Doing something in person and a different topic but im thrilled to be kicking off the festival. Its my honor to introduce three people to you. First is roger whose work has been published in 14 languages. The author of five New York Times notable books of the year and three times bestsellers including the memoirs the boy detective and making toast which was originally an essay in the new yorker. The story im, a collection on the writing life came out in april on life, love and responsibility will be out in october. Rogers also written seven offbroadway plays notably in the oneperson free speech in america but he performed at the american place theatre and which was named one of the times ten best plays of 91. Last spring he performed and played piano which will go to the center for the arts at stony brook in new york next year. He also wrote the screenplay for his bestselling novel that will star doctor channing and currently is in production. Roger is distinguished professor of englis
People hospitalized. If you would like more information, specifically around the people who have been diagnosed as it relates to their race, ethnicity, zip code or any other data, please check out datasf. Org covid19 for more information. We update that tracker everyday by 9 00 a. M. Today, i just want to start by again thanking you all here in San Francisco for your cooperation. I know that it has not been easy. Weve imposed restrictions to your lives that have made things not only very difficult for you, but difficult for your family. Sometimes difficult for not just your physical wellbeing, but also your mental wellbeing. We have tried to make sure that in this process as we are trying to protect Public Health, we dont create an even worse problem with a number of those sorts of challenges rette relato Mental Health, related to Economic Health of your household or those other matters. It is, then, probably, im sure for some of the most challenging time of your lives. Executive knoi
The Lincoln Forum symposium hosted the event. Good good morning morning my name is, my name Jonathan White and is jonathan im vice chair of white and im vice the lincoln chair of the Lincoln Forum. Our form. Our next next speaker this speaker this morning is morning Elizabeth Elizabeth are farran. She is williams professor of American History and varon. Associate director of the john shes the associate l now the third center for director Civil War History of the museum of civil War University of virginia. History at the University Author of of virginia. Shes the five book books author of five books that probe that probably important important issues from issues of the sectional the american conflict from the revolution to the civil American Revolution to the war. Her masterful civil war. Her masterful biography, biography, southern southern leaning, yankees by the lady yankees spy, true story of a true story of Elizabeth Van lou a union agent a union agent in in the heart of the the he
Revolution to the civil war. Her masterful biography, southern lady, yankee spy, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy is published by hartford press. Peoples choice award. Today she will speak to us about her new book, armys of deliverance a new history of the civil war published by oxford. Some guy named Harold Holzer called the book, quote, highly original and sweeping new study. I had the good fortune to hear liz speak on this subject a few weeks ago in hampton rhodes, virginia, and im so glad to have her here at the forum to speak to us. Please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon. [ applause ] all right. Can everyone hear me . Yes . Good. All right. In his first wartime message to congress, delivered on july 4th, 1861, Abraham Lincoln casts succession as a duped and cowed the south into submission. After drugging the public mind for 30 years ago lincoln put it, seccessionists had relied on conversion to bring good men to take up arms against the government. Theres much re
Van lew was published by Oxford University in 2003 and 13 prizes including the library of virginias peoples choice awards. She will speak to us about her new book, armies of deliverance which was published earlier this year by oxford. A review in the wall street holzer calledold the book a highly original and sweeping new study. I had the good fortune to hear liz speak on the subject a few weeks ago in hampton roads, virginia and im so glad we could have her here to speak to us. Please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon. [applause] can everyone hear me . Good. In his first time were message to congress delivered july 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln casts secession as the work of a small band of conspirators who had duped and cowed the south into submission. After drugging the public mind of their section for more than 30 years as lincoln put it, relied on coercion to bring many good men to a willingness to take up arms against the government. Theres much reason to believe, leggett speculated