Thank you. I wouldnt see us surprised to move some bestsellers on the needle today. It is important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals real purpose is literacy which leads to learning an opportunity, which matches our goal of helping our community succeed. Learning to love books and learning to Love Learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of ulysses s. Grant. If we are lucky, certain other popular founding fathers. One thing i learned from this story of president grant was how people can evolve through persistence and hard work. Acknowledge and overcome their imperfections. An incredible story that reminded me a person of good will can learn from their mistakes and reach their potential. I hope you enjoy this session. It is my privilege to introduce the Deputy Director of national, International Outreach and our session moderator, colleen. [app
Prouder to watch the festival grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event and has become. I wouldnt be surprised [applause] thank you. I wouldnt see us surprised to move some bestsellers on the needle today. It is important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals real purpose is literacy which leads to learning an opportunity, which matches our goal of helping our community succeed. Learning to love books and learning to Love Learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of ulysses s. Grant. If we are lucky, certain other popular founding fathers. One thing i learned from this story of president grant was how people can evolve through persistence and hard work. Acknowledge and overcome their imperfections. An incredible story that reminded me a person of good will can learn from their mistakes and reach their potential. I hope you enjoy this sess
The real purpose here is literacy. Learning to love books and learning to Love Learning are what the book festival is all about. Turnout sion, ron chernow will discuss his book about ulysses s grant. One thing i learned from this story was how people can evolve through persistence and hard work. It isnt an incredible story. Me that a person of good will learn from their mistakes. I hope you enjoy this session. Welcome to the 18th annual National Book festival. Ron is an awardwinning journalist, historian, biographer. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and the National Book award for nonfiction. In 2016, he won the National Humanities medal. His book on Alexander Hamilton with the inspiration for the awardwinning musical. He worked as a historical it is worth noting that are cochair of the festival was supposed to conduct this interview today. I just happen to be a big admirer of ulysses s grant. When you are first approached to create a hiphop musical about your book, what was