping, i reserve the right to send you a bill. time in 2007this that i became a member of the society of the cincinnati of south carolina. my knowledge of the revolutionary war was rudimentary at best. i began to study. i was familiar with the battles of lexington and concorde, bunker hill, saratoga, valley forge, washington crossing the aware, the ballard trenton the battle of trenton. i was not very knowledgeable about the events that had taken place in ....
thanks for being here and there president any we are delighted to have you here for the of book talks and i begin by thanking the ford motor company for their intered partnership in including the book talks series. i personally am pleased to welcome back then bill the third time he has cut back in his many years. i asked because whenever i do that he is seen as a true renaissance man he is from an english did brown university and also duke university where he was a fellow and worked as an editor and wrote and edited several books including up passionate seller sailor. he is the author of mayflower in 2010 he published a book called the last end that was a new york times best-seller was a notable book and has been adapted into a tv series as misspeak rose also a consultant on custer s last stand. so the good news is in published in 2013 bunker hill where he spoke about several years ago and one the new england book award for nonfiction the rights to the book have bee ....
the programs you ll see on booktv this weekend. for a complete television schedule. go to booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. and now we kick off the weekend with nathaniel philbrick on the relationship between george washington and benedict arnold. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. good evening. that was good. that was very good. [laughter] thank you all for being here. i m the president of george washington s mount ver. no we are delighted to have you for this installment of the ford evening book talks, and i begin by thank the ford motor company for their enduring partnership with mount vernon. they ve done a great deal for us including endowing this book talk series. i am personally pleased to welcome back nathaniel philbrick. it s his third time he s visited mount vernon in as many years. i asked to introduce him because whenever i do that, i m struck by his bone fee bonafides as a true ....