usually, moving to his right, under general james mcpherson. no relationship. [applause] though i would like to claim a relationship. getting them to retreat, this happens over and over again. cashville, to and on and on. and at kennesaw mountain, sherman does attack and engages in another flanking movement, this time to the left. he crosses the chattahoochee river. sherman,g not stop over the course of 100 miles of these flanking maneuvers, jefferson davis gives up on johnston. and removes him from command. he appoints a commander under lee, at the commander of tennessee, and goohood repeatedly attacked. hood gets a series of even bloodier noses at msr mountain. and finally, sherman undertakes the last of his flanking movements at the end of august, beginning of september. and that cuts the last railroad into atlanta, coming from the south. forces hood to evacuate atlanta on september 2. impact, is a huge local the north, the northern people have become weary of the war, of the slaughter. virginia, during the summer of 1864, with nothing to show for. apparentl

as james mcpherson said, march 8, 1862 was the worst they until pearl harbor. hundreds of united states sailors killed. all in one date by you ship that seemingly was unstoppable. ♪ >> range? ♪ mr. alberg: as often happens in history, these moments of serendipity and fate, the monitor arrives in a heavy fog that evening and much of the concern of the navy that was observing this tiny ship who believed she was not in the building of anything -- >> the merrimack is sweeping the union fleet. even the capital will be at the mercy of the guns of the merrimack. >> what of the monitor? >> if it ever reaches hansen roads, the merrimack will blow her out of the water. >> so that is the monitor? ♪ >> fire! [cannon fire] ♪ mr. alberg: the virginia was never able to get out of hampton roads and was eventually destroy for keep her from falling into the hands of the union. the strategy was intact and that is what made monitors a significant. it wasn't she had a superior, clear victory at the battle of canton roads. -- hampton roads. but it was able to stop the virginia for d

the 1978 pulitzer prize winner for fiction, james allen mcpherson, was born in savannah in 1943. he earned degrees from morris brown college, harvard law school and the university of ohio. his pulitzer prize was awarded for a collection of short stories help has also written essays and nonfiction books about his life and cultural identity such as 1998's crab cakes. he is a prefer emeritus at the university of iowa's college of liberal arts and sciences. bruce filer ills the author of six consecutive "new york times" best sellers, including "walking the bible" and "abraham." he also writes a weekly column about families for the sunday edition of "the new york times." that wraps up at our look at some of savannah's native authors. >> here's a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. on march 12th and 13th, booktv will be live at the university of arizona for the eighth annual tucson festival of books. the following week is the virginia festival of the book, held in charlottesville. then on saturday, april 2nd, the fourth annual san antonio book festiv

1972 for the complete stories of flannery o'connor. 1978 pulitzer prize winner for fiction, james alan mcpherson was born in savannah in 1943. mr. mcpherson earned degrees from morris brown college, harvard law school and university of iowa. his pulitzer prize was awarded for a collection of short stories entitled elbowroom. mr. mcpherson has written essays and nonfiction book about his life and culture identity such as 1998's crabcakes, he is professor emeritus at the university of iowa's college of liberal arts and sciences. bruce vaughan island is the author of six consecutive new york times bestsellers including walking the bible and abraham which looks at a role of religion in contemporary life. he also writes a weekly column about families for the sunday edition of the new york times. that wraps up our look at some of savannah's native authors. >> we are joined by a gene th h theohar theoharis, author of the rebellious life of mrs. rosa parks. prior to december 1st, 1955, was rosa parks rebellious? >> guest: absolutely. her rebellious spirit starts as a young person come as a kid. for inst