David is the author of a number of books and he is here to talk about some of the past. His book about arnold rothstein, has book about 1920 the year of six president s, 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon, and ted silent cows almanac, the wit and wisdom of calvin coolidge, and ted williams my life of pictures. He has also written and produced a wma hq documentary local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviews for his harry truman lively itabout how is, illuminating portraits of candidate, and the evenhanded appraisal of truman is especially compelling. The journey he takes to election day is one he has definitively become the best at leading. His work has been compared to theodore whites classic them a of the president s series. After three homeruns, i think pietrusza is the undisputed champion of chronicling americans president ial campaigns. He holds a masters degree in history the university at albany and has served on city council in amsterdam new york and is the , rec
Question number get there as many as time allows and to purchases and financial contributions to make help ensure the future of the independent bookstore. We appreciate your support now and always. As you may have experienced the last few weeks if we do have technical issues we will resolve them quickly thank you for your understanding. In the New York Times bestselling author winning the National Critics circle award, award, and the Catherine Porter award the American Academy of arts and letters. They will be discussing his latest book that is described as a colorful we creation of definitive history. The Seattle Times calls is a blend of history and memoir with the Bigger Research efforts. That makes baseless essential reading for anyone trying to grapple with the Affairs Since the end of world war ii. For happy to have them here tonight. The floor is yours. Thank you and its almost as much fun as being in Harvard Bookstore. And we have this kind of conversation a number of times but
By the archives of kansas city. Holt good evening, and thank you for arranging this, and especially kimberly, thank you for all the work youve done on this. Since he showed up, mark, who is retired from the central plains. Ill him a special thank you i oh him a special thank you. I have done a lot of research at the national archives, and the archivists always seem to know what i was interested in or had suggestions for what i ought to be interested in. Mark, when i was working on cold war kids said you know theres this collection you might be interested in. Yes, i was, very much, and it became a chapter in the book, so thank you. Now, for tonights discussion, what do school Lunch Programs, the indian adoption project polio shots, and books comic books have in common . Youre going, oh, theres a quiz . Your first guest would be they all have something to do with the postwar years, but they are also examples of the uptick and an unprecedented uptick in the federal intervention in childre
This was recorded in clifton park, new york. It is about an hour and 10 minutes. Good morning everyone. Welcome to the clifton park has halfmoon public library. We are very pleased to have David Pietrusza to talk about his latest book 1948 Harry Trumans improbable victory and the year that transformed america. David is the author of a number of books and he is here to talk about his book about 1920 the year of six president s, 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon, and ted williams my life of pictures. He has also written and produced a wma hq documentary local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviewed for his hairy german book talk about how likely it is, eliminating portraits of portrait support candidates and the evenhanded appraisal of truman is especially compelling. The journey he takes is to election day is one he is definitively lead in his past his work has been compared to theodore whites classic them a king of the president series. After three stayed home runs by t
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