we are talking here about the american founding. and by that term, i am referring to that time in the life of the nation when , when americans, the columnist began to agitate for the rights as englishman. and believing they had failed to secure those rights, they had then embarked on the pursuit of independence and having secured independence, they then have this tremendous task of building a new nation, building the institutions of government in the like of the wake of devastating war and having won this independence. so that's where i'm referring to. the last 30 or so of the 18th century. the founding fathers read the bible, there are men can quotations from and illusions to both familiar and obscure biblical texts, confirmed that they knew the bible from cover to cover. they buckle language and themes literally seasoned their rhetoric. the phrases and the cadences of the king james bible and it is in fact the king james bible for the most part that these americans are reading. and if you know the king james, you know it has it's

a wildly popular text in the political literature of the american founding. again, this is a text that i would view as speaking to what i might call christian liberty, but they're appropriating, perhaps misappropriating it, for a political purpose. they are also drawn to the great covenant text we find in the old testament. leviticus 26, deuteronomy 28 that tell the story of a nation forming a covenant with god. so they're drawn to a variety of biblical texts. now, i think we should perhaps pause to ask this question. are the many reverences to christianity's sacred text that we find in this political discourse, are these merely rhetorical ornaments? are they without substantive significance? should students of the founding be attentive to the bible's influence on the political and legal developments of this period? in other words, did the founders use the bible in ways that mattered? one can acknowledge that the founding generation read and referenced the bible and simultaneously doubt that the bible exerted consequential influence on their political and leg

living on the revolution to our knowledge to this day no one has ever founded american columnist who said let's rebel against the british because all take her slaves away and in fact the british was a nation in the world and the only complaint that americans have about the british is that they were bringing too many slaves to the world. this cannot be more false is utterly false, entirely false and i don't know what other adjectives i could put in their. >> this underscore and what strikes me let's put it this way if i wrote something very publicly criticized by gordon in james and sean and others i would immediately pursue a discussion to discover the truth of the fox and have that conversation. the very fact that were not doing the, this is all or nothing we either accept this 1619 project or were defenders of slavery and we want to raise history and we are mean people, that tells you right there this is not about history, this is not h about pursuing and tryingo discover the accurate history and have a conversation with her students about that, this is about a political battle rig

found -- like the american founding and american history for reasons that have to do with establishing that right now, fighting current politics, this country is successicly racist -- systemically racist. .. america was racist from the get-go, slave ships and another one came to jamestown,, passengers who are captive, they been captured in the caribbean and brought over by pirate ships. nicole had a jones says that's beginning of slavery in america. that's a murky point because they didn't recognize slavery. within a few years most of them are set free. they either married in the white population, became land owners and citizens of this country. so the very basic idea of 1619 is the beginning of slavery in america, that itself is false but that hasn't been grown up into this giant bush of claims that every significant event was part of this scheme by rich black people were oppressed, denied the rights and treated as chattel. there is of course a history to american slavery that needs to be told.

to our knowledge no one has ever found in american colonists who said yes, let's rebelled against the british because they will take our slaves away. in fact, the british were the biggest slave trading nation in the world at that point. the only complaints that americans have british slave trade was they were bringing too many slaves into the world. they couldn't they couldn't have been more false. it's utterly false, entirely false. i don't know what other adjectives i could put in there. >> this strikes me, let's put it this way. if i wrote something publicly and criticized by gordon walz and john glenn, and others, i would immediately pursue a discussion to discover the truth as a fax and have that conversation. the very fact we're not doing that, this isn't all or nothing. either accept this 1619 project or we are defenders of slavery. we want to erase history and we are mean people. that strikes, that tells you right there this is not about history. this is not about pursuing trying to discover the accurate history and have a conversation with our students about that. this is abo

