Library many years ago to work on the book, a staff come up to me and say to me, unsolicited, do you know that so and so was here, so and so and listing all the famous historians but then they said to me, you know who our favorite is . David mccullough he was here and he was the nicest and said to this me. He was appreciative. Im enjoying the stories. So what i did was that night before i came in the next day to finish my research, i went out and bought doughnuts for the staff figuring they might Say Something about me. Not in the same breath as David Mccullough but in that respect. One other thing, i think we would all agree and its without question that David Mccullough is the most celebrated, revered historian of our times. Hes a National Treasure. [ applause ] hes a National Treasure not only the president ial medal of freedom and multiple pulitzers, National Book aday and as gay said, too many awards to announce. But also, the voice which was alluded to earlier. I have always love
Homes. And i discover the archivists and librarians there love to talk. As i was visiting a Truman Library there many years ago to work on a book, all the staff would come up to me unsolicited did you know that soandso was here and then listing all the nameious historians. But then they had to me you know who our favorite is, dafbl udmccollough. And David Mccollough was here and he was the nicest and appreciative. And im enjoying all these stories. So what i did that night before i came in to finish my research, i went out to buy doughnuts for the whole staff because i figured they might Say Something about me. Not in the same breadth as mccollough. But i think we would all agree its without question David Mccollough is one of the most revered of alltime. Hes a National Treasure not only of the president ial medal of freedom, multiple pulletsers, but also the voice which was alluded to earlier. I always loved mr. Mccolloughs voice narrating the american experience, reading his books an
Hamelton the rivality that forged a nation. Several of his books have been selections of the history book club, and the book of the month club and almost a miracle of the american victory and the war of independence was an awardwinning book as well. He had a 40year teaching career at the university of west georgia in carrollton before retiring in 2004 to focus more on writing books which is why hes been very prolific over the past few years. You can learn more about him and his books by visiting johnferling. Com can. Please join me in welcoming john ferling to the atlanta history center. [applause] thank you kate, and thank you for coming out this evening on this gorgeous atlanta spring night. Coming inside, actually, on this night to hear me talk. I want to talk tonight about my new book, whirlwind, and let me tell you first ors how i happened to first, how i happened to come up with the title, whirlwind. I used the i chose the title because it was a word that was used by both Abigail
Her life and career. And we spoke with mike huckabee. He talked about politics and culture. Wes moore was here for his book the work sharing the quest to find meaning in his life. And booktv talked about his book, gateway to freedom, detailing the history of the underground rail road. And cornel west talked about his book the radical king a collection of speeches by Martin Luther king junior. And tax reform was the discussion from the book end the irs before it ends us. And appearing recently was the author of be safe love mom talking about being a mother to four military officers serving in a war zone. And we looked at the life of the first lady through childhood up to the whitehouse. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 9 p. M. You can watch all episodes on our website. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Live coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest held every year in Downtown Chicago. Scott simon is the next author. He will be talking about his book.
Hamelton the rivality that forged a nation. Several of his books have been selections of the history book club, and the book of the month club and almost a miracle of the american victory and the war of independence was an awardwinning book as well. He had a 40year teaching career at the university of west georgia in carrollton before retiring in 2004 to focus more on writing books which is why hes been very prolific over the past few years. You can learn more about him and his books by visiting johnferling. Com can. Please join me in welcoming john ferling to the atlanta history center. [applause] thank you kate, and thank you for coming out this evening on this gorgeous atlanta spring night. Coming inside, actually, on this night to hear me talk. I want to talk tonight about my new book, whirlwind, and let me tell you first ors how i happened to first, how i happened to come up with the title, whirlwind. I used the i chose the title because it was a word that was used by both Abigail