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Thank you for coming. I am pleased to be here at the national archives. I became a great lover of archives by going to institutions smiley ended up taking rare maps out of. I got to see a lot of the old documents myself. There is nothing like being able to see an original document and touch it and see it with your own eyes. It is a Wonderful Service buildings like this provide in providing access to these materials. Im going to dive in with a reading from the beginning of my book. With the first...

History tv. 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan 3. Follow us on twitter at cspan history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. Dealer rare map admitted in federal court to steeling almost one00 rare maps worth almost a Million Dollars. In this event, author Michael Blanding recounts smileys career as a dealer and thief and describes the historical significance of the maps he stole from several libraries and ...

Where is the mental thing on some of this . You dont want to irritate the some of these major powers. Where does the mental ideas come . The thinking . Far be it for me to get in the mind of what makes spy master things to convince mexico to go to war against the United States and it works, but it becomes, as always has taught us, a great deal of arrogance of people in power and they think arrogant people think they can do whatever they want. They can change the course of history. And sometimes ...

This is a map of new england by john smith in 1616. This is yales copy that was done in 1631. I want to pause for a moment and tell you about this map and explain what makes it so important and what makes it so valuable. We all know of john smith from the Virginia Colony down the street from here and his role in founding that and study in 1607. He had sort of a Second Chapter in his life after he was sort of drummed out of virginia for reasons that i wont go into. He started exploring this area ...

Michael blanding recounted mr. Smileys career as a dealer and thief. This is about an hour. Thank you all so much for coming here this afternoon. Im not particularly pleased to be giving this talk at the National Archives wonderful repository of old books and manuscripts and the reporting of this book i became a great lover of archives, going to the institutions that smiley ended up taking rare maps out of. I got to see a lot of these old documents myself. Theres nothing like seeing an original ...

Matter every thing is a yes and all of a sudden im powerless. Ive always said that the best thing i could ever do if i manage to win is to leave the job much more powerless than when i came in. Im supposed to be a representative of government, thats the idea. [applause]. As mentioned we do have a few copies of our authors book here with us today, life inside the bubble and of course its available readily on amazon. Com and at bookstores in the area. We appreciate your kind attendance today. Im s...

Here we are with a loggerhead moment in these situations repeat themselves through time and there is a quote from a minister of france that said 01 on not to be obstinate. Of less you ought to be then you ought to be an unshakable. That is a good phrase for the moment we are in right now. With the president that he ought to be obstinate should be unshakable. By collecting quotes and i probably will the rest of my life. Whether a window into a moment of history but a well phrased thought with the...

This is breaking news but thats what i do. Im going to read to you a little bit about it and talk about it a little bit and i hope that we have a good discussion as this topic usually provokes. So im going to start by reading from chapter one, the end. Before i do im going to you can talk amongst yourselves for a moment. This is actually really funny. This brand of water in the book, had i known that i would actually picked out these are actually delivered to haiti after the earthquake by the u....

Donald barlett, when did you and james steele start working together . Guest 1971. Host how did you meet . The newsroom of the Philadelphia Inquirer. It was interesting. We were both hired. Guest we actually arrived on the same day. Guest same day. We never knew each other and had almost no contact area are firstyear. Host who teamed you up . Guest someone at the paper, the paper and recently changed ownership, and he was very interested in projects, investigative projects, enterprise journalism...

Interested in projects, and investigative projects, enterprise journalism and he thought the two of us were newcomers, might be able to work together. Very often that doesnt work and people dont like to work together. We tried an experiment and so far so good. Hey say. Host why did it work for so long . Guest we think it worked because a similarity of work ethics. We both love to research and report. We love to research and report and we were of sound mind and it makes for a sound mind that is h...