living at the time of the revolution, to our knowledge no one has ever found an american colonist who said let's republicans the british because they will take our slaves away. the biggest slave trading nation in the world, the only complaint americans had about the british slave trade was they were bringing too many slaves. this couldn't have been more falls. it is utterly false. i don't know what other adjectives to put in. >> does this underscore what strikes me, if i wrote something very publicly and was criticized by gordon boyd and james mcpherson and others i would immediately pursue a discussion to discover the truth and the fact that have that conversation. the fact that we are not doing that this is all nothing, you must accept the 1619 project, we are defenders of slavery, want to erase history and are mean people. that tells you right there this is not about history. this is not about pursuing and trying to discover the accurate history and have a conversation with our students about that. it is about a political battle right now, that is so obvious and the discussion abou

our knowledge to this day, no one is ever found in american promise who said but rebel against the british because they take our slaves away. in fact, the british were a nation in the world at that time, the only complaint americans had about the british slave trade was that they were bringing many slaves to the free world, this could not have been more false. it is hardly entirely false. i don't know what other adjectives i can put into. >> and just under quarter -- let's put it this way, if i wrote something comically and was criticized by others, i would immediately pursue a discussion to discover the truth of the facts and have that conversation. the very fact that we are not doing that, this is all or nothing. we either accept this 1619 project or we are defenders of slavery, erase history and we are mean people that tells you right there is not about history, is how pursuing and trying to discover accurate history have a conversation with our students about that. this is a political battle right now and i think it's so obvious at this discussion about tenure for the author i think it

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founding in american history for reasons that have to do with establishing that right now writing current politics this country is racist and therefore needs policy outcomes. that strikes me as overarching actual problem, the whole 1619 project. >> the project that america was racist from the get-go, in august of 1619 and another a month later came to gorge, they have been captured in the caribbean, nicole hannah jones in slavery in america he didn't recognize slavery, they've assimilated these people within a few years, most were set free, the intermarried and became landowners and citizens of the country. this very basic idea of 1619 the beginning of slavery in america but in fact deed that's grown up and took a giant brush of claim every significant event for american history was part of this by which black people were oppressed, denied their right and treated as a child. there is of course a history of american slavery that needs to be told and manages to get part of it wrong, some of the claims are so outrageous they've got people on the far left claimant for example, the american re

founding in american history with what has to do with establishing that right now and fighting current politics this country is systemically racist and we need to have certain policy outcomes that's why we are arching factual problems and i use that although 1619 project i know you would have more to say than that. >> that's incredibly wrong point, this is the project that advances the thesis that america was racist from the get-go in august of 1619 seem to gorge the passengers who are captive and being captured in the caribbean and what were encouraged nikole hannah-jones says that the beginning of slavery in america, that is a perky point because he didn't recognize slavery they assimilated these people to the category and within a few years most of them were set free with the white population and citizens of this country. it's a very bigoted idea of 1619 and the beginning of slavery in america, that is false in this seed has been growing up into the giant bush of claims with every significant event in american history was part of the scheme by which black people were oppressed and t

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you'll find some african american -- you found some of the american -- african american marines who said they were black angels. they jumped in and help them out. and this is why later on, as we get through this idea of fostering integration, within the combat experience, the combat experience itself is different than being anywhere else in service. once african americans demonstrate to their counterparts that we're with -- they are just as capable, when i counted, they are really seen as marines, not black marines. there is a difference. now, again, when i talk about any of this integration, for strength here is going to play a major role. when you leave boot camp of the marine corps at this, time when these recruits are leaving to go to their first assignments, the marine coasters very small. one recruit was due to be staged in kavanaugh's bay in hawaii. there is no marine unit there, so to, speak a full unit, a full segregated unit. there is no way segregated unit. so due to the nature of, it they were integrated. and you will find that. he will systematically find that even in larger

founding and american history for reasons that have to do with establishing the fact right now in current politics, this country is systemically racists and, therefore, we need certain policy outcomes. that's factual problem, and i guess i use it in air quotes here, about the whole 1619 project. peter, would that be fair to say? i know you have more to say than that. >> well, that's entirely are on point. this is the project that america was racist from the get go, that in august of 1619 slave ships came to jamestown, disgorged passengers that were captive, captured in the caribbean and brought over by pirate ships. nikole hannah-jones says that's the beginning of slavery in america. now, that's a very murky point because jamestown didn't recognize slavery. they assimilated these people to the category of indentured servant. within a but years, most of them were set is free. they became full landowners and citizens of this country. so the very basic idea of 1619 as the beginning of slavery in america, that itself is false. but it's that seed that's then grown up into this giant bush of cl

