Thank you, emily, and good evening. It is a great pleasure to introduce William Seale. I have known william for a very long time because he married my good friend and college classmate, lucinda smith. I married a brilliant historian, and so did she. [laughter] William Seale is a charming and witty texas gentleman whose interest in history and buildings has fueled a long career in both. He is a native of beaumont, texas, holds a ba from southwestern university, an ma and a ph. D. From duke. He left texas in 1969 and spent two years in columbia, south carolina, restoring the home of wade hampton. He then came to washington in 1972 to write a history of state capitols with Henry Russell hitchcock. He, lucinda and their two sons settled in lucindas native alexandria. At this point in his career, he focused on two things; Historic Restoration and writing. His twovolume history of the white house was published by the White House Historical society in 1986 with the second edition in 1996. He
Underproduction, that matters. And so i guess we try to bring out the inefficiencies and become indispensable for customers. You come onto this and other programs online at booktv. Org. With a few weeks left in 2013, many publications are putting out their year end list of notable books. These titles were included in the New York Times 100 notable books of 2013. In book of ages, the opinions of james franklin, staff writer joe lepore chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklins youngest sister. And physician and Pulitzer Prize winner sheri fink investigates patient deaths at a new orleans hospital in the days following Hurricane Katrina in five days at memorial. In catastrophe of 1914, europe goes to war, military historian max hastings details the events that lead to the onset of world war i. Katie butler presents her thoughts on endoflife care and knocking on heavens door. The path to a better way of death. And bush and cheney in the white house, days of fire. They correspond the corres
Having worked with Le Corbusier, Swiss architect Albert Frey moved to the US at a time when it was lacking in Modernist architecture and went on to design much of the desert city of Palm Springs, where a new exhibition celebrates his work