Impersonates the hand for tell all talks about life with the roosevelts and is given more than 100 presentations at venues including the fdr library. A little white house in warm springs, georgia and the National World war two museum her most recent book is baptists in bootleggers a prohibition expedition through the south with cocktail recipes. She considers the repeal of the 18th amendment to be one of the greatest achievements of the early, new deal. Catherine lives in anderson, South Carolina with her husband leo please join me in welcoming catherine smith. Well, i was telling patrick if i had a moonshine samples. It might have drawn a bigger crowd in today. Well still have a good time without it. Baptist and bootleggers, you may be wondering how i came up with that title and the answer is my father is an economist an academic economist. Hes taught it for many years at clemson university. And he had a theory he developed a theory of government regulation about 35 years ago that he
Special envoy is that Franklin Roosevelt, who was immobilized and was unable to travel except in extraordinary circumstances, how she used those ways to sidestep and build a relationship and what position the United States for a policy that he sought to pursue taking america into the Second World War. And as michael explained, that changed the course of history as we know in very dramatic ways and in particular the role of america in very dramatic ways. And so the story is a fascinating one of itself. Its told beautifully by michael in a way that takes you into the rooms where the decisions were being made and the conversations were being had that shaped the course of history. But it also has i think important lessons about statecraft, about the way in which president s of with great difficulty nevertheless can turn the american state and new and profoundly important directions. Therefore it has relevance for today as well. Michael was the director of the institute for International Po
introduce catherine smith. catherine smith is a journalist in history writer with a long-time interest in fdr and his times. she is the biographer of marguerite alice lahand who was fdr s private secretary counselor confidant from 1921 to 1941 and who served as his de facto white house chief of staff. in addition to her book the gatekeeper katherine co-authors a missile hand mystery series with kelly durham she also impersonates the hand for tell all talks about life with the roosevelts and is given more than 100 presentations at venues including the fdr library. a little white house in warm springs, georgia and the national world war two museum her most recent book is baptists in bootleggers a prohibition expedition through the south with cocktail recipes. she considers the repeal of the 18th amendment to be one of the greatest achievements of the early, new deal. catherine lives in anderson, south carolina with her husband leo please join me in welcoming catherine smith. we
now, it s my pleasure to introduce catherine smith. catherine smith is a journalist in history writer with a long-time interest in fdr and his times. she is the biographer of marguerite alice lahand who was fdr s private secretary counselor confidant from 1921 to 1941 and who served as his de facto white house chief of staff. in addition to her book the gatekeeper katherine co-authors a missile hand mystery series with kelly durham she also impersonates the hand for tell all talks about life with the roosevelts and is given more than 100 presentations at venues including the fdr library. a little white house in warm springs, georgia and the national world war two museum her most recent book is baptists in bootleggers a prohibition expedition through the south with cocktail recipes. she considers the repeal of the 18th amendment to be one of the greatest achievements of the early, new deal. catherine lives in anderson, south carolina with her husband leo please join me in welc
long-time interest in fdr and his times. she is the biographer of marguerite alice lahand who was fdr s private secretary counselor confidant from 1921 to 1941 and who served as his de facto white house chief of staff. in addition to her book the gatekeeper katherine co-authors a missile hand mystery series with kelly durham she also impersonates the hand for tell all talks about life with the roosevelts and is given more than 100 presentations at venues including the fdr library. a little white house in warm springs, georgia and the national world war two museum her most recent book is baptists in bootleggers a prohibition expedition through the south with cocktail recipes. she considers the repeal of the 18th amendment to be one of the greatest achievements of the early, new deal. catherine lives in anderson, south carolina with her husband leo please join me in welcoming catherine smith. well, i was telling patrick if i had a moonshine samples. it might have drawn a bigger