Watch booktv every weekend on cspan2. Good evening. Good evening. Im steve we bert with the like librarys Public Affairs staff and i want to welcome you and thank you for being with us tonight. And thanks to rainy day books, our frequent and favorite collaborator and of course one over the nations great independent book stores. We operated ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming, whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporter calls, wrote a coup of oped pieces for the New York Times and for cnn business. After the death of david koch. Chris spent aye eight years ee. Americaed in kochland, the place and title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the very potent Politic
Good evening. Good evening. Im steve we bert with the like librarys Public Affairs staff and i want to welcome you and thank you for being with us tonight. And thanks to rainy day books, our frequent and favorite collaborator and of course one over the nations great independent book stores. We operated ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming, whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporter calls, wrote a coup of oped pieces for the New York Times and for cnn business. After the death of david koch. Chris spent aye eight years ee. Americaed in kochland, the place and title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the very potent Political Network that was put together by da
We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming. Whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. He didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporters calls and wrote a coup of oped articles after the death of david koch. Chris spent eight near in the the kochland, the place and the title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the potent Political Network that was put toth by the david koch and his older brother, charles, from their base three hours down the road in wichita. Anybody here had a chance to read the book yet . So, you wont understand but youll knee immediately when you get into it, as you get into it, what im talking about. Its daunting when you pick it up. Its 574 pages and thats before you get to the noteses appendix