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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The book selection for our
next meeting on May 20this <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The Last
Apocalypse: <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> at the Year 1000 A.D. by James Reston Jr. See below
for details.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
face=Arial>Summary of last meeting on April
15<SUP>th</SUP><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>The session
began with the playing of part of an interview from C-Span’s BOOKNOTES series by
Alan Lamb and the author, Bernard <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>A.
Weisberger regarding the Book, “America Afire: Jefferson, Adams and the
Revolutionary Election of 1800”. Everyone said they liked the book.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Don Queen began the discussion by
quoting a reviewer, James Kirschke from H-net (see below)who although he thought
the book “outstanding” felt the title “America Afire” was a case of hyperbole in
view of the fact that four presidents were<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>elected without winning the popular vote. They were John Q. Adams,
Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison (?) and George W. Bush. It was generally
agreed that the 1800 election, with the possible exception of the Hayes, Tilden
election of 1876 was <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s most critical contested
election. The character of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:place></st1:City> and Burr and the duel was discussed at
length. The XYZ incident was also discussed, SEE BELOW. The peccadilloes of
Hamilton and Jefferson were mentioned and it was agreed that a reading of
history shows that what seems new and different, even outrageous has inevitably
happened before.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was finally
concluded that it was the integrity and commitment of some of the major players
such as Jay and John Marshall along with the checks and balances which saved the
<st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>Below is the
link to the entire BOOKNOTES INTERVIEW.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://www.booknotes.org/Program/?ProgramID=1602"><FONT face=Arial
color=#606420>http://www.booknotes.org/Program/?ProgramID=1602</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>Review of
America Afire from H-net by James Kirschke. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=5680"><FONT
face=Arial>http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=5680</FONT></A></P>
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style="COLOR: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Our next
book is:</FONT></SPAN><A name=OLE_LINK2></A><A name=OLE_LINK1><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face=Arial>
The Last Apocalypse: </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><FONT face=Arial><st1:place
w:st="on"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Europe</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> at the Year 1000
A.D. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Reston, James Jr. Read by Gary Telles.
Reading time 12 hours 40 minutes. <BR>NLS eligible patrons: RC46386 </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="https://www.nlstalkingbooks.org/cgi-bin/dtbscripts_v2/downloadbook.cgi?book=68364"><FONT
face=Arial>Download the Last Apocalypse: Europe at the Year 1000 A.D.,
DB46386</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>Note: it is marked up for
chapter<SPAN class=343154716-20042009>s</SPAN>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>FROM THE BOOK
JACKET<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Enter the
world of 1000 A.D., when Vikings, Moors, and barbarians battled kings and <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>popes for the fate of <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. As the
millennium approached, Europeans feared the world would end. The old
order was crumbling, and terrifying and confusing new ideas were gaining hold in
the populace. Random and horrific violence seemed to sprout
everywhere without warning, and without apparent remedy. And, in
fact, when the millennium arrived the apocalypse did take place; a world did
end, and a new world arose from the ruins. In 950, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">England</st1:country-region>, and <st1:country-region
w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> were helpless against the ravages of the
seagoing Vikings; the fierce and strange Hungarian Magyars laid waste to
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> and
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region>; the legions of the
Moors ruled <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region> and threatened the remnants of
Charlemagne's vast domain. The papacy was corrupt and decadent,
overshadowed by glorious <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Byzantium</st1:place></st1:City>. Yet a mere fifty years
later, the gods of the Vikings were dethroned, the shamans of the Magyars were
massacred, the magnificent Moorish caliphate disintegrated: The sign of the
cross held sway from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> in
the West to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region> in the East. James Reston,
Jr.'s enthralling saga of how the Christian kingdoms converted, conquered, and
slaughtered their way to dominance brings to life unforgettable historical
characters who embodied the struggle for the soul of <st1:place
w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. From the righteous fury of the Viking
queen Sigrid the Strong-Minded, who burned unwanted suitors alive; to the
brilliant but too-cunning Moor Al-Mansor the Illustrious Victor; to the aptly
named English king Ethelred the Unready; to the abiding genius of the age, Pope
Sylvester II--warrior-kings and concubine empresses, maniacal warriors and
religious zealots, bring this stirring period to life. The Last Apocalypse is a
book rich in personal historical detail, flavored with the nearly magical
sensibility of an apocalyptic age. James Reston, Jr., is the author of ten
previous books, including Galileo: A Life and <st1:City
w:st="on">Sherman</st1:City>'s March and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:place></st1:country-region>. He has written
for The New Yorker, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Time, Rolling Stone, and many other
publications. His television work includes three "Frontline"
documentaries, including "Eighty-Eight Seconds in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Greensboro</st1:place></st1:City>." The <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Woodrow</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Wilson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Scholars provided him with a
Visiting Fellowship during the course of his work on this
book. Reston lives in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chevy
Chase</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place>.
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align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333"><FONT face=Arial>The group will meet
at the same time the third Wednesday of every month and will be facilitated by
Don Queen,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Email:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT><A
title=mailto:queens@pacbell.net
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Date:
Wednesday, May 20th<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Time:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6:00 p.m. PDT, 7:00 p.m. MDT, 8:00 p.m.
CDT, 9:00 p.m. EDT</FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>and elsewhere in the world thursday 1:00
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