Instagram booktv is our handle. Were kicking off today with an author discussion on Eleanor Roosevelt with emily wilson and National Book Award Finalist Patricia Bell scott. This is booktv on cspan2. Its live coverage of the southern festival of books. [inaudible conversations]. Since this session is being taped live, if you please use the microphone if we have time for questions at the end of the session, the microphone is over there, we will need the to end the session at 12 50. After that we will head to the book and author signing area where you will have an opportunity to meet the authors and have them sign your books. We cannot linger in this room. Thank you for your assistance. Professor of women studies at the university of georgia. She is a former contributor to miss magazine and cofounder to have National Women studys association. Her most recent book, the fire brand and the first lady, portrait of friendship, Paulie Murray, ellen nor roosevelt and struggle for social justice
For a complete schedule a visit booktv. Org or follow along on our social media sites. We are on facebook, twitter and instagram booktv is our handle. Were kicking off today with an author discussion on Eleanor Roosevelt with emily wilson and National Book Award Finalist Patricia Bell scott. This is booktv on cspan2. Its live coverage of the southern festival of books. [inaudible conversations]. Since this session is being taped live, if you please use the microphone if we have time for questions at the end of the session, the microphone is over there, we will need the to end the session at 12 50. After that we will head to the book and author signing area where you will have an opportunity to meet the authors and have them sign your books. We cannot linger in this room. Thank you for your assistance. Professor of women studies at the university of georgia. She is a former contributor to miss magazine and cofounder to have National Women studys association. Her most recent book, the fi
Time for questions at the end of the session . She is a former contributor to ms. Magazine and a cofounder of the National Womens studies association. Her most recent book, the firebrand and the firstrt lady, one the smith book award and was named best adult Nonfiction Book of the year by the American Library association. It was also a finalist for the Andrew Carnegie mellon for excellence in nonfiction and long list of our National Book award. Emily wilson resides in winstonsalem North Carolina. As a student at the Womens College in greensboro she pursued both campus politics and poetry with vigor. Long involved with the North Carolina Humanities Council she is been a, lecturer, organizer and advocate. She published poetry and taught creative writing and the North Carolinas Poetry Program and in the Community Colleges locally. Her book the three graces of valkill has received praise as a welcomed addition to the books and memoirs of the roosevelt family. Eachus author will read and di
Actually to switch cotton production to Food Production. In fact what everybody realizes especially in the blockade in 1861s were probably not going to get our cotton out of here anyway, we all know about Jefferson Davis king cotton diplomacy and withhold our cotton and force britain and france to come in on our side so they can get our cotton, of of course they start getting conned from india and brazil, and egypt and elsewhere. Thats out of my realm, i dont know. But what will happen during the war itself is that the State Government in order to feed the massive armies and the population, they will call on farmers to actually switch production from cotton to Corn Production and other foodstuffs as well. In fact i fact i saw a very interesting piece of letterhead, i was doing some research and a letter was written in february 19, 1862 and the letter had had cornstalks and it said cotton is no longer king, corn is king now. It was the effort of course to get people to switch from comp