[circlecity]

That book was about Washington politics during the period of the civil war, not a history of the civil war itself and certainly not about the battle of Gettysburg. Stephen Spears would have made a much better keynote speaker. His the perhaps the most preimmenent historian on the eastern theater of the Civil War.

[Timber Rattler]

Hey, I agree with you, and can't stand the woman ether. But she was invited because of Spielberg and her Lincoln book.

And you're right, they would have done much better by inviting Searss to do the keynote.

[0.E.O]

Stephen Spears would have made a much better keynote speaker. His the perhaps the most preimmenent historian on the eastern theater of the Civil War.

Noah Andre Trudeau came out with a book on Gettysburg about the same time as Sears did, and I think his is a little bit better. Regardless, either one would have done a better job than Goodwin.

[0.E.O]

Stephen Spears would have made a much better keynote speaker. His the perhaps the most preimmenent historian on the eastern theater of the Civil War.

Noah Andre Trudeau came out with a book on Gettysburg about the same time as Sears did, and I think his is a little bit better. Regardless, either one would have done a better job than Goodwin.