The theme this year is Bandits, and of course I'm on the Jesse James panel! My talk is called "Jesse James, Inc." I'll be talking about how Missouri's most famous outlaw was used to sell books, movies, tourist attractions, and generally make money. The process started even while Jesse was still running around robbing banks!
I'll have four days to meet other historians and enjoy views like this one, and then I'm off to Slovenia for a week to write a travel series for Gadling. I'll have regular access to email and I've scheduled some posts, but I may be a bit slow in replying to comments and emails.
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons. My photos coming soon!
Enjoy your trip and good luck with your talk!
ReplyDeleteHave fun!
ReplyDeleteVery cool. Are you going to post some pictures of those teeny tiny roads cut into mountain sides?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to hike in the Julian Alps so I bet I'll see some then!
DeleteI expect you already know that Gorizia was the site of the infamous Isonzo battles?
ReplyDeleteI'll be tour the battlefield on Saturday! A writeup will be coming soon!
DeleteVery jealous!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSuper jealous!!!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting, Sean. Just curious: Will your talk be in English.
ReplyDeleteI'll be talking in English and there will be simultaneous translation for my mostly Italian audience. I'm not clear if I'm getting a translation of the rest of the panel, who are all Italian!
DeleteI'm so jealous! I hope you have fun.
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