Of the two most famous american madams ever. In american rose we learned about an American Icon who hasnt been explored the way you explored her. Now with liar, temptress, soldier, spy you hit on several things i have door. Unexplored American History, espionage, and women with real spines, adventurous incredible women. Tell us about what this book is about. I will tell you the origins. I was born and raised in philadelphia and moved to atlanta in 2001. The civil war seats in the conversation in the south in a way that it doesnt in the north. I saw the occasional confederate the, heard the jokes of norton war of northern aggression. [laughter] homehe point was driven that it wasnt a joke. For i was stuck in traffic hours behind a pickup truck that had a Bumper Sticker that said. Blame me, i voted for jeff davis. I looked at this for hours and started thinking of course, what were the women doing . They didnt have easy access to , they didntcourse have the right to vote. They couldnt in
This event was taped in 2014 at a bookstore in asheville, north carolina. Ts about an hour. Denise i am thrilled to be here with karen abbott. I love her book. Love all her books. You show us this entire other view of chicago through the eyes of the two most famous american madams ever. In american rose, we learned about an American Icon who hasnt been explored the way you explored her. Now with liar, temptress, soldier, spy, you hit on several things i adore. Unexplored American History, espionage, and women with real spines, adventurous incredible women. Tell us about what this book is about. Karen i will tell you the origins. I was born and raised in philadelphia and moved to atlanta in 2001. I noticed immediately that the civil war seeps in the conversation in the south in a way it never does in the north. I saw the occasional confederate flag, heard the jokes of the war of northern aggression. The point was really driven [laughter] good point. And the point was driven home that it
Migration. International migration at the graduate and undergraduate level. I also teach family, and ive taught religion, development. But my favorite course is migration. Host whats similar about the current migration patterns from mexico to the u. S. To past immigration in the u. S. . Anything . Guest its, the composition has changed. There are more and more women. There are more and more unattached youth. So unaccompanied minors has become a huge part of the migration flow from mexico. There are more and more of the poorest leaving. It used to be migration was more selective. You had to have some resources to make the journey. But the situations have become so desperate, especially in honduras. And parts of salvador can. So its really salvador. So its really pulling the youngest and the poorest. More and more women, more and more danger. Host anyone make it on their own without spending on a coyote or guest yeah. I mean, there are seasoned migrants that will travel in groups who wil
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the Second World War and greece that i always kept close to my heart. The first was in 1940 when Benito Mussolini italys Prime Minister asked the greek Prime Minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3 00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. It was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. It prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest figure of the 20th c
Proclaimed, i wish a thousand pins were stuck in his bed and he was strapped down on them. Another woman and her friends were forced to host a group of occupying Union Soldiers in their homes, and speaking for that group wound woman quipped can just the meteor thought of being among the damn yankees are enough to make all prematurely old. Of course there was another craftier side for these women. When they used their southern charges to bewitch the Occupying Soldiers and they called it, quote, buttering those yankees to serve our own ends. So ill talk how i got into this book. I am from philadelphia. I was born and raised in philadelphia. So i moved to atlanta, georgia in 2001, and spent six years there are and it was quite a Culture Shock as you can imagine. I had to get used to seeing the occasionol con fred rat flags on the lawn, the jokes about the war of northern aggression, and just the idea that the civil war seeped into daily life and conversation down south in a way it never d