Clay Jenkinson assumes both sides in a debate between two of the country's greatest presidents: Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. Jenkinson is a historian who commonly lectures as different historical figures. He spoke at Seattle's Town Hall on December 1, 2012.
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UW's metropolitan tract, circa 1918. This photo looks east along University Street from Third Street. The Cobb Building, tallest in the picture, still exists.
Credit courtesy of MOHAI and University of Washington Digital Collection
Olympic Hotel in Downtown Seattle, circa 1929.
Credit courtesy of MOHAI and University of Washington Digital Collection
Architectural plans for the metropolitan tract by architectural firm Howells & Albertson in 1924.
Jon Meacham's new biography of Thomas Jefferson paints the founding father as the most successful political leader of early America, and possibly all of US history. "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" discusses Jefferson's passion for his nation in the country's fledgling years and reviews the man's genius and his faults.
Meacham spoke at Seattle's Town Hall on November 28, 2012.
In 1917, the glittering elite of Tzarist Russia were crushed, practically overnight, by the Communist revolution. What happened to the nearly two million people who lived at the top of Russian society? Douglas Smith, awarding-winning historian and author, joins us to talk about "Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy."