About purpose is to learn and think about a new book of great importance to members of our society. Davids new book protestants abroad it, a missionary tried to change the world but changed america, we have the galleys. It is not quite available in bookstores. It appears this fall from rinsed in the press. I have the honor of sharing this roundtable. We will proceed as follows. First, david will speak to lay out the books major themes. We will hear from our panel of three distinguished historians responding. They will appear in the order of the program. Thatt to address an error he organizedor, and brought us together. He has modestly declined to participate. He is at the top of the description and we may or may not from here dashcam in the larger discussion. We thank him for bringing us across the room here. After hearing from our panelists, we will turn to open discussion. Hopefully we have 20 of time for that area plenty of time for that area i am pleased to introduce david from the
[inaudible conversations] betty evening everyone. Rainy daybooks International World war i Museum Missouri are pleased to welcome Andrew Carroll editor of several best sellers. Also edited on the pro bono basis operation homecoming for girl which inspires the Emmy Award Winning film and the same name. The of that honors veterans with those wartime correspondence in more than 40 countries and collected an estimated 100,000 previously unpublished letters in emails. The legacy project has been renamed the center for america and is now part of the centers director currently embarking on the campaign to preserve the least 1 million correspondence to talk about his fellow book of my fellow soldiers. En to also from world war i from the spring and summer on pbs. Andrew carroll. [applause] betty evening i really appreciated. On those great independent bookstores and in setting this all up and many times as a researcher aisle is love coming back here and want to give the behindthescenes but i d
[inaudible conversations] betty evening everyone. Rainy daybooks International World war i Museum Missouri are pleased to welcome Andrew Carroll editor of several best sellers. Also edited on the pro bono basis operation homecoming for girl which inspires the Emmy Award Winning film and the same name. The of that honors veterans with those wartime correspondence in more than 40 countries and collected an estimated 100,000 previously unpublished letters in emails. The legacy project has been renamed the center for america and is now part of the centers director currently embarking on the campaign to preserve the least 1 million correspondence to talk about his fellow book of my fellow soldiers. En to also from world war i from the spring and summer on pbs. Andrew carroll. [applause] betty evening i really appreciated. On those great independent bookstores and in setting this all up and many times as a researcher aisle is love coming back here and want to give the behindthescenes but i d
[inaudible conversations] betty evening everyone. Rainy daybooks International World war i Museum Missouri are pleased to welcome Andrew Carroll editor of several best sellers. Also edited on the pro bono basis operation homecoming for girl which inspires the Emmy Award Winning film and the same name. The of that honors veterans with those wartime correspondence in more than 40 countries and collected an estimated 100,000 previously unpublished letters in emails. The legacy project has been renamed the center for america and is now part of the centers director currently embarking on the campaign to preserve the least 1 million correspondence to talk about his fellow book of my fellow soldiers. En to also from world war i from the spring and summer on pbs. Andrew carroll. [applause] betty evening i really appreciated. On those great independent bookstores and in setting this all up and many times as a researcher aisle is love coming back here and want to give the behindthescenes but i d
Vengeance, salvation, and world war ii, about a group of jewish volunteers who fought the nazis and the postwar actions of a few of them. In todays presentation, the last kiss good night, howard has found another remarkable story about a dazzling american debutante who became an allied spied during world war ii and was hailed by oss chief general wild bill donovan as the greatest unsung heroine of world war ii. Ladies and gentlemen, howard blum. [applause] for every author, there is a time when he thinks he has found a story that interests him, when he begins to realize that maybe he can wake up each morning, go to his desk, and look forward to the prospect of spending a day making this story come alive on the page. But those moments are just preludes to the energizing moment when he decides, i love this story, this is a book i have to write. This afternoon, what i would like to tell you is how i came to write the last good night, a true story about a glamorous american debutante who b