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Finding the Story in History
Thu. March 27th, 2008 12:00 PM
Historians Edward G. Lengel (To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918; This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters) and Scott E. Casper (Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon) discuss their books and the challenge of making the past compellingly present to readers.
Sponsored by We the People Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.Moderator: Brendan Wolfe
Location:
The Student Bookstore (on the corner)
1515 University Ave.
(434)293-5900
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Scott E. Casper is the author of Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon and is the 1999 winner of the Book History Prize from the society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing. Casper is a professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. Visit Website View Events |
Edward G. Lengel, associate professor of history at UVa, is the author of To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 and This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters. He is the recipient of the National Humanities Medal for his work at the Papers of George Washington. View Events |
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