![Orestes Augustus Brownson (1803-1876) [Brownson was the subject of my undergraduate (honors) essay at Harvard College and the topic of a year-long research effort. The excitement and wonder of this project—not to mention the inspiration of such Harvard professors as Perry Miller, Alan Heimert, and Donald Fleming—drew me into the field of scholarship, a wonderful demesne never sullied by exploration. I picked Brownson after hearing a student report: this curmudgeon seemed to have embraced almost every major movement of his times and I assumed—correctly as it turned out—that I could learn much about ante-bellum America by studying the career of this mercurial man in search of God. I focused on his work in The Boston Quarterly Review, which took him up to his disillusionment with democracy and his conversion to a churchly tradition. Little did I know how in 1962 how important Brownson would be to my spirit and world view in later years.] Rollins, Peter C. “Orestes Augustus Brownson: Epistemology of a Crucified Redeemer.” Honors Thesis, magna cum laude. Harvard College, 1963. For a succinct overview of the Brownson “pilgrimage,” see http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03001a.htm](images/orestes.jpg)
Book Signing Announcement:
America's Wars on Film
16 September, 2008, 5:30-7:30pm
Stillwater's Hastings Bookstore
(Hall of Fame & Main Street, across from the Perkins Restaurant)
Veterans will be interested in a book event coming up. Peter C. Rollins, Emeritus Professor, OSU, will conduct a book signing at the Hastings Bookstore in Stillwater after working hours on Tuesday, September 16.
The Stillwater News-Press will carry a story about the book, entitled WHY WE FOUGHT: AMERICA’S WARS AS FILM AND HISTORY and its themes; the story should appear on Sunday, September 14 just prior to this event. (The book is an anthology covering Hollywood’s treatment of America’s wars from the Revolution to the war in Iraq.)
There is also a 30-min radio interview with Rollins at the website for WLUW-FM, Chicago as part of a series entitled “Under Surveillance.” The University of Kentucky Press website describes the book in detail.
Dr. Rollins served as a platoon commander in the U.S Marines during the Vietnam conflict. He later received his Ph.D. at Harvard University and went on to a career in teaching and research at OSU in Stillwater.
During his academic years, he made two documentaries about press bias during the Vietnam war, available through Accuracy in Media.
Stillwater veterans are urged to attend the book signing and to pick up a flyer about a series of sessions about America’s wars on film. These session will follow this public event and will be of interest to most veterans and many others concerned about the relationship of film to public perceptions.
For more information, write to RollinsPC@aol.com. Local information can be obtained from Hastings Book Store where copies are now available in anticipation of the 16 September event.