this biography of of tecumseh i found to be fascinating because it looks as tecumseh -- and i'm interestedn american indian history and started doing a lot of work with that -- is one of my favorite books, and then -- see if this one is here. yes, this one right here. this book right here is one of my favorites because it was one of the groundbreaking pieces of scholarship done on the creek indians, deer skins and duffles is an incredible book. i would recommend that to just about anybody. and it's accessible so a very scholarly book. a lot of historians write for other historians. and we want historians to read our books, but i think it's more important that you make the books or articles, whatever you're writing, accessible to a general public. so that they will be interested. how many people do we run into and say, history is just not my thing. and i think, part of it is they've never read interesting history, they've never had good history teachers, and professors, that make it accessible, make them understand how important it is. >> it's certainly true that it's declining. i think his

the shawnee prophet and tecumseh were proselytizing for a religious way of life and to he -- tecumseh came here and converted a lot of creeks to their religion. so there was a political angle as well. most of those leaders the were in the pay of the american government. so they were profiting, while others were suffering. by the early 1800s, there is a lot of reasons why individuals chose one side or the other. in this area, most of the local creeks were pro-american and decided to stay on that side of the civil war. william rutherford was from this area. he was the leader of the red sticks attack. the folks inside fort mims had been boarded up for about a month. there was a skirmish in july around fort mims. apparently the red sticks attack was in response to that skirmish. the creeks had been in their own territory and they were attacked by americans. they felt they were wronged by that and decided to take revenge in this area. so in the morning, the folks inside the fort had to go out and find food. there were 500 people inside the fort, so very cramped conditions and they had to f

there was a religious component of the shawnee prophet and tecumseh were proselytizing for a religious way of life and he came here and converted a lot of creeks to their religion. so there was a political angle as well. most of those leaders were in the pay of the american government. so they were profiting, while others were suffering. by the early 1800s, there is a lot of reasons why individuals chose one side or the other. in this area, most of the local creeks were pro-american and decided to stay on that side of the civil war. william rutherford was from this area. he was the leader of the red sticks attack. the folks inside fort mims had been boarded up for about a month. there was a skirmish in july around fort mims. apparently the red stick attack was in response to that skirmish. they had been in their own territory and they were attacked by americans. they felt they were wronged by that and decided to take revenge in this area. so in the morning, the folks inside the fort had to go out and find food. there were 500 people inside the fort, so very cramped conditions and they

he is taking on william tecumseh sherman who will not use the strategy of an allegation weird he will use ace energy of exhaustion. he will maneuver. part of that is brought on by joseph johnston. he will use fabian tactics, going back all the way to greece . the idea is to string your enemy out. he might be able to attack their supply lines. they're going to have these -- to string the army out and leave men behind to protect vital points. the problem johnston has as he moves towards atlanta is he's losing realist eight. as he's losing real estate, he is going to give up the initiative, any initiative that could be taken. he is also going to allow atlanta to be threatened. so thatnta paper atlanta could fall. if atlanta falls, we're still ok. this is before the fall. with the newspaper editors did not realize is that if atlanta falls, it is a huge plume in the hat of abraham lincoln. if lincoln brings home this victory that is one more step , towards the republican party taking back over, and that is what the confederacy cannot have. so a number of battles which i will not get into.

next, congressman coll recommends the biography of the tribe leader, tecumseh, and an account of the battle of little big or, and wrapping up, the recounting of the forced removal of the cherokees from their land in "driven west." to see what other titles recommended visit cole.house.gov. >> the basic idea of clean glass of drinking water, which i central to ghost map as a book that we live in a world for the most part here in the developed world where you go to the faucet and get a glass of drinking party and drink it and don't ever think about dying of cholera 48 hours later. and that is an incredible achievement. that you can live in a city of a million people or ten million people and have that kind of security. that took a whole history of invention and ingenuity and scientific breakthroughs and great engineering projects to make that possible. and yet while we celebrate innovation in our society all the time, everybody wants to talk about silicon valley and the next apple back jet -- gadget, which is great and their worth celebrating. we don't spend enough time talking about th

