When:
November 26, 2013 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
2013-11-26T17:30:00+00:00
2013-11-26T18:30:00+00:00
Where:
Mary Sunley Lecture Theatre
St Catherine's College
University of Oxford, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UJ
UK
St Catherine's College
University of Oxford, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UJ
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Catz alumnus and New York Times bestselling author, Simon Winchester will explore the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation – the subject of his latest book ‘The Men Who United the States’.
How did America become ‘one nation, indivisible’?
What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today?
Has the historic work of uniting one of the most powerful nations on earth succeeded?
Follow in the footsteps of America’s most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators, and discover how they played a pivotal role in creating today’s United States.
Talk to be followed by book signing.