Good evening and welcome to busboys and poets. My name is kristin king. On the book Events Manager here at the busboys and poets books and i want to thank you all for joining us this evening. A couple minutes before we begin first and foremost the book is available for purchase in the bookstore and will be available after the event. In addition to that there will be assigning. Second we do have a fantastic fall lineup coming up at all six of our busboys and poets locations this fall. Theres a signup list being passed around so please feel free to add your name and your email address to that. Thank you again for joining us. Please join me in welcoming andy and dr. Kendi. [applause] its a pleasure to have all of you here on this rainy afternoon although compared to whats happening our hearts and minds go to the people they are. I want to welcome all of you for being here and let you know independent bookstores are a dying breed. They can only make a comeback if you support them and i sup
Bestsellers including war letters, letters of a nation and behind the lines. Andrew carroll edited on a pro bono basis operation homecoming, iraq, afghanistan and the homefront, the words of us troops and their families which inspired the Emmy Awardwinning film of the same name. In 1998 Andrew Carroll founded a legacy project, all volunteer initiative that honors veterans and activeduty troops by preserving their wartime correspondence. Andrew carroll has traveled 1250 states and more than 40 countries including iraq and afghanistan and he has collected an estimated 100,000 previously unpublished letters and emails. Andrew carroll donated his massive collection to Chapman University which is where rogers and my son went to school. The legacy project has been renamed the center for american war letters and is part of Chapman University. Andrew served as the centers director. Andrew is embarking on the Million Letters Campaign to seek out and preserve at least 1 million war related corre
[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veterans with those wartime correspondence in more than 40 countries and collected an estimated 100,000 previously unpublished letters in emails.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