Times of William Jennings brian, the threetime president ial nominee from nebraska. What better way to introduce you to the man than hearing from him. Its commonly referred to as the cross of gold speech which led to his first run for the white house at the age of 36. We do not come as aggressors. Our war is not a war of conquest. Were fighting in defense of our homes, our families and prosperity. We have petitions and our petitions have been scorned. We have been treated and disregarded. We have begged and they have mocked when our calamity came. We beg no longer. We entreat no more. We defy them. We go forth confident that we shall win. Were coming to you from his home and office in the state capital of lincoln, nebraska. Its referred to as fairview. William Jennings Bryan and his wife moved here. Were coming to you from the first floor of his parlor. His study is below us. He did much of his writing and entertaining here in this house. We want to welcome our two guests. Michael kazi
This is 1965. He is 41 years old and he has yet to win a race but he had a sense of destiny, word he doesnt really like but it was a sense that he was meant to do great things. If good evening. I want to welcome you all here for a very special evening and also welcoming booktv here. A few people here that dont know david, i will give you a background. A b. A. From brandeis in that phase from nyu and he has been an astrologer and a screenwriter. He is a new york native. This is his first book, the publication date, you know me better than that. Please join me in welcoming david jaheer. [applause] thanks everybody for coming. I want to talk about the setting for this book and i want to talk about the story but i also want to make the point this period is varied distant and its going to sound like a time where society was very socialist and didnt sound like a period was very long ago. But in fact in 1983 the university of chicago showed in a poll that 27 of americans believed they were in
Jerpthe question we should e asking is, is our complicated reality well served by these simple statistical wonders. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corp
Jerpthe question we should e asking is, is our complicated reality well served by these simple statistical wonders. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corp
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