please give a warm savannah welcome to michael thurmond. good morning. first let me$( express my sincee appreciation to ms. rachel young fields, the president of the savannah book feiv of directors. i think she's here to give a round of applause. thank so much, rachel. tara setter and mickey and all the staff. it is truly an honor and a privilege to have been invited to this bookl, which is one of, if not the most prestigious book festivals in these united states of america. come on in,h. give yourself a round of applause. delighted to be standing in the historiculchurch. it is a unique honor to be here at this mother church and briefly, i will draw a connection between methodist and oglethorpe and a young evangelist's name, john wesley, who has the coal to come to this wilder georgia to christianize and is enslaved people, native indians as well as british colonists. i won't waste my time, but i must acknowledge a historic figure in the history of savannah, and that is the former mayor. mayor otis johnson. dr. johnson, where you. give him a round of app