. >>> american history tv continues now, with historians looking a the bible's influence on the founding fathers, including their few views on religious liberty, democracy, and the american republic. this discussion was part of a symposium hosted by museum of the bible, in washington, d.c. >>> thank you, danielle. good afternoon, everyone. i hope you enjoyed your time at lunch and in the museum. take moment to silence your cell phone. please join me in giving our speaking a round of applause. they have done annious standing job. [ applause ] . today has really been an interesting look in how the bible influenced the people and events the american revolution and our nation's founding. so i am going to thank you to those that have submitted questions. i am going to randomly go through these. and for our speakers. and we will start with dr. kidd. franklin quoted, god helps those who help themselves. could you put that in the context of your remarks about franklin's believes. >> well, that's an example of franklin that poor richard's almanac was just full of aphorisms that sounded sort of li

founding. i finally i got to write this book. people talk about the writing process that's becoming something you didn't anticipate. kmart i just found myself telling the stories that i have been telling verbally most of my life. and some let me tell because are so funny that you have to tell people printed lack of tell you what happened you overly this. a lot of it was humor growing up with greek immigrant father to misunderstandings itself. so the book became something different than i had intended. i have to be honest, and say that i almost didn't know what i had. but i hope this makes sense. told the story of the feedback was good. initially i did not had there. with yell university and working class and written all of these different pieces. no audio >> and that is what this is about. and it ends up at the very end of this mirror call. but it's funny as i was writing it come i didn't shrink from talking about faith but in the reality i didn't really have faith. i tasted it and learned it h

founding and american history. it has to do with establishing right now and fighting current politics this country is systemically racist and we have to have certain policy outcomes. i use the fact of the 1619 project. i know you. [inaudible] >> that's incredibly on points. this is the process that america was from the get-go. in august 1619 month later had passengers they had been captured into the caribbean and brought forth by will were actually pirate ships. said that was beginning of slavery and america. that's a very murky point he did not recognize slavery. simplified the category of indentured servants. most of them were set free. they intermarried with the white population became citizens of this country. the very basic idea of 1619 as the beginning of slavery in america, that itself is false. that seed is grown up into claims every significant event in history was part of the scheme by which black people were oppressed and treated as chattel. there is american history that needs to be told. even the most

harvard has been founded the first american college founded almost exclusively by puritan pastors in the 1630s and by the earlyly 1700's it had become captured and still absolutely christian theology but this rational non-predestination and in some ways non-puritan type of theology so new englander started a new college and a morm conservative alternative that will go back back to the puritae of theology. gayle was the conservative bible college. in the early 1700's so we could have an alternative to harvard. almost all the colonial american colleges were founded in the colonial period and they were almost all founded as colleges for the training of pastors. no women went to college. almost no men went to college in those days and if you are a man but went to college it was almost always in the colonial period. so what they saw was the rise of immorality and more modern philosophy and theology and the third reason for this crisis is ongoing war with catholic france and spain and their native american allies. starting the 1690s the colonies but especially mangling goes through a coupl

american history continues now talking about the bible and the founding of america. this is part of a symposium hosted by the museum of the bible in washington, d.c. >> thank you, danielle. good afternoon, everyone. i hope you enjoyed your time at lunch and in the museum. if you will will please take a moment to silence your cell phone or any other device you might have with you. please join me in giving our speakers a round of applause. they've done an outstanding job. today has been an interesting look at how the bible influenced the people and events of the american revolution and our nation's founding. so i'm going to thank you to those that have submitted questions. i'm just going to randomly go through these. and for our speakers. and we'll start with dr. kid. franklin quoted god helps those who help themselves. could you put that in the context of your remarks about franklin's beliefs? >> they were acts of prove eshs. i think that type of philosophy is -- god helps those who help themselves is an excellent example of this type of emphasis on virtue and moralit

