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The Bloods were one of America’s first and most expansive pioneer families. They explored and laid claim to the frontiers—geographic, political, intellectual, and spiritual—that would become the very core of the United States. They were active participants in virtually every pivotal moment in American history, coming into contact with Emerson, Thoreau, John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Victoria Woodhull, and William James. The genealogy of the family tracks the ebb and flow of what Thoreau called “wildness,” the untamed spirit of Americans. John Kaag’s remarkable account reminds us of the risks and rewards that were taken in laying claim to the lands that would become the United States and shows how each family member embodied the elusive ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.
Inspired by the discovery of a mysterious manuscript in an old Massachusetts farmhouse, author John Kaag follows eight members of the Blood family from seventeenth-century England through the founding of the colonies and the American Revolution to the beginning of the twentieth century.
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0:30:53- Discussion Kaag - Marshall
0:37:00- Q&A
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The Bloods were one of America’s first and most expansive pioneer families. They explored and laid claim to the frontiers—geographic, political, intellectual, and spiritual—that would become the very core of the United States. They were active participants in virtually every pivotal moment in American history, coming into contact with Emerson, Thoreau, John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Victoria Woodhull, and William James. The genealogy of the family tracks the ebb and flow of what Thoreau called “wildness,” the untamed spirit of Americans. John Kaag’s remarkable account reminds us of the risks and rewards that were taken in laying claim to the lands that would become the United States and shows how each family member embodied the elusive ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.
Inspired by the discovery of a mysterious manuscript in an old Massachusetts farmhouse, author John Kaag follows eight members of the Blood family from seventeenth-century England through the founding of the colonies and the American Revolution to the beginning of the twentieth century.
0:00:00 - Start
0:03:35- Kaag’s presentation
0:30:53- Discussion Kaag - Marshall
0:37:00- Q&A
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