Writing project to document writing habits during the eating habits during the 1930s. It is about one hour. [applause] folks, i want you to go easy on mark. He has had about 14 interviews today. Very popular guy, radio, tv, not much of the man left here. [laughter] rick i wanted to set it up. And i think a little bit of my thunder was stolen already. Calledlatest gem, it is the food of a younger land. A younger land, what does younger land mean . It depends on how far you want to go back. If you are anthropologists, they think the diet went to hell about 7000 years ago when humans stoppedforaging, hunting and gathering, and had a diet of minerals and vitamins and amino acids perfectly in tune with the seasons and went to a lower grade of eating called agriculture, with its grains and so forth. Or you could go to a younger land, back to the late 19th century in philadelphia where they were already fishing out wasters and the shad and the catfish. To the catfish dinners here, catfish din
American history tv. Next, steven hood, the author of john bell could the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. Generals weof love to hate. You can watch all of this coverage by visiting our website at www. Cspan. Org history. Join us tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Eastern for more of the symposium. [crowd noise] im just getting it right to the introduction of our next speaker, who had an odyssey to get here but he is here happily. M. Hood is a distant relative of confederate general john bell put. He is the author of John Bell Hood the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. And also, the lost papers of confederate general John Bell Hood. President of the Confederate Museum in new orleans. Without further do, sam. [applause] sam hello, and thank you. You mentioned my odyssey. My wife and i moved to myrtle beach, south carolina, five days ago. And if you think it is bad when the Airlines Lose your luggage, we werent able to move into the so we arere buying livin
Radio, tv, not much of the man left here. [laughter] rick i wanted to set it up. And i think a little bit of my thunder was stolen already. Marks latest gem, it is called the food of a younger land. A younger land, what does younger land mean . It depends on how far you want o go back. If you are anthropologists, they think the diet went to hell about 7000 years ago when humans stopped foraging, stopped hunting and gathering, and had a iet of minerals and vitamins and amino acids perfectly in tune with the seasons and went to a lower grade of eating called agriculture, with its deficient grains and so forth. Or you could go to a younger land, back to the late 19th century in philadelphia where they were already fishing out the oysters and the shad and the catfish. They were used to the catfish dinners here, catfish dinners all over town. And even the sturgeon fisheries on upper delaware bay, which in the 1880s, actually produced the worlds mightiest share of caviar, which i dont think
You can keep the spirit of litfest going all year by downtown loading the printers row app where you can fine all of the Chicago Tribune premium books content, free did downed ebooks and the complete litfest scud all. Download today and get five dollars off merchandize. Todays program will be broadcastlift on cspan2s booktv. We ask you to use the microphone to your right to ask questions. We ask that you silence your cell phones and turn off your camera flashes. Please welcome reporter from the Chicago Tribune and todays sir interviewer. Talk to us. His public,ty defender, hoyt have chicago iconic newspaper. Thank you both for being here for this conversation. Lets get started by talking about your personal connections to the stories you are tellingful both of you have given birth to stories you have personal connections to, so what led to these topics . Start out, natalie. Sure. So, im a chicago native. I went away to school, work other places, moved back here about ten years ago, and
Yeah, you know, the thing thats sort of fun when im on book tour, theyll take me to some of the larger stores, the chain stores, and theyll say this is Mark Kurlansky to sign books you have in place, and theyll be running all over the place because theyre in so many sections of the store. It is a read that gets unraffled its not paper. Its actually a lot older than paper, and the nile seems to have been the only place where papyrus grew thick enough to make paper. So the egyptians had an absolute monopoly on papyrus and charged a lot, which is why parchment was made. What is there about paper, especially newspaper, that prevents it from holding up over time physically, whereas rags, sometimes it looks like something that was written written 500 years ago, looked like it came out yesterday, and the durability of paper in fact, you can go back all this minutia, books 5000 years old, completely white no discoloration, perfectly flat, and you look at a 70yearold book and its completely bro