The book is fascinating and for sale outside. And it tells the story of the American Revolution that is rarely, if ever, told. Were also grateful because holger did a lot of research for the book here. He was a research fell flow 2012013. The New York Public Library has a shortterm Research Fellowship that supports scholars from outside the new york metropolitan area who ared gauged in graduate level and its always our pressure to highlight the work done here. I want to quickly say that i had the distinct honor of working under lewis lappum at lappums quarterly and one our my great professional and penalize so i couldnt be more happy to have him on hand to steer the conversation. He is recording this for an episode of his pod cast, and i prepare your thes for q a. So join me in welcoming lewis lapham and holger hoock. [applause] ready to go . Yes. Shy tell you that i think this is a wonderful book and i hope you all go out and read it. Its a dish thought i knew something about American