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Good evening everyone, welcome to our latest raven book chat and i am will pick talks at the hawkins and i thank you for joining us tonight. Im starting to sound like a broken record before every event but these days when theres so many options for things to do with every time. You could just sit on your couch never evening. Through you critique alexei for us to have folks come in for our events so we really appreciate it. I know that the staff of raven bookstore appreciated as well. Ill introduce you to our guest speaker, james sherow is a professor and the department of history at Kansas State University and he specializes in Research Environmental history and north American Indian history and history of the American West. Professor sherow as written six books norment articles and empire across the heartland, rephotographing alexander gardeners journey which is a familiar resource first staff involved here and i know we have that book on our shelves and weve used it. And the grasslan
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Evening, its very encouraging and exciting for us here at the museum to have folks come in for our events. We really appreciate it. And i know that the staff of the raven bookstore appreciates it as well. So now ill introduce tonights guest speaker. James e. Sherow is a professor in the department of history at kansas state university. He specializes in researching and teaching environmental history, kansas history, and the history of the american west. Professor sherow has written six books and numerous articles, including Railroad Empire across the heartland, rephotographing Alexander Gardners westward journey, which is a familiar resource for the staff and volunteers at the watkins. I know we have that book on our shelves and weve used it. And the grasslands of the United States. Tonight, professor sherow will discuss his latest work, and copies will be available for purchase and signing thanks to our partners at the raven bookstore right here in lawrence, kansas. So without further