The Kansas City Public Library hosted this talk. It is about an hour. Eli welcome, how are you . I head up the Missouri Valley special collection, the history arm of the public library. It is my pleasure to introduce time. By the time of lees surrender at appomattox, the land and people of western missouri had suffered as much as any during the civil war. The 1865 edict known as order number 11 in the federal army had depopulated several counties, devastated homes and farms come and left deep physical and mental scars that took decades to heal. Tom has authored two books on this subject. The first, caught between three fires, and the second, cinders and silence. Both will be available after his talk. He discusses the land, its resilient people, the metamorphosis that occurred with both, and what one came back to after the civil war on the western border. Please welcome to the Kansas City Public Library, tom rafiner. [applause] tom thank you eli. Some of you may have heard me speak. I h
On the end zone. Touchdown. What a grab by beckham. Throw is high. Thought he threw it over his head when it left mannings hands. Odell goes up. Made the catch. Did he get both feet in is the question. Cris the referee had as good he didnt put his heel on the ground, did he. Referee the ruling on the field cris did the toe go down without the heel. If the heel didnt touch, that toe doesnt count. If the heel touches, he would be out of bounds. Al is his right toe down completely in bounds before the heel is down . But the heel is clearly on the white. Desperately trying to keep the heel off the ground. I talked about it earlier, a lot of plays that just stand. Is there enough to overturn the ball of a touchdown on the field. The back cleat is off the ground. I dont think theyre going to overturn it. What do you think . Al i think i think they can overturn it. I just think theyre going to look at this and think that his foot was on the boundary. Cris all right. Al but im like 55 45 this.
Touchdown. What a grab by beckham. Throw is high. Thought he threw it over his head when it left mannings hands. Odell goes up. Made the catch. Did he get both feet in is the question. Cris the referee had as good a look as anybody. He didnt put his heel on the ground, did he. Referee the ruling on the field cris did the toe go down without the heel. If the heel didnt touch, that toe doesnt count. If the heel touches, he would be out of bounds. Al is his right toe down completely in bounds before the heel is down . But the heel is clearly on the white. Cris you can see, he was i talked about it earlier, a lot of plays that just stand. Is there enough to overturn the ball of a touchdown on the field. The back cleat is off the ground. I dont think theyre going to overturn it. What do you think . Al i think i think they can overturn it. I just think theyre going to look at this and think that his foot was on the boundary. Cris all right. Al but im like 55 45 on this. Cris well see. This o
Touchdown. What a grab by beckham. Throw is high. Thought he threw it over his head when it left mannings hands. Odell goes up. Made the catch. Did he get both feet in is the question. Cris the referee had as good a look as anybody. Oh, n. He didnt put his heel on the ground, did he. Referee the ruling on the field cris did the toe go down without the heel. If the heel didnt touch, that toe doesnt count. If the heel touches, he would be out of bounds. Al is his right toe down completely in bounds before the heel is down . But the heel is clearly on the white. Cris you can see, he was desperately trying to keep the i talked about it earlier, a lot of plays that just stand. Is there enough to overturn the ball of a touchdown on the field. The back cleat is off the ground. I dont think theyre going to overturn it. What do you think . Al i think i think they can overturn it. I just think theyre going to look at this and think that his foot was on the boundary. Cris all right. Al but im lik
Touchdown. What a grab by beckham. Throw is high. Thought he threw it over his head when it left mannings hands. Odell goes up. Made the catch. Did he get both feet in is the question. Cris the referee had as good a look as anybody. Oh, man. He didnt put his heel on the ground, did he. Referee the ruling on the field cris did the toe go down without the heel. If the heel didnt touch, that toe doesnt count. If the heel touches, he would be out of bounds. Al is his right toe down completely in bounds before the heel is down . But the heel is clearly on the white. Cris you can see, he was desperately trying to keep the heel off the ground. I talked about it earlier, a lot of plays that just stand. Is there enough to overturn the ball of a touchdown on the field. The back cleat is off the ground. I dont think theyre going to overturn it. What do you think . Al i think i think they can overturn it. I just think theyre going to look at this and think that his foot was on the boundary. Cris a