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Listening toe other speakers and it is a privilege for me to be talking to you today. Great to see so many people out here hungry for books. We are toiling away in front of my computer dealing with more electronics than live people. Of course i am writing about history. All of the people i write about are dead. They cannot talk back. It is nice to see live people. So engrossed in the kind of things i and others write about. I was very fortunate to have grown up in a home that was filled with books. I grew up in yonkers, new york, with thousands of books all filled with books. The sense ofid, b...

An area called berkshire county. A pretty place that used to be isolated, surrounded by hills and mountains. Not big like the alps or our rockies but big enough to discourage traveling in the old days. Going west from boston, you had to head over the passes on the old mohawk trail. Then you got into an area maybe 20 miles wide and 50 miles long. Like a lot of new england towns, there are the traditional white houses and neat gardens and picket fences. That is the oldest house. Then there are the churches. And the town hall. The country around stockbridge has forest, farms, water in good supply...

The littleknown town of modena, italy, Osteria Francescana, where you have to wait months to get a reservation. Caesar salad in bloom. Chef Massimo Bottura says it wasnt always like this. Those are flowers . All flowers, edible flowers. That his avantgarde eatery might never have become number one, if not for a simple and spectacular dish of Old Fashioned tagliatelle. So, that turned everything around . Totally. You are known as the maestro. Yeah, now. Before, they want to crucify me in the main piazza. laughs ticking its not easy to get to. But for centuries, pilgrims have made their way to a...

Im in wilmington, North Carolina. Its known for its gorgeous beaches and its great surfing, but it was also the last confederate port city to fall during the civil war, so it is fitting that im here to meet an heir whose ancestor became famous in defeat at the Highwater Mark of the confederacy. My name is George Edward pickett v. Im the greatgreatgrandson of general george e. Pickett of gettysburg fame. And i never knew exactly what that would bring to my family fame, fortune, or dishonor. George who goes by his middle name, ed has invited me to his home. Hi, ed. Hi. You must be jamie. I am ja...

All donations do help the museum. We are nonprofit, so we do rely on memberships and donations to bring you programs. Also, consider being a member. We have information at the house. So, the structure you are sitting in was built around 1844. That is when the house was built. Farmers lived and worked here prior to the battle of antietam. The union army took over their property. This structure was a Field Hospital where hundreds of Wounded Soldiers were treated by surgeons in the days and weeks following the battle. With us, Daniel Vermilya to discuss his new book. I will have to read from this...