Salons jacob weisberg, and we take a look at the life of florence kennedy. And finally, david reef questions if ending extreme poverty and hunger around the world is possible. Those are some of the highlights for this weekend. For a complete television schedule, go to booktv. Org. Booktv, this weekend 72 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. And now were kicking off the weekend with Brian Kilmeade and dan yeager. Their book, Thomas Jefferson and the tripoli pirates. [inaudible conversations] here we go. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] like were coming to court. You afraid of the audience, brian . I wanted to have a dramatic entrance. Oh, all right. [laughter] actually, he doesnt want to be seen on the same stage with me. Hes already found out im a little too smart alecky. Which he is, by the way. Five minutes, see what you learn . Good afternoon, welcome to the heritage foundation. We, of course, welcome those who join us on our heritage. Org web s
Youll hear from war veteran drupal amputee travis mill, former Bush White House secretary and bestselling authors. We will kick off our live Coverage Today with wreckers University Professionals David Greenberg. An inside history of the american presidency. This is live coverage from savanna on book tv. [inaudible] [inaudible] good morning everyone. Welcome to the ninth savanna book festival. I am delighted to welcome you this morning. My name is ann gardner and we are being presented here in the church and for the festival by georgia power, bill kelly and the estate of ralph handelsman. We are blessed once again to host such a celebrated author at Trinity United Methodist church which has been made possible by the generosity of substate bank. Many of you have already watched on deck with eric. Today we suspect suspect you are staking your claims around chippewa squares. As you choose among the dozens of renowned writers who have published outstanding books this year. We would like to
Much wisdom we would have missed out on. The one and only president for sure trevor of the Carnegie Corporation. Ishmael the director of the library in alexandria, and they are joining us to celebrate your service. We are also lucky to be joined by the latvian ambassadors to the United States committee acting librarian of Congress David howell and Jane Mcauliffe the director of outreach and delegates to the board. Grace mckenna and come i havent seen her come there she is, whose family has done so much to shape this Institution Come and Diana Davis Spencer who has been a great friend to our work. The gatherings like this remind me what a impact the center has around the globe including hundreds in russia and ukraine and even now we pick the best scholars and the most brilliant staff to work on the most important issues and we learned that from you. You always scholarship at the heart of the work. No one who knows you would be surprised. Some may already know this but jim and his daught
Doctor preston for sponsoring mr. Greensburg appearance here today which is perfect and the timing as it we are in the midst of a contentious and sometimes entertaining, and always mesmerizing president ial season. David greenberg is an expert in such matters as a professor of history in journalism and media studies at wreckers and university. He speaks often on media and content politics which is a subject of his latest book, republic of spin. And inside history of the american presidency. In it, he recounts the rise of the white house machine from Teddy Roosevelt to barack obama. From the bullet pit to the well calibrated construction today publicist, poor stirrers, speechwriters sisters, speechwriters and salesmen who excel on social media. Please welcome David Greenberg [applause]. Thank you and i think you to all of you it is very encouraging to see such a good crowd this early on on a saturday morning. I want to thank in particular ted and linda moore, my host this weekend who ar
The church and for the festival by georgia power, bill and king at kelly and the estate of ralph. We are blessed once again to host such celebrated authors at United Methodist church which has been made possible by the generosity of bob and jean faircrop and substrate bank. Many of you have already watched on deck with eric larsen but we suspect today you are seeking your claims around chippewa squares as you choose among the dozens of renowned writers who have published outstanding books this year. We extend special thanks to our members and individual donors him make these events possible. If you would like to lend your support we welcome your donations and provided few bucks for books buckets. At the door. Please turn your cellphones off and there will be no flash photography. The question and answer portion of this morning we will ask you to line up down the central iowa, there will be a volunteer with the microphone end you will ask your questions at that point. After the presenta