we are very grateful not only to have one of the mentors of kennesaw's tom scotto over here, but david parker is a good representative from my department. thank you for coming. and thank you to all of you for being here, and thank you to our speaker for making it here. we had planned for him to come to a different event some time ago and the weather got in the way. this time, the weather did not prevent him from arriving and we are so excited to have steve woodworth. he taught for eight years at toccoa, so he has some good georgia roots in that area, and he went on to texas christian university, where he is the powerhouse. the people who say, who should i study with? he is one of the first names to come up for them and for me. one of my first books of steve's was jefferson davis and his generals. it was an area that did not have his name associated with it. i picked of volume that had a thomas connection, the chickamauga campaign. he has written 27 books. steve has co-edited many more than that. i asked him, i said have you continued to produce looks at the same level that you produce