a wonderful collection that was named in honor of john and mary nichols on behalf of their service to the university in the library. with their generous support we have established this collection on the campus of the university of oklahoma. what i have done is brought up some books to give you a feel for the collection which is coming up to about 13,000 bucks. the collection itself highlights what -- important works and british, american, european literature from the 15th century to the present. what i've shown you here are some of the most beloved authors of the english language, britain and english and american. one of the core parts of the collection is the dickens collection which is really remarkable. we have first editions of dickens print work but also historic allies to installments of his work. for many of these authors you will see today like charles dickens, jane austen, and other authors that i will show, most of us see those and paperback editions, but it is remarkable to see how they contemporary reader would have experienced reading a tale of two cities with a first-ti

this is a wonderful collection that was named in honor of john and mary nichols on behalf of a longtime service to the university university and the library. and with the generous support we were able to establish this fourth of several special collections on the campus at the university of oklahoma. what i found as i brought up some books for the collection which is coming up to about 13,000 books. the collection itself highlights and has important work in british-american european literature from the 16 centuries to the present and what i have shown you here are some of the most beloved authors of the english language, written and english and american. one of the core parts of the question is the dickens collection which is really remarkable. we have first editions of the print work but also the installments of his work. for many of these authors you will see today like charles dickens, jane austen and other authors that i will show, mostly those in paper and back at editions but it is remarkable to say of the contemporary reader would have experience reading a challenge city for exam

my name is joe entered and the acting curator of the john and mary nichols rare books and special collections at the university of oklahoma. this is a wonderful collection that was named in honor of john and mr. nichols the on the other longtime service to the university and to libraries. with the generous support we have established this collection on the campus of university of a global. what i've done is our products and books he appealed the collection. the collection self highlights and has important work in british american literature from the 15th century to the present. what i've shown here are some of the most beloved authors of the english language. britain and english and american authors. one of the core parts of the collection is the dickens collection which is really remarkable. we are first editions of dickens print work, but also installments of his works. for many of these authors you see today like charles dickens, jane austen, and other authors that i will show, most of us see dozen paperback edition. but is really remarkable to see how contemporary reader would have experi

thanks also to ben franklin stand-ins and thanks for your questions, chris nichols and mary bergman. and last but not least, to our live audience here in milwaukee at the 2012 meeting of the organization of american historians and the national council on public history. you have been terrific. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> one more. one more. work you up so you can't stop clapping eventually. major production support provided by the national endowment for the humanities, the cornell foundation, the university of virginia weinstein properties, the history channel and an anonymous donor. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> all right. now we go out of character. you can go now. >> yeah. you can ask as many questions as you want. you just have to do it while the music's playing. >>> sunday on q&a -- >> i don't regard this as just the biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine a current of political power in america. this is a kind of political power. seeing what a president can do in a moment of -- in a time of great crisis, great crisis, how he gather