at tecumseh, and i am interested in american indian and it -- american indian history.is one of my favorite books. and then this one, yes, this one right here comes this book right here is one of my favorites because it was one of the ground breaking pieces of scholarship done on the creek indians, deerskins and duffel's by catherine lebron is an incredible book. i would recommend that to just about anybody. it is accessible, although very scholarly book. a lot of historians write for other historians, and we want historians to read our books, but i think that it is more important that you make the books or articles, whatever your writings accessible to let the general public so that there will be interested. how many people do we ever run into to say history is just not my thing. part of it is they have never read the interesting history, had good history teachers or professors that make it accessible, make them understand how important it is. this is certainly true that it is declining. i think history is being emphasized last in secondary schools, and we have seen th

this most explicitly in the surrender that follows after appomotox because there famously william tecumseh sherman, the scourge of the south and rightly so, what we see is that sherman there offers not surrender but armistice. peace to the confederate states. peace from the potomac to rio grande. goes far beyond anything that grant offered. at this moment sometimes you see in the literature people who say things like all the north cared about was union. if this were true, sherman was delivering that. union and peace. in fact this was not true. we can say the united states government including the most conservative element, president andrew johnson, did not believe union was sufficient because when the terms of sherman's offer and armistice and end to the war, you retain southern state governments in the south, you retain local governments, you retain even the right of rebels to vote and in turn put down their arms and stop fighting the north. when it gets to the united states capitol the cabinet rejected it, 8-0 including the most conservative members and an outraged andrew johnson directs

williameep south, tecumseh sherman would be placed in charge of the army that will sweep through georgia and into the carolinas and we'll talk about sherman. sherman's record was marginal. inwas a colonel at board run 1861 -- bull run in 1861. he had rallied his men. it was noted by his superiors although ultimately his brigade left the field in much the same way as the rest of the union troops that day, which was fling. -- fling. his first large command was a colossal failure and many journalists consider him as having lost his mind. he was at shiloh in it is easy to a managed -- in a difficult 1862. managed -- in it is plagued with logistical problems. however, he was one the most trusted men that were continued through the war. sherman's march georgia as subsequent action of total war as he moved up the east coast earned him his final legend in the north. in virginia, grant would meet lee at the wilderness and begin a march that would culminate in a massive siege at petersburg, virginia. in 1864 was the last full year of the war. the army of northern virginia had had any victories und

in the deep south, william tecumseh sherman would be placed in charge of the army that will sweep through georgia and into the carolinas, and we talked for a moment about sherman. sherman's record was marginal. he was a colonel at bull run in july of 1861. against strong forces, he had rallied his men. ultimately, his brigade left the field in much the same way as the rest of the union troops that day, fleeing from the rebel onslaught. his first large command was a colossal failure and many journalists consider him as having lost his mind. he performed well at shiloh in the spring of 1862 but managed a disastrous attack a few months prior to the 1863 seats to vicksburg. his march was plagued with problems. thehis performance at battle of chattanooga was also questionable. trusted his men in that relationship continued. sherman marched through georgia and moved up the east coast which earned him his final status as a legend in the north. in virginia, grant would meet lee at the wilderness and begin a march towards richmond that would culminate in a massive siege at petersburg, virginia. 18

squanto, red cloud, tecumseh, and crazy horse. dr., -- teacher, doctor, soldier. will rogers,awk, strong., unyielding, .n damnable -- indomitable native americans call themselves many things. -- one thing they do not >> the washington redskins extend for strength, courage, and respect. by the chairman of the blackfeet nation, the redskins logo was approved by native american leadership. found that 90% of native americans do not find the name offensive, and a 2014 ap poll found that 80% of the general population supports the use of the name. go to redskinsfacts.com. view of thes the national congress of american indians on the redskins name? guest: that is a good question. some of your viewers may or may not know is that the definition of that term -- it is a slur, a racist term. it is hateful, used to disparage. we just lost a great leader in the northwest, billy frank jr.. he said educate, educate, tell your story. hear the story of that term, hopefully they will have a different mindset. know if your viewers can see this. i doubt if they can. "theere on my phone

tecumseh were proselytizinr y of life and he came here and converted a lot of creeks to their religionhere was a political angle as well. most of those leaders were in the pay of the american government. so they were profiting, while others were suffering. by the early 1800s, there is a a couple prominent people were in this area. lot of reasons why individuals chose one side or the other. in this area, most of the local creeks were pro-american and decided to stay on that side of the civil war. william rutherford was from this area. he was the leader of the red sticks attack. the folks inside fort mims had been boarded up for about a month. there was a skirmish in july around fort mims. apparently the red stick attack was in response to that skirmish. they had been in their own territory and they were attacked by americans. they felt they were wronged by that and decided to take revenge in this area. so in the morning, the folks inside the fort had to go out and find food. there were 500 people inside the fort, so very cramped conditions and they had to forage every day for food. peop

