Weekend. I think the book festival is wonderful thing that happens, thousands of people showing up to celebrate books and to buy them. [applause] what at. Concept. [laughter] and children and family, usuallily grandchildren go with me but im going to catch a plane and go see them in a minute, but it is a wonderful and the the fact is that i where these history books often many of the characters in history books are political wives and as a political wife started festival was laura bush who went to the fabulous library of congress and said, i did a texas book festival, can we do one in washington, and it shows you what a fabulous legacy political wives throughoutwh our history havend left here in washington. So that makes it even more delightful for me to be able to participate in it. Also, by the way, we should just say that the volunteers at this festival are the heros. [applause] because theres no way that this can go on with hundreds of volunteers, so thank you all very much for wha
[inaudible conversations] booktv on instagram, follows for publishing news, and behindthescenes pictures and videos, instagram. Com booktv. Next on booktvs thanksgiving Holiday Weekend complete coverage of the fifteenth annual National Book festival held this past september. First Cokie Roberts talks about her book on women in washington d. C. During the civil war era called capital dames the civil war and the women of washington. [applause] thank you. Thank you all for being here this labor day weekend. This book festival is one of the greatest things that happens year in and year out. Hundreds of thousands of people showing up. To celebrate books and to buy them. What a concept, children and families, usually my grandchildren are with me but i am going to catch the plane and go see them in a minute. It is a wonderful event, i write the history books, often many of the characters in my history books are political wives and it was a political wife who started this book festival, laura
What the war was over was about the continues to play out in a variety of different ways. My real question is on the 1903 world series. To counterfactuals. Even if mcclellan had won that election he would not have taken office until march 4, 1865 when the war was virtually over. Over. Do you really think he would have exceeded to the southern demands that they be aa separate country . And if lincoln had gone on with the radicals have done to him at least a modified form of what they did to johnson . Let me just say one thing that will connect baseball to lincoln i can do that. Theres a wonderful political culture that shows Lincoln Holding a bat and the other three candidates holding balls using baseball is a metaphor for which candidate should be elected. Elected. Lincoln is talking about striking the ball fair and hitting a home run lincoln wrote a blonde memoranda beforehand saying in the event he lost he felt it would be his duty before the inauguration of the next president to res
What the war was over was about the continues to play out in a variety of different ways. My real question is on the 1903 world series. To counterfactuals. Even if mcclellan had won that election he would not have taken office until march 4, 1865 when the war was virtually over. Over. Do you really think he would have exceeded to the southern demands that they be aa separate country . And if lincoln had gone on with the radicals have done to him at least a modified form of what they did to johnson . Let me just say one thing that will connect baseball to lincoln i can do that. Theres a wonderful political culture that shows Lincoln Holding a bat and the other three candidates holding balls using baseball is a metaphor for which candidate should be elected. Elected. Lincoln is talking about striking the ball fair and hitting a home run lincoln wrote a blonde memoranda beforehand saying in the event he lost he felt it would be his duty before the inauguration of the next president to res
Featuring this weekend include the iraq war americas infrastructure, terrorism washington, d. C. And the civil war and first ladies. Now for a complete schedule of our entire weekend you can go to booktv. Org. Used to the schedule on the right hand side of the page. You can also follow was on facebook, or at booktv is our twitter handler we sent out a letter schedule updates. And publishing news throughout the weekend. Booktv on this memorial day weekend three days nonfiction books and authors. Cokie roberts, political commentator for npr and abc news is next on booktv. Her book capital dames recounts washington, d. C. During the civil war through the lives of many of the women who lived and worked in the capital. Following this talk from politics prose bookstore in d. C. We bring you a book party for capital dames from the museum also in washington. I just want to say it such a personal pleasure for me and for brad it was a porsche not here to post Cokie Roberts tonight. I think this