#1330 Wilderness and War

Listening to America

Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

"This book reveals [Washington] as a man of emotion, raw emotion."

— Clay S. Jenkinson

In anticipation of our conversation next week with Peter Stark, the author of Young Washington, we speak with Jefferson about our first president. Jefferson also comments on the time change, and the importance of using available daylight.

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0:00.0	Good Day Thomas Jefferson Hour podcast listeners and welcome to this week's
0:05.7	broadcast. If you enjoy the Thomas Jefferson Hour you can support the show by
0:11.0	going to Jefferson Hour.com and we encourage you to sign up for the 1776
0:18.8	club as a way to support the show or however you'd like to and if you're unable to or not
0:24.7	wanting to do that write us a letter let us know what you think ask President
0:29.5	Jefferson a question that's the kind of support we appreciate as well.
0:33.0	Or do both.
0:34.0	Yes.
0:35.0	We love your letters, especially your letters questioning or challenging or urging us to take on a topic.
0:40.0	It's good when you disagree with us.
0:42.0	Even better if you agree. That means we're probably right. But you never know.
0:47.0	I wanted to note that you're back from your Steinbeck cultural tour and I understand it went very well.
0:53.0	Extremely successful. It was just very nearly perfect.
0:58.0	Point Lobos, Fremont Peak, Doc's Lab, Ed Ricketts Lab at the heart of Cannery Road, the aquarium, which has a beautiful Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts exhibit about the canning industry and about Doc's work.
1:15.0	All hail to Russ and Liz Eagle.
1:18.0	Oh, yes, of course.
1:19.0	The camp hosts who were tremendous.
1:20.0	And Russ is a Steinbeck lover and the Steinbeck scholar and added dramatically to the
1:26.0	He couldn't really do it without his input could you wouldn't want to well
1:29.5	speaking of Steinbeck my favorite reader my wife Jan is into her third volume of
1:35.5	reading Stein I think she's reading Grapes of Wrath right now but I wanted to take a
1:39.2	personal one of the greatest of all American yeah and you have talked about how that's really relevant.
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