Chris Citron writes (Feb. 4, 2009):
You’re invited! to an evening talk in Denver, CO by prize-winning historian Daniel Walker Howe on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 7 pm.
Daniel Walker Howe, an emeritus professor at UCLA and Oxford who taught at Yale earlier in his career, will give a presentation on his book What Hath God Wrought–the Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford University Press). The book won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2008.
Howe’s panoramic narrative portrays the revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications that accelerated the extension of the American empire. He explores the role of religion in this formative period. Howe argues that those advocates of public education and economic integration, defenders of the rights of Indians, women, and African-Americans were the true prophets of America’s future.
The words of Howe’s title are from the Old Testament, tapped out by Professor (and distinguished portrait painter) Samuel F.B. Morse on his new telegraph device in 1844, ushering in instant long-distance communication. Publishers Weekly called this “one of the most outstanding syntheses of U.S. history published this decade.”
Howe lives in Los Angeles. The Pulitzer for this latest book is one of many awards he has received.
Date: March 12, 2009, 7pm
Place: Boettcher Auditorium at The Colorado Historical Society, 1300 Broadway, Denver.
Co-sponsors: Colorado Center for Literature and Art/Colorado Yale Association
For information contact: Chris Citron at the Colorado Center for Literature and Art, 303-777-2242 (fax: 303-777-7278), BookingDenver [at] msn.com.