Always a dangerous spectrum. And both sides disagree down to bed as did in the period that i am right in the back. Okay so they disagree where they get their information from that bedrock. Right right. You can have your own facts thats the deepest divide and they disagree about what it means to be fully human and are human. And they disagree how to live together in, political society. So those the wide and deep divides the nation is armed. Its and so i be at all surprised to see violence so we really do need some heroes, dont we . We need some heroes. We do. And we need people who willing to go to the polling places the same way that they abortion clinics in have hundreds of guides to let women who are seeking their or needed Health Care Get in to the clinic so thats the closest weve come to what im seeing now. And im half scholar. I think were going to need heroes. Okay, linda hirshman, thank you so much for this. Linda is to my to my audience. Linda is brilliant. Her book is brillian
Magazine, presentation magazine, and civil war monitor. Nelson her and her b. A. In history literature from the harvard university, and our ph. D. American studies from the university of iowa. She has taught at texas tech university, cal state, fullerton, harvard, brown. Nelson is the author of saving yellowstone, ruin nation, trembling earth. Were so excited to have her with us today. Before i turn it over to her, just a quick note, we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that meghan had put together. You all shouldve received that by now. If not, that link is posted in the chat. With that, please join me in welcoming meghan kate nelson. Hi everyone. Thank you so much. Thank you, nicole, for that lovely introduction. And to the Smithsonian Associates for the invitation to be with you tonight. I would also like to think harmony, ellen, steve, anna, liz for running this show and to help me get all the tech straight.
Has a very entering interesting genesis to me. Two of the earliest families in the area are the frost and richard family. The frost family had a ranch outside a town and one summer a photog offer came for the summer and he had all this equipment. He had great plates, he had photographer, he had all these cameras and he left them at the end of the summer. And so a 20 year old, ned frost, took all this equipment. And at that point was not just a hunting guide and trip leader to yellowstone. He also became a photographer and jack richard, the son of neds partner, fred, became an esteemed photographer. So photography kind of runs in these two families. And you have these families which are really into this rugged outdoor existence, but also going in a very creative direction. And so, bob, is the son of jack richard, and hes going to be telling us a little bit about the photographer for the work of these two guys and maybe others. For all i know, id also like to mention the help of jack fro
Trembling earth and were so excited to have her with us today. So before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. If not that link is posted in the chat. So that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. Hi everyone. Thank you so much. Thank you nicole for that lovely introduction and to the Smithsonian Associates for the invitation to be with you tonight. I would also like to thank harmony and ellen and steve and anna and liz for running this show and to helping me get all the the tech straight. I cannot think of a better place for me to talk about saving yellowstone then at the smithsonian as you will learn tonight, the institution played a really Important Role in both the exploration and the preservation of this Iconic National landscape. So, thank you all for being with me tonight as nicole noted
Outside a town and one summer a photog offer came for the summer and he had all this equipment. He had great plates, he had photographer, he had all these cameras and he left them at the end of the summer. And so a 20 year old, ned frost, took all this equipment. And at that point was not just a hunting guide and trip leader to yellowstone. He also became a photographer and jack richard, the son of neds partner, fred, became an esteemed photographer. So photography kind of runs in these two families. And you have these families which are really into this rugged outdoor existence, but also going in a very creative direction. And so, bob, is the son of jack richard, and hes going to be telling us a little bit about the photographer for the work of these two guys and maybe others. For all i know, id also like to mention the help of jack frost here. Mac frost is also a photographer and my coworker. I just yanked the mike off from the cspan. Mike sorry. Anyway, bob, if you dont know, has de