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He became one of the most reknowned performers in the country in the late 19th century. His stage name was blind tom. He was born blind. And was what we probably now would call autistic. But he was a musical genius. He could hear a piece played on the piano one time, and then play it note for note. He composed some of his own music. That was mainly based on natural sounds like birds or thunderstorms. One of his famous pieces recreation of a civil war battle on the piano. The sad part about blind toms story, the family that owned him as a slave kept control of him all of his life. When the 13th...

Us at comments cspan. Org or send us a tweet, tweet, cspan comments. Join the conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Welcome to columbus, georgia, on booktv, located on the chattahoochee river. The river served as a Major Trading post and created a booming textile industry in the citys early history. The boats would come up the river and bring finished goods like, you know, furniture, machinery or agricultural implements x the farmers from east alabama and west georgia would bring their produce especially cotton into columbus, and it would be shipped down the river. Our port ...

The nation's historical markers delight, distort and, sometimes, just get the story wrong.

The nation's historical markers delight, distort and, sometimes, just get the story wrong.

The Daily Echo newspaper looked very different to how it does today - it was black and white for a start.