dr. cheney has authored 16 books. her most recent book about james madison is a masterful insight into one of the physically smallest of the founding fathers, but the one with the most towering intellect. surgically the one with the most fun wife. i asked her what she liked most about madison and she said he -- she is fascinated by people who work hard. she compares him to mozart, both were geniuses with their gracious works changed forever how people think. she is currently working on a book about the virginian dynasty, washington, jefferson, madison and munro that will be out in about two years. what fascinates her is the first 36 years of our republic with the exception of four short years of john adams the virginia dynasty was in power. of the 15 books she has written five of them are history books for children and we have bucked him for all of our grandchildren. i have read them over and over with the grandchildren who love them. i will just mention a few because you may want to purchase them. one of my favorites

dr. cheney's husband of 52 years to please stand up. vice president cheney.applause] thank you so much for coming. it means a lot to me. honored to introduce this morning the distinguished speaker. when i called her last year to invite her she said am i the only speaker who has not won a pulitzer prize? i said, yes. but you are the only speaker who is chairman of the national endowment of the humanities for seven years and you are the only speaker who was second lady of united states of america for eight years. [applause] if you google her you will be blown away by all of her awards and accomplishments. as always i am not going to list all of those. shee she was head of neh published american memory a report that warned about the failures of institutions of track a accurate knowledge of the past for future generations. she said quote the system of education that fails to nurture memories of the past deny students a great deal. one of the most successful theories she founded when she was there was the civil war series by 10 burns. -- ken burns. she said some c

dr. cheney's books in the lobby. thank you everyone. [applause] >> visit our website where you can find schedules, museum -- archival films, and more. american history tv at c-span.org/history. >> tonight on q and a comfy comparisons between president donald trump and andrew jackson. our guest mark gina mann's book, andrew jackson, southerner. >> i don't think he represents the positive values that jackson represented. he certainly represents some of the negative values that jackson represented. tell president -- history presentation of front of his own personhood, but nation in front of his own interest. that's with jackson did for most of his presidency. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. announcer: recently, american history tv was at the american historical association's annual meeting in denver, colorado. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 20 minutes. bill: we are with chelsea medlock, a history professor at oklahoma state university. one of the more inter

dr. cheney . welcome history lovers good morning. i am thrilled you are here and i am particularly happy to welcome students from the palm beach fifth-grade academy. [applause] also students from the palm beach university and faculty.

dr. husband of 50 years to stand up. vice president cheney. [applause] gay: thank you so much for coming. it means a lot to me and a lot to let in. a distinguished speaker. when i called to invite her she said, mi the only speaker that has not won a political prize? i said, yes but you were the only speaker that was chairman of the national endowment for the humanities for seven years on the only speaker that was second lady of the united states for eight years. [applause] gay for eight years. ney, you google dr. che you will be blown away by all of her accomplishments and awards. and i am not going to do that, i expect you to do that. nih, she was head of the she published a report that warned about the failure of schools and institutions of higher learning to transmit knowledge about the past to future generations. she said "a system of education that fails to nurture memory of the past denies students a great deal better go one of the most successful series she funded while she was there was the civil war theory -- series by ken burns, whic

dr. cheney: madison made many decisions but perhaps the wisest payne marry dolly todd. he was out walking and a spring day in 1794 when he caught sight of her and was smitten. this happened regularly to men who saw dolly. she was 5'8", shapely figure, andk hair, blue eyes a pale complexion. she came from a quaker family which had not for her been a good fit. she was inclined for the gaieties of the world, one quaker woman row. and this is my favorite story. a quaker matron recalled that during an effort to convince dolly of the seriousness of life, the young girl first smiled, then afterward fell fast asleep. the 26-year-old dolly was recently widowed. her husband john had died from yellow fever. and so had her three-month-old son, leaving her with a who was two. dolly iswho was 43, 26. i don't you to miss that. turned to ehrenberg, this is the one big thing, -- turned to aaron burr, everybody knew everybody. he turned to aaron burr because he and burr had gone to princeton together an arrangement reduction. dolly was thrilled with the prospect. thou mustto a friend, co