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Post by markland on May 8, 2007 9:58:22 GMT -6
A podcast of Fred Chiaventone's presentation on A Road We Do Not Know at the Pritzker Military Library is available at: www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2007-04-28-civilWarSaturday.jspAlso available at the same site is a podcast of James S. Robbins who gave a presentation on his book, Last In Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point . Billy |
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Post by clw on May 17, 2007 9:14:20 GMT -6
Billy, thank you!! I just watched this (being utterly amazed that my poor old computer on dialup was able to handle it). How interesting it was to hear Chiaventone's views on the construction of historical fiction. Got a kick out of his repeated use of the term 'Custerthegoat'. That when Command and General Staff College reviewed the battle in situ all the officers said they would have made all the same decisions and why is facinating! He addresses the contemporary Lakota views through Short Bull and talks of his amusing attempts to learn Lakota so he understands the people and the politics. He talks of the fued few know of, between Old Smoke and Bull Bear over the murder commited by Red Cloud; the use of archeology and forensic anthropology (they all had arthritis and bad backs!); the fued between Bloody Knife and Gall being why Bloody Knife went with Reno...... GREAT STUFF! I didn't know that Glover photographed the Fetterman fight, probably with a contraption called a 'perambulating dark room'.  I learned about the fiction of Charles King who was a Lt at the Battle of the Rosebud and the fact that films like She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Ft Apache, etc. were based on his work. He lists his top five in historical fiction. Bottom line, if you haven't listened to this, treat yourselves! I loved every minute of it. |
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Post by markland on May 17, 2007 14:22:59 GMT -6
Billy, thank you!! I just watched this (being utterly amazed that my poor old computer on dialup was able to handle it). How interesting it was to hear Chiaventone's views on the construction of historical fiction. Got a kick out of his repeated use of the term 'Custerthegoat'. That when Command and General Staff College reviewed the battle in situ all the officers said they would have made all the same decisions and why is facinating! He addresses the contemporary Lakota views through Short Bull and talks of his amusing attempts to learn Lakota so he understands the people and the politics. He talks of the fued few know of, between Old Smoke and Big Bear over the murder commited by Red Cloud; the use of archeology and forensic anthropology (they all had arthritis and bad backs!); the fued between Bloody Knife and Gall being why Bloody Knife went with Reno...... GREAT STUFF! I didn't know that Glover photographed the Fetterman fight, probably with a contraption called a 'perambulating dark room'. I learned about the fiction of Charles King who was a Lt at the Battle of the Rosebud and the fact that films like She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Ft Apache, etc. were based on his work. He lists his top five in historical fiction. Bottom line, if you haven't listened to this, treat yourselves! I loved every minute of it. I will pass on the compliment to Fred tonight if I see at the Ft. Leavenworth Historical Society presentation. That will be entitled, “ You Can’t Get There from Here and the presenter is Dr Chris Gabel. Chris is a member of the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and a popular and frequent lecturer on local history. This talk will focus on the railroads, steamships, and trails of the greater Leavenworth area, and how they affected local development of both the fort and civilian communities." Since Fred is working on a book about the Border War-era, I suspect he may show up. For any interested and who can make it tonight, here is the FLHS web-site: www.ftlvnhistsoc.org/If you have a chance, watch the Robbins podcast also. A different perception of West Point than you normally get  Billy |
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Post by markland on Jun 14, 2007 12:53:18 GMT -6
The Pritzker Military Library will tonight present Andro Linklater discussing his book, The Fabric of America which deals with the mapping of America and how that influenced our path. You can attend in person if in Chicago or watch it via live web-casts (those are saved so that you can see it later). The information is at this link: www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2007-06-21-androLinklater.jspBilly |
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Post by KarlKoz on Jun 15, 2007 7:22:09 GMT -6
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