This festival highlights to the best things mississippi does. Our authors and our readers. As you will soon see, we will unveil a new literary map. We have lots of authors to celebrate. More than 220 will be on hand today to engage the readers and we hope, sell a lot of books. We are grateful that cspan is here to broadcast many of our panels and we are honored to have the librarian of Congress Join us in this celebration. [applause] immediately after this opening, congressman greg harper, thank you for coming mr. Chairman will join the doctor and engage in this room and a great conversation about reading books in the library of congress. This great room that we are in, the Old Supreme Court chambers have become nickname the cspan room around the capital. It is also the senates Main Committee room and we know our manners in mississippi and we would not be in this room without the graciousness of the lieutenant governor. Thank you. What a privilege it is for us to be here in the mississ
The thing that is frustrating but fascinating about james madison, he was this incredibly impactful individual over world history, but because he was private and introverted and other aspects he was 54, 100 pounds, have these anxiety attacks he has not exerted the same kind of Gravitational Force field on people that Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton have. That to me was the reason to write a book that plunged deep into his youth and comingofage to figure out, how do we know this guy . What motivated him to have such an impact on the country and the world . James madison was from right here, which is Orange County, the heart of virginia, half an hour north of charlottesville. He grew up in this house behind us, which has changed over the years. They brought it closer to what it was. When he was a young boy, he was primitivea much more fatherment before his built this brick house. Madison was the son of a privileged family. His father was a planter. Gentry. Up in the elite experien
Claim that message, claim ownership of that message and i will be successful with that. And now from the state capital in jackson, live coverage of the mississippi book festival on book tv cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] welcome, everyone, good morning, good morning. Good morning, everyone. How are you . Hi. We are gathered this morning to kick off third annual mississippi book festival. [applause] this book festival highlights two of the best things mississippi does, our authors and readers. As youll since see well unveil literary for map. More than 2 will be on stage today to engage readers and sell a lot of books. We are grateful that cspan is here to broadcast many panels and we are honored to have librarian of Congress Join us in this celebration. [cheers and applause] immediately after this opening, congressman greg harper, thank you for coming, mr. Chairman, will join dr. Hayden and engage in this bo
Which will include a discussion with my brand of conference, carla hayden. Panels a mississippi history in u. S. President s. Bestselling authors on the vietnam war and more. For complete schedule of events, go to booktv. Org. You can follow some social media have book tv is our twitter handle. Our facebook pages book tv. Our institut instagram its book underscore tv. Now, from the state capital in jackson is live coverage of the mississippi book festival onli book tv and cspan2. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] morning. Good morning everyone. Missis were gathered to kick off the third annual mississippi book festival. [applause] this book festival highlights two of the best things mississippi does. Our authors, and our readers. M associate we will unveil the new literary map. We have lots of authors to celebrate. More than 220 will be on hand today to engage the readers. And we hope, sel
It has been a very moving experience, and im sure that will continue with our panel right now, which is a Panel Focused on the radicalization of reconstruction. , will introduce our speakers as others have done all at the beginning here, and then they will come up and give you some more wonderful food for thought. Julie saville is associate professor of history at the university of chicago. She is a specialist in African American and caribbean histories and the author and editor of numerous books, including the work of reconstruction from in southwage labor carolina and she is currently working on a study of popular politics and resistance to reenslavement in the caribbean after the haitian and french revolution. Blackcus will be on mobilization in the aftermath of american emancipation. Carol amberson is associate professor of history at the university of buffalo. Her research focuses on the role of violence and shaping our social, political, and cultural world. She published beyond r