Book Talks at the Library of Virginia



Thursday, May 1, 2008

The Bloody Shirt: Terror After Appomattox by Stephen Budiansky

Time: Noon–1 PM

FREE EVENT

Stephen Budiansky will discuss and sign his newest book, The Bloody Shirt: 
Terror After Appomattox, an epic tale of terrorist violence—and uncommon 
courage—in the post–Civil War South. Between 1867 and 1877, more than 
3,000 free African Americans and their white allies were killed in cold blood by 
terrorist organizations in the South. The Bloody Shirt brings to life this era 
through the intertwining lives of five courageous men who dared to resist the 
violence and keep the dream of freedom and liberty alive.



Friday, May 2, 2008

The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News by 
Roger Mudd

Noon–1 pm

FREE EVENT

Veteran television news correspondent and anchor Roger Mudd will discuss 
and sign his new book The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days 
of Television News. Mudd’s memoir, based on his own notes and extensive 
interviews, looks back at his 20 years in the CBS News Washington bureau. 
Now about to turn 80, Mudd left CBS in anger when he was passed over to 
succeed Walter Cronkite, going on to report for NBC and narrate at the History 
Channel before retiring.



The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street in downtown 
Richmond.  Free parking is available underneath the building.

Both books are available in the Virginia Shop at the Library of Virginia: 
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwedo/shop.htm .

www.lva.virginia.gov 
804.692.3500

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