i recently read the memoir of william tecumseh sherman and i was amazed at his ability in some authorcapture in one detail the essence of something and i would like to hear your thoughts on sherman and my perhaps he's underrated by people that are interested in books today? >> guest: i feel about that the way i feel about grant's memoir that people have stopped reading, that they been placed on the shelf of great american classics rather than being a living part of our history. like most people in the 19th century he wrote extremely well. he was also very smart, and his march though cruel as it may have been was a brilliant dress that brought to an end that war. sherman is to say ike stuck with me when i was drunk and i stuck with him when he was crazy and there some truth to that. i agree his memoirs are readab readable. >> host: u.s. is one of your favorite books tolstoy's war and peace. how would you suggest people read that? what approach should they take? should they just open it and start reading? >> guest: there's no other way to approach a book but i think though that you firs

squanto, red cloud, tecumseh, and crazy horse. dr., -- teacher, doctor, soldier.ill rogers,awk, strong., unyielding, .n damnable -- indomitable native americans call themselves many things. -- one thing they do not >> the washington redskins extend for strength, courage, and respect. by the chairman of the blackfeet nation, the redskins logo was approved by native american leadership. found that 90% of native americans do not find the name offensive, and a 2014 ap poll found that 80% of the general population supports the use of the name. go to redskinsfacts.com. view of thes the national congress of american indians on the redskins name? guest: that is a good question. some of your viewers may or may not know is that the definition of that term -- it is a slur, a racist term. it is hateful, used to disparage. we just lost a great leader in the northwest, billy frank jr.. he said educate, educate, tell your story. hear the story of that term, hopefully they will have a different mindset. know if your viewers can see this. i doubt if they can. "theere on my phone,

i recently wrote a memoir of william tecumseh sherman and i was amazed at his ability as an author tot in one detail the essence. i would like to hear your thoughts on sherman and perhaps why he is underrated by people who are interested in books today. >> guest: that is how i feel about grant's memoirs that people have stopped reading them and they are placed on the shelf of the great to bury akin passage as opposed to being part of our history. sherman like most people wrote extremely well. in his march and sherman used to say ike was stuck with him and he would stick with me when i was crazy but they're both readable and important. >> to list one of your favorite books as "war and peace". how would you suggest people read that? >> guest: yes. there is no other way to approach that book. so for those who are hugely expensive and which encloses not just the entire world that the entire point of view. so it is very important not to feel rushed. but to approach "war and peace". but for me i would agree that an accurate and that is probably the more engaging book. but "war and peace" is

i recently read memoir of william tecumseh sherman, and i was amazed at his ability as an author, hise detail the essence of something. and i would like to hear your thoughts on sherman and why perhaps he's underrated by people that are interested in books today. >> guest: well, you know, i feel about that the way i feel about grant's memoirs, that people have stopped reading them, that they have been placed on the shelves as great american classics rather than being realize as a living part of our history. sherman, like most people in the 19th century, wrote extremely well. he was also very smart, and his march through georgia, cruel as it may have been, was a brilliant that brought to an end that war. sherman himself, and i've always liked that, used to say i stuck with grant when he was drunk, and he stuck with me when i was crazy. [laughter] and there's some truth to that. [laughter] but i agree with you, his memoirs are both readable and important. >> host: you list as one of your favorite books leo tolstoy's "war and peace." how would you suggest people to read that? i mean, wha

next congress and coal represents john sugden's biography of the shawnee tribe leader tecumseh followed by kind one, by james donovan. wrapping up the list, the forced removal of the cherokee from their land in "driven west." to see what other books he recommends a visit his website. >> next, naomi klein argues climate change will never be addressed properly into the u.s. gets ri rid of its premarket capital system which she says created and continues to drive the problem today. after her remarks on the book, she discusses th the issue witha panel of them are middle and labor activist. she's introduced by author and environmental list bill mckibben. >> well, thank you much. this is a really important and interesting night and is so good to have a leg it is going in the right spirit. really not just for tonight but for those whole weekend that's coming up. there's going to be talk and ceremony and things for the next couple of days, and then on sunday we are going to march in record numbers. the reports that are coming in are amazing. as a sometime this afternoon there were more than 500