to tell you a little bit more about patrick o'donnell he'll not toy these him self. critically acclaimed military historian and expert on elite units at the second book on the revolutionary war. the first one washington's immortal the untold story of the elite regiment change got him down the path. to work on this book about to about. you also receive an award for his book beyond valor which is the second world war the 12th book, exciting work done across the generations. american soldiers in combat in iraq praise provided historical consulting work foroj projects like dozens of documentaries different aspects of military history. most important of all applicable artist suggested working on this book here at mount vernon is a fellow here at the libra e put them excited to welcome you to this talk and introduce you to patrick o'donnell. >> thank you so much kevin for that introduction. it is really good to come home. i literally rebuilt the regiment from the ground up using their pension files, diary, et cetera she re-creates this regimented story which is really, tru

vernon and coming to you from this evening with a talk with patrick o'donnell, i want to thank the ford motor company for sponsoring not just this talk, but many over the years, authors talk about their newest works, and it's not newer than this, this is the release of the book "indespendsables". and we have richard bernstein and new book "the education of john adam." . >>... . this program filled life from the reading room in mount vernon is the official book launch of patrick o'donnell's new book the indispensable's with the subtitle the diverse soldier marines who shaped the country,formed the navy and road washington across the delaware . officially released by atlantic public press today. i want you all to do with the number of autographed copies that are going out as gifts to people who submit question for this event. we have exciting questions like that. please also during tonight talked to submit questions, let us know what you want to know that patrick and we can ask those questions tonight. this is a great book. i couldn't put it down over the last week. it was reviewed just t

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