[inaudible background conversations] [inaudible speaking] the panel is titled american history, renegades and sponsored by the mississippi library commission. tracy carr, with the library commission, was in the room for the very first organizational meeting of the festival we couldn t do this without the mississippi library commission or libraries from all over the state so thank you very much for your support. we are in the room today courtesy of foreman watkins law firm, our gratitude to them. our panelists are tom craven, eric j dolman and peter houlihan. you can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times are authors will be signing in your program. we will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes then open the floor to questions. please come to the podium in the center of the room to ask your questions. help me welcome our moderator for this panel, kitty blunt director of mississippi department of archives and history. [applause]
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novel, a tale of reason battling extremism. i always thought that these two ways of talking, one is fantastic, the fable, you know, the fairy tale, and the other is history, the scholarly study of what happened, i think they re both amazing ways to understand the nature. ifill: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: the human drama engulfing europe showed no sign of ending today. instead, the divide deepened, between rich and poor nations, over how to handle the crisis. and, there was new trouble in southern hungary as throngs of people tried to cross from serbia. we ll have a report from the scene, afte