which is an american founded company. kailey: this doesn't just relate to bitcoin, but many stocks tied to it. coinbase is one of them. how do you invest in equity that is so heavily tied to an asset class that many would say is completely disconnected from fundamentals? >> at the end of the day, the fundamental that matters is you want to buy low and sell high. while crypto is largely uncorrelated to the rest of the market, that is not necessarily a bad thing. it is just following, to a large extent, the price. because that has a large impact on the price of stock. amanda: to kailey's point here, we know there is a massive amount of volatility in bitcoin. anybody invested is going to have to accept that fact. coinbase is a strong correlation to bitcoin. which is not typical, and exchange should not necessarily have that kind of correlation, one would argue. do expect that to diminish over time? or, is that the nature of coinbase, that you will invest, and are going to get the bitcoin volatility. >> over time what you mig

founding and finally, finally, finally, i got to write this book and i did not intend it -- it's kind of like, you know, people talk about this in the writing process that it becomes something you didn't anticipate. it became a lit rare-- literary retelling of my life i had not anticipated. ... and some let me tell because are so funny that you have to tell people printed lack of tell you what happened you overly this. a lot of it was humor growing up with greek immigrant father to misunderstandings itself. so the book became something different than i had intended. i have to be the book became something that i did not attend, and i almost didn't know i had. i thought, goodness, i hope that this makes sense. the feedback has been fantastic, so i'm not as worried as i was, but i thought i needed to be a literary memoir, yale university working class, all of these different moving pieces and disparate pieces, but i didn't know that whatever congeal. that's an ugly word, but you know what i mean. >> yes, and i didn't mean it when i said it was lovely. and i'm glad you raise the question

and lafayette is also in american founding father. so i did want to tread a little bit carefully although he was the most fun of the founding fathers. but then when you are dealing with someone who is more modern, i desperately want to please them into dealing with world war ii is even more harrowing because it is a recent history, and it's still w very emotional for so many people. i don't think i ever stop being scared. >> never. every book as a whole new world that you have to go into. with virginia hall it's described as intimidating and scary. i kept having editors say but let's make her more likable. she's not likable. i love how she dominates people, but i understand that not everyone does, so it was a challenge and you can usually figure out if i speak in the voice of whether i choose first person or third because i try to crawl into their skin, but virginia hall i will never be able to believe. i just have to keep a little bit of distance and watch her through the point of view. so that is kind of the trick that i play. >> th

jeremy has written two books, including brotherhood and combat, how african-americans found equality in korea and vietnam. he is now writing another book on tonight subject, the montford point marines. the african-american unit that successfully integrated the u.s. marine corps in 1942, and went on to distinction itself on okinawa and throughout the pacific theater in world war ii. today, racial and ethnic minority groups make up 40% of our active duty military. that is up from 25%, as recently as 1990. and they account for more than 47% of our active duty marines. the montford marines paved the way. tonight, we will hear their story. before we start, i want to invite all of you in the audience to submit questions in the chat box on your screen. you can do that throughout the presentation, and we will get to them at the end. jeremy, it is great to have you here, welcome to the kansas city public library. jeremy: thank you very much. as steve said i will be talking about the montford point marines , before i do that i want to preface my journey to the topic. my first foray into academ

