tonight we're joined by fitzhugh brundage jon sensback and scott nelson. they are just three of many contributors to this new volume, a new history of the south. it just came a couple of weeks ago. so we're very excited to be here in discussion with them tonight. and each are professors of history. each have different of expertise. we have a lot ground to cover tonight. and so i'm going to briefly introduce them and then we will jump right in. fitzhugh brundage sitting here on the end, he's the editor of this wonderful volume. he's the william b umstead, professor of history, the university of north at chapel hill. so welcome, folks, from north carolina. we appreciate you being here. and seated next to him is jon sensbach. he teaches early american history at the university of florida and drove up here from gainesville to join us. so we're very grateful to you, john, for being here tonight. okay. and lastly, on the end we have scott nelson, who is georgia athletic association professor of at the university of georgia drove over from athens today. thank you