We are thrilled to have, as our speaker today. Debby applegate she is a graduate of Amherst College and has her ph. D. In american studies from Yale University. She is a historian her previous was the most famous man in america a biography of Henry Ward Beecher and he was a minister sort of a progress administer. But in her acknowledgments she talked about how interesting it was to move from a minister to a madam who is ran a number of houses of prostitution in new york. So her latest book is the biography of polly adler, icon of the jazz age. It won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography, and it was one of the new york society of libraries best books about new york and was also a finalist for the us Angeles Times book prize and. The National Book critics circle award and shes been married to bruce torgan. 36 years. So i read the book. Its a fascinating, fascinating book. One of the things i didnt realize is that is as much about the history. New york during the 2030s and forties as it
[wendy davis] you know what i do have. I have a Memorabilia Book of the filibuster. And i think it might be one of those up there. I just treasure it, and of course ill be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. We put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, Supreme Court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. And we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. But here we are still without access to safe Abortion Care in this country. [tense music] [audience cheering] [audience cheering] [tense, suspenseful music] [audience cheering] hello, everyone [audience cheering] im so happy to be here in community with you today. Boy, did i need you, and i know we needed each other, right . Yes. [audience cheering] on september 1st, when senate bill 8 went into effect, this fighter who is standin
[wendy davis] you know what i do have. I have a Memorabilia Book of the filibuster. And i think it might be one of those up there. I just treasure it, and of course ill be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. We put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, Supreme Court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. And we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. But here we are still without access to safe Abortion Care in this country. [tense music] [audience cheering] [audience cheering] [tense, suspenseful music] [audience cheering] hello, everyone [audience cheering] im so happy to be here in community with you today. Boy, did i need you, and i know we needed each other, right . Yes. [audience cheering] on september 1st, when senate bill 8 went into effect, this fighter who is standin
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One of the favorite thicks that we f do here at tv and we dont do very often is ask you and we want to hear from you what book is on your bedside table and on your tablet and why its attracted you 202 is the area 7488200 if you live in east time zones. Big crowds here at the National Book festival. Nathey have a whole area full of authors from different areas for of the country, book signings, book sales, i want to let you know that in about 20 minutes the librarian of congress is rejoining us here on your book tv set to make a special announcement. So thats coming up in about 20 minutes. Youve probablyy noticed as well on the screen that there is a 25th anniversary sliver over on the right side of your screen, yes, this is book tvs 25th anniversary. September 12th, 1998 will be our 25th anniversary and our cspan bags all have 25th anniversary on them as do our cspan book tv mugs. So we are very pleased about that. In those 25 years, we have been on the air over 1300 wkends. 92,000 hou