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Writing project to document writing habits during the eating habits during the 1930s. It is about one hour. [applause] folks, i want you to go easy on mark. He has had about 14 interviews today. Very popular guy, radio, tv, not much of the man left here. [laughter] rick i wanted to set it up. And i think a little bit of my thunder was stolen already. Calledlatest gem, it is the food of a younger land. A younger land, what does younger land mean . It depends on how far you want to go back. If you...

American history tv. Next, steven hood, the author of john bell could the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. Generals weof love to hate. You can watch all of this coverage by visiting our website at www. Cspan. Org history. Join us tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Eastern for more of the symposium. [crowd noise] im just getting it right to the introduction of our next speaker, who had an odyssey to get here but he is here happily. M. Hood is a distant relative of confederate general jo...

Radio, tv, not much of the man left here. [laughter] rick i wanted to set it up. And i think a little bit of my thunder was stolen already. Marks latest gem, it is called the food of a younger land. A younger land, what does younger land mean . It depends on how far you want o go back. If you are anthropologists, they think the diet went to hell about 7000 years ago when humans stopped foraging, stopped hunting and gathering, and had a iet of minerals and vitamins and amino acids perfectly in tu...

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Yeah, you know, the thing thats sort of fun when im on book tour, theyll take me to some of the larger stores, the chain stores, and theyll say this is Mark Kurlansky to sign books you have in place, and theyll be running all over the place because theyre in so many sections of the store. It is a read that gets unraffled its not paper. Its actually a lot older than paper, and the nile seems to have been the only place where papyrus grew thick enough to make paper. So the egyptians had an absolut...

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