And Andrea Mitchell from msnbc and nbc news is my pleasure to welcome you just might anniversary of the National Book festival presented by the library of congress we are thrilled to have our authors David Rubenstein has authored a new book how to read and it is an extra ordinary conversation the leadership that makes people believers very special people David Rubenstein domestic policy advisor private equity firm and history buff and the philanthropist you saved the great panda and brought the magna carta to the archives is willing having a very Popular Television interview show. I didnt feel i was good as a leader so in the book i really went out to the most famous people that i could those in the business or culture or the arts or sports that is a summary of what they told me of what it takes to be a leader. And to get more specific tell me where you found and that connective thread among them . Persistence is number one. Nobody has ideas that are so brilliant they say yes that is g
Hello, my name is kai bird, from cuny, City University of new york. And were from the foundation to do events like this to promote the arts and crafts of biographies. And weve been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some yea years. Were here on a session off the 20th anniversary of the National Book festival and the theme this year is american ingenuity. Were going to be talking tonight with two notable public intellectuals. Harold holzer is one of the leading lincoln scholars. Currently the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ted widmer, the author of eight books. Professor widmer is on the faculty of mccauleys honors college. Today well discuss his latest book, lincoln on the verge. A story about the 13day train journey that lincoln took from illinois to washington d. C. To be inaugurated as president. These are two very different books. Im going to hold up each of them. This is literally a mini biography, well, not so mini, its a subst
On the executive director of the center for biography at the university of new york and we are sponsored from the leave the foundation to do events like this to arts and crafts of biography and a sponsor of the National Book festival and we are here with the 20th anniversary of the National Book festival talking tonight with two notable public intellectuals Harold Voelker the leading lincoln scholar and the director of the roosevelt house Public Policy of Hunter College today we will be discussing the latest book lincoln on the verge the story of the journey that lincoln took from illinois to washington dc to be inaugurated as president. These are two very different books this is a many paragraph the and this is harolds work on the president s. And that is the notion that american politics that is contentious and downright toxic. Toxic. Lets begin with you. So with the description of the dangerous train journey and at one point you refer to the toxic climate of 1860 is a worse toda tod
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History and biography is sponsored by wells fargo. God day i am a Andrea Mitchell from nsnbc and welcome is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 20th anniversary of a National Book festival present by library of congress. And we are thrilled to have today our office David Rubenstein who has produced author a new book and new book is how to lead. And it is an extraordinary combination of conversations on leadership and the qualities that make people believers especially these very special people. These unique individuals that david has assembled in his book. David rubenstein, welcome youre a lawyer. Youre former white house founder of the World Largest private equity firm youre a history buff restored Washington Monument you saved of the National Zoo Pandas brought magna carta and having saying nothing of a Television Show in bloomberg, and on pbs how do you do it all tell us about your leadership. Well, i didnt feel i was as good a leader as people i interviewed so in the book i tal