A Fever in the Heartland
Pulitzer prize-winning author Timothy Egan spoke about the rise of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s in Indiana.
1,080 viewsPulitzer prize-winning author Timothy Egan spoke about the rise of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s in Indiana.
1,080 viewsNew York Times columnist Timothy Egan argued that World War II industry in the American West impacted the environment and demographics in ways that influenced the region’s development up to …
490 viewsThis National Interagency Fire Center film tells the story of a seminal series of wildfires in August, 1910, that burned three million acres in the Northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Mont…
1,230 viewsTimothy Egan talked about his book The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero, in which he recalls the life of Irish-born Thomas Francis Meagher, who led two …
4,765 viewsTimothy Egan talked about his book The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire That Saved America (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; October 19, 2009). He talked about the largest forest fire in Ameri…
1,198 viewsTimothy Egan talked about his book, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis. He spoke at the 2013 Tucson Festival of Books, which took pla…
1,026 viewsEvents shown during the first day of the 2013 Tucson Festival of Books included: Book Discussion on Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher 311173-2 Panel Discussion on ¡Ban This! The BSP A…
775 viewsAuthors talked about their books about the Great Depression. They also responded to questions from members of the audience. Katherine Morrissey moderated. “The Great Depression: Looking Back…
483 viewsTimothy Egan talked about his book The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire That Saved America (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; October 19, 2009). He talked about the largest forest fire in Ameri…
830 viewsArmy Colonel Butch Kievenaar, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, spoke by live remote from Iraq about ongoing security operations in Iraq to reporters in the Pe…
255 viewsTimothy Egan talked about his book The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, published by Houghton Mifflin. He was interviewed by the BookTV B…
492 viewsTimothy Egan talked about his book The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, published by Houghton Mifflin. In the 1930s parts of America exp…
1,736 viewsThe National Book Foundation presented the 57th Annual National Book Awards for best book in each of the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. Fran Lebowi…
666 viewsThe panel discussed writing about landscapes and the environment. In addition they discussed the anticipated impact that current environmental development and protection trends will have on …
103 viewsAuthor Timothy Egan talked about his book, Lasso The Wind: Away to the New West, published by Knopf. The book examined myths and realities of the Old West and the New West of the United Stat…
252 viewsMr. Egan discussed his new book, The Good Rain, which is an account of his growing up in the northwestern region of the United States.
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