jeremy has written two books including brotherhood in combat, how african-americans found equality in korea and vietnam and he's now writing another book on tonight's subject the montford point marines. the african-american unit that successfully integrated the u.s. marine corps in 1942 and went on to distinguish itself on okinawa and throughout the pacific theatre world war ii. today racial and ethnic minority groups make up more than 40% of our active duty military. that's up from 25% as recently as 1990. and they account for more than 47% of our active duty marines. the montford marines paved the way. tonight we will hear their story. before we start i want to invite all of you in the audience to submit questions in the chat box there on your screen, you can do that throughout the presentation and we will get to them at the end. jeremy, it's great to have you here. welcome to the kansas city public library. >> okay. thank you very much, steve. as steve said, i'm going to be talking about the montford point marines. before i do that i kind of want to preface my journey to this topic

how african-americans found equality in korea and vietnam, and he's now writing another book on tonight's subject the montford point marines. it went on to distinguish itself on okinawa and throughout world war0% ii. today racial and ethnic minority groups make a up more than 40% the active duty military. that's upnt from 1990 when they account of 47% of our active-duty marines. the montford marines paved the way. tonight we'll hear their story. before we start i want to invite all of you in the audience to submit questions in the chat box there on your screen. you can do that throughout the presentation and we'll get to them at the end. jeremy, it's great to have you here and welcome to the kansas city public library. >> thank you very much, steve. as steve said i'm going to be talking about the montford point marines. before i do that, i want to preface my journey through this topic. my firstto foray into academic history was to study integration in combat units so basically it was army and marine corps related and i was talking about the integration period and that pretty much looked a

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founding, finally i got to write this book and i did not intend it -- it's kind of like people talk about this in the writing process that it becomes something hewitt didn't anticipate, it became a literary retelling of my life with the level of detail i had not anticipated but i found myself telling stories i've been telling verbally most of my life. some futile because they are funny and you have to tell people, you're not going to believe this and a lot of it involved humor, a greek immigrant father misunderstandingng himself so te book became something different than i intended and i have to be honest and say i almost didn't know what i i had. i hope this makes sense. the feedback has been fantastic has not been as i was worried but i'm sure, i mean it to be a great read, literary memoir with yale university working class, all of these different pieces but i honestly didn't know if it would ever congeal, that's an ugly word but you know what i mean. >> i do. i didn't mean it when i said it was lovely. unlike you raised this question or issue about your life as a writer, the book

founding i wrote this book and i did not intend, kind of like people talk about the writing process, it becomes something you didn't anticipate, it became a literary retelling of my life with the level of detail i had not anticipated but i found myself telling these stories i have been telling verbally most of my life, some you tell because they are so funny and you have to tell people and a lot of it involves humor growing up of the greek immigrant father with the misunderstandings and stuff so it became something different than i intended and i almost didn't know what i had and i hope this makes sense. the feedback is fantastic but initially i'm not sure what i have here. i mean it to be a great memoir, working-class, all these pieces, but i didn't know if it would ever congeal. that an ugly word but you know what i mean. >> host: i meant it when i said was lovely. you raised the question about your life as a writer, the book does reveal that that is an important part of your identity. a couple questions i want to ask about that. i want to come back to the dream which is so fascina

you have to tread carefully and with lafayette, even though he's a frenchman, he's an american founding fathers cited want to try carefully although give too much difficulty and generally the most fun of the founding fathers but when you are dealing with someone more modern like beatrice -- talking with her family, i desperately wants toin please them. i want to write a story that makes them happy while reflecting the truth dealing with figures and was brought to is more harrowingne because it's recent history and still emotional for many people i don't think i ever stop being scared. what about you, erica? >> never, it's a whole new world capitol into her niece described her as intimidating and scary. having them say is we make them likable, she's not likable. i love these dominant people, i while not everyone does so it was a challenge and you can usually figure out if i feel i can speak in the voice of whether i should choose their present or second person first person parks i can only -- i try to call crawl under their skin but virginia hall, i whenever be able to fully embody her s

