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The authors discussed the consequences, lessons, and legacy of 20th century wars. Mr. Hatfield moderated the discussion. The panelists responded to questions from the moderator and the…

The panel members discussed biography as history and the problems of writing about notable figures in American history. H.W. Brands, author of The First American: The Life and Times of Ben Franklin,…

Professor H.W. Brands talked about his book, The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream, published by Doubleday. In the book, he tells how notable figures such as…

Lewis Gould discussed the problems and triumphs of twentieth-century presidents in his book The Modern American Presidency, published by University Press of Kansas. The author analyzed the performance of…

Guests examined the history of the pre-revolutionary era and Early Republic through the writings of Benjamin Franklin, publisher, scientist and early-American diplomat. Franklin wrote a number of…

H.W. Brands, Author, history Professor at Texas A&M University, talked about his book, The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s, published by St. Martin’s Press . He characterized the…

Authors Jan Jarboe and Mary Beth Rogers spoke at the Texas Book Festival about the challenges of researching and writing biographies. Ms. Jarboe talked about her book Lady Bird: A Biography…

Historians talked about the origins of the Six Day War. Among the topics they addressed were Soviet and U.S. interests in the conflict, intelligence about diplomatic and military…

Former Senator McGovern commented on two papers presented in an earlier portion of the symposium. Then panelists made presentations on Senator McGovern’s role in the anti Vietnam War…

From the Texas Book Festival in Austin, this panel of historianstalked about their books. They also responded to questions from the audience. Stephen Harrigan, author of “The Gates of the…

H.W. Brands talked about his biography of President Theodore Roosevelt.

Following an introduction by a Benjamin Franklin re-enactor, Professor Brands talked about his biography The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, published by Doubleday.…

Three biographers of Theodore Roosevelt discussed their motivations behind their choice of subject and explain their differing focuses on the president’s life, especially over the passage…

Guests talked about the history of the Progressive Era, westward expansion, conservation, and turn-of-the-century politics through the life and writings of Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt wrote…

Professor Bill Brands, editor of The Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt, talked about the lives of President Theodore Roosevelt and Benjamin Franklin. He compared their different…

The panelists talked about writing biographies and responded to questions from the moderator. The panelists explained what the books they wrote were about and why they wrote the biographies.

Mr. Ambrose spoke about how the Spanish-American War shaped U.S. foreign policy in the early twentieth century and the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Congress declared war on Spain on…