finally, our third participant, nicholas westerbrook, is an independent historian.he's the author of a number of articles on american history. between 1989 and 2009, very significantly for this book, he was executive director of fort ticonderoga. and, of course, this location plays such a very significant role in eliot cohen's book. nicholas westerbrook previously was curator of exhibits for the minnesota historical society. he is, thus, really an expert on a number of aspects of locale and setting that are crucial to "conquered into liberty." elion, tell us what your book is about. [applause] >> well, thank you. thank you for the introduction. thank you all for coming. it's so great to see so many old friends, former students, colleagues that i appreciate, everybody on the panel particularly my friend nick westbrook for making the journey from the north country to come here. i'll say more thank yous at the end, but let me now just say something about the book. and i suppose i should say those of you who are standing along the back wall, there are plenty of seats up