Confirmation but for talking about as you done in the past your work and theres just a lot of interest as you know from past hearings in this building about the library of congress especially now that people are going back in an entry of many visitors to the library again. Several senators, we had a dinner with bipartisan dinner last night and a number senators mentioned that they were fans of you and your work, including people from both sides of the aisle, so just putting that out there first. And i think ive mentioned this before. Maybe senator fischer doesnt know but my dream when i was growing up was to be a librarian. Yes, i actually had a duly system set up with the books that i read in a recipe box here but instead we are here. And we are here in fact, to discuss the Largest Library in the world and the oldest federal Cultural Institution in the united states, the library on congress. Two weeks ago the library celebrated its 223rd birthday, and as we know the library holds over
Tonight, im happy to welcome david grant to the library to discuss his latest book, the wager a tale shipwreck, mutiny and murder. In it, he recounts the fallout of a British Naval shipwreck off the coast of patagonia in the mid 18th century. The survivors of his majestys ship, the wager eventually landed at different locations in south america, roughly 3000 miles from the wreck, with competing stories about the incident that resulted in a Court Martial. David grann, a staff writer at the new yorker, is author of several bestselling books, including the lost city of z and killers of the flower moon, a finalist in the National Award and winner of the Edgar Allan Po ward killer killers of the flower moon is also being adapted into a Martin Scorsese film that will be released this fall. Vanity fair, called the wager genre defying literary naval history, thriller, part master and commander, lord of the flies. In a recent gq profile, wrote that david grann has been your favorite writers wri
Tonight, im happy to welcome david grant to the library to discuss his latest book, the wager a tale shipwreck, mutiny and murder. In it, he recounts the fallout of a British Naval shipwreck off the coast of patagonia in the mid 18th century. The survivors of his majestys ship, the wager eventually landed at different locations in south america, roughly 3000 miles from the wreck, with competing stories about the incident that resulted in a Court Martial. David grann, a staff writer at the new yorker, is author of several bestselling books, including the lost city of z and killers of the flower moon, a finalist in the National Award and winner of the Edgar Allan Po ward killer killers of the flower moon is also being adapted into a Martin Scorsese film that will be released this fall. Vanity fair, called the wager genre defying literary naval history, thriller, part master and commander, lord of the flies. In a recent gq profile, wrote that david grann has been your favorite writers wri
Tonight, im happy to welcome david grant to the library to discuss his latest book, the wager a tale shipwreck, mutiny and murder. In it, he recounts the fallout of a British Naval shipwreck off the coast of patagonia in the mid 18th century. The survivors of his majestys ship, the wager eventually landed at different locations in south america, roughly 3000 miles from the wreck, with competing stories about the incident that resulted in a Court Martial. David grann, a staff writer at the new yorker, is author of several bestselling books, including the lost city of z and killers of the flower moon, a finalist in the National Award and winner of the Edgar Allan Po ward killer killers of the flower moon is also being adapted into a Martin Scorsese film that will be released this fall. Vanity fair, called the wager genre defying literary naval history, thriller, part master and commander, lord of the flies. In a recent gq profile, wrote that david grann has been your favorite writers wri
Tonight, im happy to welcome david grant to the library to discuss his latest book, the wager a tale shipwreck, mutiny and murder. In it, he recounts the fallout of a British Naval shipwreck off the coast of patagonia in the mid 18th century. The survivors of his majestys ship, the wager eventually landed at different locations in south america, roughly 3000 miles from the wreck, with competing stories about the incident that resulted in a Court Martial. David grann, a staff writer at the new yorker, is author of several bestselling books, including the lost city of z and killers of the flower moon, a finalist in the National Award and winner of the Edgar Allan Po ward killer killers of the flower moon is also being adapted into a Martin Scorsese film that will be released this fall. Vanity fair, called the wager genre defying literary naval history, thriller, part master and commander, lord of the flies. In a recent gq profile, wrote that david grann has been your favorite writers wri