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
[applause] next on cspan, and on core of our series am a first ladys image featuring julia grant. Then the group emilys list. Then another chance see first ladies julia grant. Season two of first ladies monday, the night. We feature programs on every first lady from martha washington. Today, julia grant. Host serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, julia grant relished the role. She once commented that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slaveholding family, she ended up as wife of the commanding u. S. General during the civil war. She and ulysses s. Grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the challenges of politics, and eight years in the white house. Welcome to our program, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, julia grant. Let me introduce you to our guests. Bill seale is a member of our series. He is a Longtime White House historian and the author of the president s house. Pam sanfilippo is a historian at the ul
Host serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, julia grant relished the role. She once commented that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slaveholding family, she ended up as wife of the commanding u. S. General during the civil war. She and ulysses s. Grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the challenges of politics, and eight years in the white house. Welcome to our program, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, julia grant. Let me introduce you to our guests. Bill seale is a member of our series. He is a Longtime White House historian and the author of the president s house. Pam sanfilippo is a historian at the ulysses s. Grant National Historic site. She is also working on a biography of julia grant. I want to start with you. We last left the series with the johnsons after impeachment and the politics with the radical republicans in reconstruction in the south. Set the stage for us as the grants come into the whi
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