Panel Discussion on American History

Edward Larson, The Return of George Washington, 1783-1789; Scott Martelle, The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, … read more

Edward Larson, The Return of George Washington, 1783-1789; Scott Martelle, The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth; and Richard Reeves, Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II, talked about their books on American history. The panel was moderated by Jon Weiner, author of How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey across America.

“History: American Milestones” was a panel from the 2015 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, and took place at the Hancock Foundation building on the campus of the University of Southern California. close

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  • Jon Wiener Professor University of California, Irvine->History
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Panel Discussion on American History

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Los Angeles, California, United States
First Aired:
Apr 19, 2015 | 5:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
Jun 15, 2015 | 7:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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