And now Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser discusses the life and novels of Laura Ingalls wilder. She explained the differences between actual events in the authors life, the little house on the prairie book series, and the television adaptation. The Jefferson County, Missouri Library hosted this event. Good evening, everybody. We are really thrilled to see you here tonight. This is the third and final program in this series. We kept miss fraser very busy for the last two days and weve had wonderful crowds turned out each time. We sold out of the books. It has been really very satisfying. To have cspan here taping this to show on television is just the icing on the cake. Its such a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. My job tonight. [applause] is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She grew up
Cuts for health services, dedication, desperate for food and aid. We report from sudan where thousands of refugees who fled the fighting in ethiopia are getting help. President donald trump has suffered another court loss in his attempts to overturn the results of the us president ial election. A District Court judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the Trump Campaign, which sought to exclude millions of mail in ballots. In the states, the judge issued a scathing ruling saying that it had failed to provide evidence of those of fraud. From campaign is now lost or withdrawn, dozens of similar lawsuits. 0 as mike hanna reports from washington account is more than 30 since the elections brought in various key swing states. But this very significance because its a ruling by a federal judge and also significant because of the extremely scathing language he used. He likened the tramp appeal to a frankenstein monster which had been put together haphazardly. He made very clear
My job tonight is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. She grew up in st. Louis and graduated from the university of missouri columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut short her time as a grad student to go to work in the mid 1980s. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post after three years in the newsroom in connecticut, she returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features department for 30 years. She assigns and edits book reviews choosing from 300 or so new books each week. Tonight she will be having a conversation with caroline frazier. Caroline frazier is the editor of the library america edition of Laura Ingalls wilder, the little house books. Her latest book is prairie fires, the American Dreams of Laura Ingalls wilder. It was one of the New York Times ten best books of the year and won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The National Book critics cir
Protesters rally in the heart of the french capital as anger builds over the recent Police Clearance of a temporary migrant camp in paris. And the developers of russias new vaccine say its not only highly effective, but also highly affordable, costing as little as 20. 00 wherever you are, whatever you are, whoever you are, its time for the news that arch international. My name is donald quarter and im joining you here in the studio. Welcome to the program. Now in the u. S. President ial. d president elect joe biden announced his top cabinet picks for the white house. He said the world has its hopes resting on his team to restore americas historic role as a Global Leader in calls from World Leaders that ive had about 18 to 20 so far. Im not sure the exact number in the weeks since we won the election. Ive been struck by how much theyre looking forward to the united states. Reassert its historic role as a Global Leader both in the pacific as well as in the atlantic all across the world.
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