Good morning. My name is jonathan white, and im the vice chair of thehe Lincoln Forum. Our final speaker this morning isbrian dirk. Ian is a professor of history at Anderson University in indiana. He is the author of numerous books on Abraham Lincoln, imagining america, lincoln in indiana, lincoln the lawyer, and others. His subjects probe some of the most interesting and relevant topics in lincolns life and he has won awards for his work including from the new york civil war roundtable for the best book on Abraham Lincoln published in 2007. He recently had the opportunity to travel to seoul, where he addressed the korean Abraham Lincoln society. I know. Id like to hear more about that. How can i get on that gravy train . Today he will talk to us about his new book the black heavens Abraham Lincoln and death, published earlier this year. A review at civil war monitor states students of the 16th president will want to add this concise, thoughtprovoking, and sensitively written volume t
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
Hiring fluctuations. The raw number was 3. 5 million Cnns Jim Acosta report. Okay, thank you very much hysteria what is shaping up to be the worst us economy since the great depression, President Trump said he has a feel for what americans are going through i feel that i think sometimes what i feel is better than what i think i view what we have now is obviously a period of. In here we are just it is what it its just a very tough situation for the people of our country. All the loss the death. Nearly 4 million americans filed unemployment claims last week making for a staggering 30 million over the last 6 Weeks White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said the numbers havent been this bad since the great depression. The fact is that right now you know 30 Million People have while for unemployment insurance. The Unemployment Rate is probably up around 19 and those numbers are startling as anything weve seen since the great depression. The president has been lashing out at age in recen
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
He recently had the opportunity to travel to seoul where he addressed the korean Abraham Lincoln society. I know id like to hear more about that. How can i get on that gravy train . Today he will talk to us about his new book, the black heavens. Abraham lincoln and death which was published earlier this year by Southern Illinois university press. A review at civil war monitors states, students of the 16th president will want to add this concise thoughtprovoking and sensitively written volume to their bookshelves. Please welcome me in joining please join me in welcoming brian dark. Hello everybody its great to be here. I want to thank you for the invitation. Ive gotten to see some old friends, among many my come pinion in korea, fred. We had fun. Meaning lots of wonderful people. You are heroes, everybody in this room is a hero to a group of students at Anderson University who are going to get tomorrow off because i am here. They love the lincoln form. They are like doctor dirk. How fun