it's my pleasure to introduce our speaker, jerry enzler, who joins us from his home in east dubuque, illinois. he is here to discuss his new book, "jim bridger: trailblazer of the american west," published last month by the university of oklahoma press. bridger was indeed a trailblazer. he was the first mountain man to come upon the great salt lake in utah, paddle the bighorn river's bad pass, and explore the wonders of yellowstone. he operated a trading post on the oregon trail and was also a pioneering merchant in westport when it was a frontier outpost. in his new biography, enzler examines bridger's remarkable life from early explorer, guide, trapper and trader, to his retirement to a farm near watts mill outside of kansas city. enzler was the founding director of the national mississippi river museum and aquarium, a smithsonian affiliated institution in dubuque, iowa. he retired in 2016 after nearly four decades heading up the is a him. over that time, he has written and curated numerous national exhibitions and films, published historical articles, and given presentations throu

next on american history tv jerry enzler discusses his book jim bridger trailblazer of the american west bridger was a traitor and guide who traveled across much of the western wilderness from the 1820s to 1868 the kansas city public library hosted this event and provided the video. i'm jeremy drouin manager of the missouri valley special collections. the library's local history department in archives. thank you for joining us for another online installment of our signature sunday series. we look forward to the day when we can once again hold the vents inside our auditorium, but until that time we will continue to offer a variety of online programming. if you missed one of our recent events, you'll find them archived on the library's

next on american history tv jerry enzler discusses his book jim bridger trailblazer of the american west bridger was a traitor and guide who traveled across much of the western wilderness from the 1820s to 1868 the kansas city public library hosted this event and provided the video. i'm jeremy drouin manager of the missouri valley special collections. the library's local history department in archives. thank you for joining us for another online installment of our signature sunday series. we look forward to the day when we can once again hold the vents inside our auditorium, but until that time we will continue to offer a variety of online programming. if you missed one of our recent events, you'll find them archived on the library's website and youtube channel. is my pleasure to introduce our speaker jerry enzler who joins us from his home in east, dubuque, illinois. he is here to discussed his new book. jim bridger trailblazer the american west. published last month by the university of oklahoma press richard was indeed a trailblazer. he was the first mountain man to come upon the grea

they provided the video in one hour jerry enzler discusses his book jim bridger trailblazer of the american west bridger was a trainer and guide who traveled across much of the western wilderness from the 1820s to 1868. the kansas city public library hosted this event and provided the video and two hours brown university professor. kate nelson teaches a class about guerrilla warfare in the american civil war so without further ado, please let me introduce our speakers. our first speaker today will be nl tucker author of newest born of nations european national movements. nationalist movements and the creation of the confederacy. she uses an historian of the us south and civil war in an international perspective. she is an assistant professor of history at the university of north georgia. thank you anne forei

jerry enzler on his book "jim bridger. "saturday on lectures in history, meghan kate nelson talks about guerrilla warfare on the confederate and union sides during the civil war, whose tactics included ambushes and surprise raids on unsuspecting troops and towns, sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the definitions are compared of free speech in france and the united states and exploring whether france's model would work in the u.s. and sunday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy, with "washington post" columnist karen tumulty author of "the triumph nancy reagan" and exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> 40 years ago on march 30th, 1981, johnlinkry jr. fired shots at ronald reagan, including one that ricochetted off the presidential limousine and struck the president. next on american history tv, former staffers and secret service agents who were there that day talk with dell quinton wilbur author of "rawhide down: the near assassination o

. >> next on american history tv, jerry enzler discusses his book, "jim bridger: trailblazer of the americanwest." bridger was a traitor and guide who traveled across t

saturday at 7pm eastern author jerry enzler on his book jim bridger trailblazer of the american west saturday at 8pm eastern on lectures in history brown university professor megan kate nelson talks about guerrilla warfare on both the confederate and union sides during the civil war who's tactics included ambushes and surprise raids on unsuspecting troops in towns sunday at 7pm easter journalists and law professors compare the definitions of free speech in france and the united states and explore whether france's model would work in the us and sunday at 8pm eastern on the presidency a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with washington post columnist, karen tumulty author of the triumph of nancy reagan and white historical association president stewart mclaurin exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 next on the presidency, washington post columnist karen tumulty talks with white house historical association president stewart mclaurin about reconsidering nancy reagan's legacy. miss tumulty's the author of the triumph of nancy reagan this con