with lafayette even though he's a a frenchman, he's also an american founding father so i did want to tread carefully although he didn't give me too much difficulty generally the most fun of the founding fathers but when you are dealing with someone who is more modern like beatricece, i'm talking with her family, i desperately want to please them, i want to write a story that makes them happy while reflecting the truth also in dealing with word world to is even more harrowing because it's such recent history and still emotional for so many people. i don't think i ever stop being scared, what about you? >> never forget every book is a whole new world you have to go into and her niece described her as intimidating scary smart. never once likable i guess having an editor saying she's not, she's not likable. she is. i love them but i understand everyone does. it was a challenge and you can usually figure out if i feel like i can speak in the voice of whether i choose first person or third and you will notice third person because i try to crawl under their skin but virginia hall, i will ne

harvard had been founded, the first american college founded almost exclusively for training puritan pastors in the 1630s, and by the early 1700s it had become captured by still absolutely christian theology, but this kind of rational, non-predestinarian, in some ways non-puritan type of theology. and so new englanders start a new college as a more conservative alternative that will kind of go back more towards puritan type of theologies, and that college was yale. [laughter] you know, yale was sort of the conservative bible college, right? [laughter] in the early 1700s so that we can have an alternative to harvard. okay? almost all the colonial american colleges, the ivy league schools, most of them were founded in the colonial period, and they're almost all founded as colleges for the training of pastors. and almost nobody else goes to college. no women went to college. almost no men went to college in those days. and if you were a man who went to college, it was almost always in the colonial period to become a pastor, okay? so what they saw as a rise in immorality, enlightenment t

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founding, finally i got to write this book i did not intend it, it is kind of like people talking about this in the writing process. it becomes something that you did not anticipate the it became a literary retelling of my life with a level of detail that i had not anticipated. i just found myself telling these stories that i had beenve telling verbally most of my life. some of them you tell just because they are so funny and you have to tell people. a lot of it involved humor growing up with the greek immigrant father and the misunderstandings and stuff. the book became something different than i had intended. i have to be honest and say that i almost did not know what i had. gosh, i hopeak this makes sense. the feedback has been fantastic. i am not as worried as i was. initially, i just was not sure what i have here. i wanted it to be a great read with yale university. all of these different pieces, i honestly did not know if it would ever -- that is an ugly word, but you know what i mean it. >> i did mean it when i said that it was lovey. the issue about your life as a writer. the bo

have to tread carefully and with lafayette, he is a frenchman, he is also an american founding father, and so i did want to tread also carefully but the didn't give be too much difficulty. the most fun of the founding fathers. but then when you're dealing with someone who is more modern, like beatrice chandler, who -- i talk with her family. i desperately want to please them. i want to write a story that makes them happy, and while also reflecting the truth, and dealing with figures in world war ii, it's even more harrowing because it's such recent history, and it's still very emotional for so many people. so, i don't think i ever stopped being scared. what about your, erika? >> never. every book is a whole new world, and virginia hall, he niece described his as intimidating and scary smart. never was unlikeable and i kept having editors say she is not likeable. she is not likeable. i love her. i love -- you can usually figure out if i feel like can speak in the voice of whether the choose first person or third and you'll notice this woman is in third person because i can only -- i tr

before the pandemic, a gallup poll found 70% of americans believed that dream was achievable. nearly 1/3 said it was out of reach. an unexpected result of the pandemic -- people moved. homes sales in 2020 hit a 14-year high, making the housing market tighter than ever. we talked to some first-time home buyers about getting in on the dream in these challenging times. >> i am a mental health therapist and i live in harlem. i have been thinking about buying a home it feels like forever, honestly. >> i have been the executive director for the new york mortgage coalition for five years. people see owning a home as an avenue to build wealth as their largest asset. it is still the american dream today. >> i am from brooklyn, new york. i am 27 years old. we have moved seven to 10 times in the past 10 years. my parents did the best they could. due to external factors, they was not able to have a job that was any better than minimum wage. the dream of homeownership is very important to us, but it seemed very impossible up until recently. >> i would say we are in one of the most competit

