Cspan2. Tonight beginning at 8 00 eastern booktv features several programs with the late author and columnist William F Buckley junior. And joy booktv on cspan2. I am the director of programs and partnerships for the massachusetts political society. Our program is a look at tradition summaries. We are joined by professor Donna Harrington who will speak about books for 19thcentury publishing. She is a professor of English Communications in new rhode island, she has a degree from marymacs college and a phd from the university of illinois. As a former magazine writer and editor her Research Interests include 19thcentury culture, womens magazines and the radical alternative press. Before we begin i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining us for the first time. If you are not familiar with the massachusetts Historical Society, we are the first Historical Society collecting and publishing and sharing our histories in 1791. An amazing collection of 14 million page
And im the director of Community Partnerships for theMassachusetts Historical Society. Our program this evening is a seasonal, its a look at the tradition of Summer Reading we are joined by professor donna harringtonlueker on her new publication gavin kleespies, 19th century publishing the rise of Summer Reading. She is a passer in Newport Rhode island and she has an undergraduate degree from rhode island and phd. As a former magazine writer and editor, Research Interests include 19thcentury print culture, womens magazines on any period and radical or alternative press. Before we begin id like to extend a special welcome to anyone joining the Virtual Program for the first time. If youre not familiar with the Massachusetts Historical Society we are the first Historical Society in america and have been preserving publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold a collection of 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the unitedstates. Or im
Editor Whose Research interests include 19th century print culture, womens magazines and the radical alternative press. Before we began i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining virtual mh programs. If youre definitely with her society where the first historical site in america and have been collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold an amazing collection of close to 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the United States. Sorry, three of the first six president s of the United States, i misspoke. We are continuing to collect today, and if youre interested we are currently collecting material related to the covid19 experience. We have a special initiative designed to record peoples experiences trying this unusual time and preserve a diverse sampling, firsthand accounts for future generations. In these days of social distancing we have taken to hosting virtual programs and onlin
Were. You can watch this and otherern many artifacts programs any time by visiting our website, cspan. Org history. Youre watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Were also featured on holidays and during congressional recesses. Saturday at 8 55 p. M. Eastern historian henry discusses George Washingtons relationship with benedict arnold. He looks at how washingtons response to arnolds failed plan to deliver west point to the british offers insights about washingtons leadership and character. Thats at 8 55 p. M. Eastern time on saturday here on cspan3. Pulitzer prize winner james risen on how the u. S. Government wastes billions of taxpayer dollars on the war on terror. Stewart bowlen was really the only u. S. Official who became really tried to investigate what happened, all the money that the United States sent to iraq. And there were different estimates. Over 11 billion of the roughly 20 billion in iraqi money that the United States sent back to iraq was unac
Who was he . I decided he was a delicious subject for a biography when it me that he had not lincolns aham bedside at his assassination but william he bedside of mckinley in 1901, they ugt who could this fellow be. Archives, i roosevelt. Realized what a rich subject it was. Ohn hay, his life really has end. Bookends at either lincoln on one end. He was the private secretary, live in the white house with for four years. So much of what we know about from hayes intimate contact with him. On the other end, he served not mckinley but he was teddycretary of state for roosevelt. You have wonderful iconic bookends and you dig deeper and realize all of the chapters in between in American History from the civil war to the beginning of the 20th century, hay is a resence in every one of the chapters, the fingerprints are on all of the pages and in many ases hes written those chapters of American History. He live . Id born 1838 and died july 1, 1905. Where did his life start . In indiana. Boy, his