Not that the list needs to hear more from me--but an all around second for Paul's hearty endorsement of Peter Wallenstein. He's smart and witty and down to earth. Don't miss the chance to hear and learn from one of our state's very best historians.
Warm regards,
Kevin
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>Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:50:00 -0800
>From: Paul Finkelman <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: FW: Tech Professor to Speak on Virginia History
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>Peter Wallenstein is as good as they come; whoever can do it should go hear him speak. He is smart, funny, full of fabulous information, totally accessible to non-specialists, at the top of the game for specialists, and gives a great talk.
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>--- On Thu, 2/5/09, Janet Perkins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>From: Janet Perkins <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [VA-HIST] FW: Tech Professor to Speak on Virginia History
>To: "Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history" <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
>Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 12:12 PM
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>I am submitting this for everyone on the list's information.
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>Janet Perkins
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>Please pass on to any and all who might be interested. Hope we'll see
>you there!
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>Tech Professor to Speak on Virginia History
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>MECHANICSVILLE-Noted historian Peter Wallenstein is coming to the Atlee
>Branch Library in Hanover County to speak on a topic from his latest
>book, Cradle of America: Four Centuries of Virginia History (University
>Press of Kansas).
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>The event, to be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, is free and
>open to the public. A formal presentation by Wallenstein on Virginia's
>400-year-old relationship with America-from the colonial beginnings to
>the most recent presidential election-will be followed by a
>question-and-answer session and a book signing. Copies will be on sale
>at the venue ($25; cash or check accepted).
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>Cradle of America traces major themes across four centuries in a brisk
>narrative that recalls the people and events that have shaped the
>Commonwealth.
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>One reviewer wrote, "From Pocahontas to Patsy Cline, from William Byrd I
>to Harry Byrd Jr., Cradle of America brings to life 400 years of
>Virginia history." Others have praised it as "compelling,"
>"a gift of
>magnificent proportions," and "the most innovative and imaginative
>history of the Old Dominion we have yet seen." The Library of Virginia
>recently named Cradle of America as one of its three 2008 finalists for
>the best work of nonfiction.
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>Wallenstein, a professor of history at Virginia Tech for more than 25
>years, is the author of five previous books, including Blue Laws and
>Black Codes: Conflict, Courts, and Change in Twentieth-Century Virginia
>and Virginia Tech, Land-Grant University, 1872-1997: History of a
>School, a State, a Nation. He holds degrees from Columbia and Johns
>Hopkins universities.
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>The event is being sponsored by the Friends of the Atlee Branch Library.
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>The Atlee Branch Library is located at 9161 Atlee Road, just south of
>Route 301, in the Mechanicsville section of Hanover County. For more
>information, contact the library at (804) 559-0654.
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Department of History
James Madison University
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