Joining us now on book tv was representative tom cole a republican from oklahoma. Congressman kobe have asked you this question before, you have always had a large reading list. What is on your current reading list . I have just finished the splendid and the vial by erik larson. A wonderful of churchill and his family. Really in the worst year of the war. Right after he becomes prime minister, may 10 of 1940, really the day of the german invasion in the low countries of france. And basically what it was like to stand alone consulting germany until june of 41, the russians are in the war. And then by december of 41 United States is in the work. Its an extraordinary book. Until wonderful read by a guy i considered the greatest person of the 20th century. The supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. Then ive also been reading, i just picked up grade story by the name of Jean Edward Smith great, great biographer. Ive read his biographies of granton eisenhower. Eisenhower is by far th
Today, we will be talking about the early frontier, the development of the state, the industrialization of the state and we will go into the later andury, the 21st century see what virginia is today. We are in the museum frontier period. These are some of the earliest settlers. We are staying next to george washington, where it has specific artifacts such as his used and the telescope he to cite land here in the valley as well as in the eastern panhandle. Fort washington would have been here in the mid1700s. During this time, this was western virginia. It was part of the state of area thatnd it was an was not greatly developed. A lot of the ideas of separation, becoming a separate state and things of that nature were not being put into this area. These are artifacts that belong to daniel boone when he settled in the area. He was in the valley for about 10 years from 1789 to 1799. This is the rifle daniel boone carried in the 1790s. This is his Walking Stick and beaver traps that he use
Id like to thank all of our president Society Members for joining us this evening. If youre a member you please stand up and be recognized. Come on. Theres a couple here. There we go. Thank you. The president society is an exclusive group of members that supports the ongoing works of president nixons foundation, which applies the legacy and the vision that he had the opportunities facing our nation in the world today. If youre interested in joining leasing any member of the staff, track me down or one of the front desk associates, anybody can get you signed up this evening. I would like to tell you about a few special events that are on the horizon. August 20 we will host Mollie Hemingway and Kerry Severino for the new amazon number one s celica justice on trial about the Cavanaugh Supreme Court hearings. September 11, we will host two programs, the first is an annual commemoration of patriots day and then will host Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch that evening. At 7 p. M. For a disc
Favorite . Im writing you this letter. I saw that you written something and you know youre a a liberal microphone is liberal and we having a terrible problem. We met several months ago. I really love her. Its a great relationship and everything was fine until she happened to see my car was parked next to hers and she saw that i had a decal on the back of my car of trump urinating on hillary. Now, its a joke, its a joke, but she was outraged and shes insisting i take it off. I think its funny. It wouldnt bother me if should something similar. What do i do . I was not expecting this. I thought this is very interesting. Discussed asking questions hes not just saying to hell with you, im leaving. I voted back and i said civility counts and you should take the decal off. And then his girlfriend wrote me and said thank you this is wonderful, and he did take it off and thats why, how i know that i really love him and this is going to work out. We are talking with you back your new book i love
Magic and we are excited to have casey cep in celebration of dirks the last trial of harper lee. This is her first book but casey this not her first thing she has given to us write. She has been writing for the the new yorker, the new yorkw york times for many years now, and many of you probably noticed because youre but in all of work she has this super home able to make every detail fascinating and crystal clear. In this one casey works to layout two intertwine can mysteries, one in the story of reverend Willy Maxwell and his trials and the other in the unissued work of a beloved literary market and she has contagious dedication to seeing them through and doing them as much justice as possible. Trust me, and also every person i think who works in this book store in this room, this is a book that you actually cannot put down and i mean it seriously. Im about 20 pages from the end and very sad im not reading it. Casey, we are so excited to have you tonight. Thank you so much for coming