founding, finally, finally, finally got to write this book. i did not intend it, it's kind of like people talk about this in the writing process that it become something you did not anticipate. it became a literary retelling of my life with a level of detail i had not anticipated. but i found myself telling the stories that i've been telling verbally most of my life. some of them you tell because they're so funny you tell people about this i wouldou happier not going to believe this. a lot of it was humor with the greek immigrant father and the misunderstandings and stuff. the book became something different than i haden intended. i have to be t honest and say i almost did not know what i had. gosh i hope this makes sense. i told the story and the feedback has been fantastic. i'm not as worried as i was. but initially i wasn't sure i had here.re i wanted to be a great read i memoir with el university, all thesemmigrants pieces. i honestly did not know if it would ever congeal, that is an ugly word but you know what i mean. >> i do and i did me

founding, finally i got to write this book and i did not intend it, it's like people in the writing process something he didn't anticipate, it became a literary retelling of my life with a level but i have not anticipated but i found myself telling stories that i've been telling verbally most of my life some of them futile because they are so funny you have to tell people, i've got to tell you, you're not going to believe this and humor growing up greek immigrant father and of misunderstandings and stuff so the book became something different than i intended but i have to be honest say i almost didn't know what i had. i thought i hope this makes sense. i have told this story and the feedback has been fantastic so i'm not as worried as i was but initially i thought i'm not sure what i have here. i mean it to be a great read, literary memoir yell university working class european immigrant, all of these pieces but i honestly didn't know if it would ever congeal, that's an ugly work but you know what i mean. >> i did mean it when i said it was lovely. i'm glad you raised the issue abou

you have to tread carefully and with lafayette, even though he's a frenchman, he's also an american founding father so i did want to tread carefully although he didn't give me too much generally, the most fun of the founding fathers. when you're dealing with someone who is more modern like beatrice chandler, i'm talking with her family. i desperately want to please them. i want to write a story that makes them happy while also reflecting the truth and dealing with figures in world war ii is even more harrowing because it's such recent history and it's still very emotional for so many people. so, i don't think i ever stopped being scared. what about you, erika? >> no, never. every book, it's a whole new world that you have into. and virginia hall, her niece described her as intimidating and scary smart, and never likeable. and the editors kept saying, she's not likeable. i love crotchety dominant people, but i had that not everyone does and it was a challenge and you can figure out if i feel i can speak in the voice of whether i choose first person and third and you'll notice third person bec

harvard had been founded the first american college, founded almosty exclusively for traini puritan pastors in the 1630s. and by the early 1700s, hit become captured by absolutely christian theology. this n rational nonpuritan theology. so new englanders start a new college as a more conservative alternative that will go back morekn to pure tan type theolog. and that college was yale. yale was the conservative bible college. right? so we can have an alternative to harvard. almost all theer colonial amerin colleges, the ivy league schools, most of themou were founded in the colonial period and they're almost all founded as collegesll for the training c pastors. almost no one else went to college. no women went to college. and iff you twoeblt college, it was almost in theaw colonial period to become a pastor. okay? it was a more modern philosophy and oitheology. and then a third reason for the sense of crisis is ongoing war with catholic france and spain and their native-american allies. starting in the 1690s, the colonies, especially new england, go through a couple of generations of imperia

harvard had been found in the first american college, founded almost exclusively for training puritan pastors in the 16 thirties. by the early 1700s it had become captured by -- still absolutely christian theology, but this rational, non-predestined area, some went on puritan type of theology. so they start a new college as a more conservative alternative that will go back more to puritan type of theology. purethat was yale. yale was the conservative bible college. right? [laughs] so that we could have an alternative to harvard. almost all the colonial american colleges, the ivy league schools, most were founded in the colonial period, almost all founded as colleges for the training of pastors. almost nobody else went to college. no women went to college. almost no man went to college in those days. if you were a man who went to college, it was almost always the colonial period to become a pastor. okay? so what they saw as a rise in immorality, enlightenment thought, more modern philosophy and theology, than a third reason for the sense of crisis, the ongoing war with catholic france