Louise barnett appeared on booknotes but the military and private life of general george custer. In her book professor barnett depicts a man had never adjusted to life after his success at leading volunteers in the civil war. It examines how the battle of the little bighorn depicted him as a mythic hero and a villain. Heres a look at encore booknotes. Cspan Louise Barnett, author of touched by fire, whats that title mean . Guest it comes from a speech that Oliver Wendell holmes made about the civil war, and it seemed to me very appropriate. He said, to our great good fortune and our youth, our hearts were touched by fire. And we learned at an early age that life was a passionate and serious thing. I havent exactly quoted that, but the point is that people who were young during the civil war were inspired and matured in a way that perhaps hasnt happened to every generation. Cspan but the subtitle on your book is the life, death and mythic afterlife of George Armstrong custer. Who was ge
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There have been some interesting cases in the history of our armed forces and id like to explore them in further detail. Cspan have you started it yet . Guest just barely scratched the services. Cspan heres the cover of the book are touched by fire about general George Armstrong custer. Our guest is louise barnett. We thank you for joining us. Guest thank you area match. Now, William Souder recounts the life of dick darman. She offered an indictment of insecticides including ddt in her book, silent spring published in 1962. Following the publication, ddt was banned and the Environmental Protection agency created. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of silent spring. This is a little over an hour. [applause] thank you. Thank you overcoming tonight to this wonderful facility. I love coming here. i always remind these guys are so fortunate to work at the National Conservation training center. Its a really terrific facility. Nice to be back here. Nice to see all of y