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can they talk funny in boston then? not yet. anyhow. [laughter] washington said, you know, wait a minute. i m not the greatest gentleman in the world. i have the people trapped in one town. they try to get out and can t get out. why don t we get them and end the war? you might ruin the town, no. you want to ruin boston? they beat the yankees today which i m upset about. you had to remind me of that. [laughter] but in the book, logan has one couple of things that i think are very dramatic. one, the research he had me go around in circles researching some of that stuff. very true. he had george washington was 22 years at the time. he was with the british national guard and a surveyor, and the french were going to the lands and they would survey parcel of lands so many miles this way or that way. put a camp in the middle and say this is ours. the british decided we ll do the same. they get ahold of washington who is a surveyor and military person. they sent him with a grou
hour. good evening. my name is bill kauffman and i m here to welcome you to the booktalk series. i also want to thank the federal society for cosponsoring tonight s talk. tonight s program features logan beirne, the author of a new book on america s first chief executive entitled blood of tyrants: george washington and forging of the presidency. this is very much a young law school book. it began as a paper while logan was a law student. the paper was written under the supervision of william eskridge. after graduation in 2008, working two years in a law firm, logan returned to yale law school in 2010 and began turning the paper into the book we feature tonight. appropriately we have william eskridge with us to comment on the boat. he s the author and the articles cover a wide range of topics. several of his books have been featured in previous booktalk series sponsored by her library. according to a recen
you that is later in the month. this is the reading for congressman lincoln the making of america s greatest president. thanks so much to c-span for hosting authors like me and let us talk about what we do, and thank you for changing hands. this is the second event we have done here. having local book stores like this is a treasure. i love spending time here, and no one is allowed to leave until every copy of the book over there is sold. so thank you for being here tonight. the book, congressman lincoln: the making of america s greatest president. was abraham lincoln who mace the decision to engage the south in a civil war in order to serve the union. abraham lincoln resolves the slavery issue. and this story, why congressman lincoln? there are 16,000 books written about abraham lincoln. so if you go to ford theater in washington, dc, which is the final scene of this extraordinary story, you will see half that number piled high to the ceiling. and when i say becomes boot l
bourne. this is a little over and hour and 15 minutes. our first speaker tonight has written america s great debate which is a fabulous read the moment when henry clay, steven douglas, john c calhoun, daniel webster are there debating the future of america. it could actually be called the apiecement of 1850. and that is what i say to this book that we just published and we kcan he is a journalist ad he writes for a number of newspapers including the wall street journal. each though he reviewed my book on millard fillmoore, we are still friends. he gave me a wonderful review and i thank him for that publicly. i m delighted to have fergus start this conference. good morning. first let me thank paul, lauren and the u.s. capitol society for making this possible. each one of which is several which i have attended have been fascinating in its own way. you are running a tadd late so i m going to dive in and move quickly. i m going to be talking about the joint committee on
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