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We are very happy the three cornered war of the union and confederacy and people for the fight for the west. This is an engrossing narrative account which shows how the civil war, the indian war and western expansion were all interconnected the 1860s were a time of national conflict, which involved not only the north and south poles of the american west. Her primary Source Research involved letters and diaries military records and oral histories and photographs and maps from that time and nelson writes specifically about nine individuals that work towards selfdetermination and fight for control of the region. Some of these people are fairly wellknown twell known to us lie frontiersmen kit carson, others like juanita that we get to know, their stories wersome of e lost in history until now. And nelson unearthed their story to show the importance of individual actions, even in the midst of a large military conflict. The book earned a star review and indeed its history that keeps turning
A loyola professor. This took place at fords theater. It is about 50 minutes. Good afternoon. My name is michael burlingame. I teach at the university of illinois springfield and i bring you greetings from the holy land. When i saw this set, i was startled. When i came into the theater, i saw the title of the show that is being done tonight, 110 in the shade. I assumed it was a musical about washington dc in august. It kind of fit. It is my pleasure to introduce thomas carson, professor of philosophy at Loyola University in chicago. He is a graduate of Saint Olaf College and brown university. Professor carsons teaching and Research Focus on ethics, as his book titles suggest. The status of morality, value and the good life, and lying and deception. Professor carson has a lifelong interest in history, which led him to write his most recent book, lincolns ethics. I had the pleasure of reading it in manuscript. I commend it to your attention. I must admit, i was a bit skeptical when infor
It is my pleasure to introduce thomas carson, professor of philosophy at Loyola University in chicago. He is a graduate of Saint Olaf College and brown university. Professor carsons easting teaching and Research Focus on ethics, as his book titles suggest. The status of morality, value and the good life, and lying and deception. Professor carson has a lifelong interest in history, which led him to write his most recent book, lincolns ethics. I had the pleasure of reading it in manuscript. I commend it to your attention. I must admit, i was a bit skeptical when informed that i philosopher, not an historian or political scientist, was writing about lincoln. I have long shared the view expressed by henry adams, who said philosophers offer unintelligible answers to unsolvable problems. I assure you that lincolns ethics offers highly intelligible answers to eminently soluble problems of great interests to students of our 16th president. Please join me in welcoming tom carson. [applause] pro