but the other thing i went to0n mystic sea port and spent time in the charles w. morgan, the last remaining american wooden whaleship. spent a lot of time in the folksal imagining what it would be like when a whale would attack and went to the kendall whaling museum which is part of new bedford whaling museum, another key source. so, all of these provided -- you know, history is -- history isn't what happened in the past. it's what -- it's what we tell using the evidence of what came from the past. you know, you don't know everything about what happened. you just have these artifacts from the past, whether it's a journal, a letter, a newspaper account, all of these kinds of things. and you take that all together. you know, there was even crew lists here that the nh -- all sorts of stuff. you take this all together and it's the historian's job then to try to tell the story as best you can, being truthful to what historical accounts you have, and inevitably they disagree in some cases, between chase and nickerson that happened. and then you have to make the judgment

the other thing i went to mystic sea port and spent time in the charles w. morgan, the last remaining american wooden whale ship, spent a lot of time channelling what it would have been like when a whale attacked and went to the kendall whaling museum, which had its own wonderful collection, that's now part of the bedford whaling museum. so, all of these provided -- history isn't what happened in the past. it's what we tell, using the evidence of what came from the past. you're -- you don't know everything about what happened. you just have these art facts from the past, whether it's a journal, a letter, a newspaper account. all of these kinds of things and you take that all together. you take this all together. and it's the historian's job, then we try to tell the story as best we can, to be truthful to what historical accounts you have and inevitably, they disagree between chase and nickerson. and you have to make the judgment call, who to believe. >> the nantucket historical association polled these things. in 2015 a film version of your book came out, "t

got back to plymouth august 10th, from a three-year restoration in mystic sea business port museum, in mystic, connecticut. i hope that people get the same sense of history that i do when i look at this ship and for us, keeping the knowledge, skills and abilities to be able to sail the ship and maintain a ship of this age, as well as tell the multiple stories that he has to tell, all the good, the bad, and the ugly, all aspects of history is so important. to where we're going and for me, of course, the maritime part of the ship itself, and knowledge, skills and ability and to sail and maintain a ship like mayflower 2 is so important. >>> this months, we're featuring american history tv programs as a sneak peek. and the parody of joe biden. debbie troy talks about how popular culture influences presidents and how, in turn, presidents leave their imprint on the culture. watch tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >>> you're watching american history tv every weekend on c-span 3 explore our nation's past. american history tv creat