Historian at harvard university, whos written an acclaimed book about John F Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy townsend, who is a politician in her own right, whose father Robert F Kennedy was the attorney general when the march on washington occurred. I want to start by switching rating this discussion in a in a bit, a personal way, because we have some personal connections among us. And i want to start in the summer of 1963, before the march and in june in particular, in june of 1963, kathleen, 11 years old, her uncle was the president. Her father was the attorney general. She was growing up in mclean, virginia, the wonderful house called hickory hill. I was growing up in chevy chase, maryland, a neighborhood called somerset. My father was a journalist, was covering the Kennedy Administration and the Justice Department. I was six years old that summer. I. And robert was growing up across the street and a few houses down from us in somerset with his brother burke, whos in the audience with
Welcome, everybody. My name is john harwood. Im a journalist and im going to be moderating this panel with robert doar, who you know, who is the chief executive of, the American Enterprise institute, fred log of all, whos a historian at harvard university, whos written an acclaimed book about John F Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy townsend, who is a politician in her own right, whose father Robert F Kennedy was the attorney general when the march on washington occurred. I want to start by switching rating this discussion in a in a bit, a personal way, because we have some personal connections among us. And i want to start in the summer of 1963, before the march and in june in particular, in june of 1963, kathleen, 11 years old, her uncle was the president. Her father was the attorney general. She was growing up in mclean, virginia, the wonderful house called hickory hill. I was growing up in chevy chase, maryland, a neighborhood called somerset. My father was a journalist, was covering th
Welcoming b. J. Hollers professor at uw eau claire. Hes the founder and director of the valley writers guild. Hes a prolific author and editor. Hes author of more than a dozen books. By my count, at least, and i might be missing a couple. Those include midwestern, strange and hope is the thing wisconsinites on perseverance in a pandemic. Hes here with his latest book, wisconsin for kennedy, the primary that launched a president and changed the course of history. You can read great reviews of it all over. Let me tell you about our inhouse review. Boswell, lee and tim mccarthy loves this book. I know his hand sold several already and he says hollers, maybe some of you are here because of tim. So thanks, tim hollers is an excellent narrative nonfiction writer. The captures the drama of jfks campaign and the depth of the people involved. The books lay out amazing photography and apt quotations are all highly effective. It is excellent reading and says tim, ive already im already handing cu
Welcoming b. J. Hollers professor at uw eau claire. Hes the founder and director of the valley writers guild. Hes a prolific author and editor. Hes author of more than a dozen books. By my count, at least, and i might be missing a couple. Those include midwestern, strange and hope is the thing wisconsinites on perseverance in a pandemic. Hes here with his latest book, wisconsin for kennedy, the primary that launched a president and changed the course of history. You can read great reviews of it all over. Let me tell you about our inhouse review. Boswell, lee and tim mccarthy loves this book. I know his hand sold several already and he says hollers, maybe some of you are here because of tim. So thanks, tim hollers is an excellent narrative nonfiction writer. The captures the drama of jfks campaign and the depth of the people involved. The books lay out amazing photography and apt quotations are all highly effective. It is excellent reading and says tim, ive already im already handing cu
Welcoming b. J. Hollers professor at uw eau claire. Hes the founder and director of the valley writers guild. Hes a prolific author and editor. Hes author of more than a dozen books. By my count, at least, and i might be missing a couple. Those include midwestern, strange and hope is the thing wisconsinites on perseverance in a pandemic. Hes here with his latest book, wisconsin for kennedy, the primary that launched a president and changed the course of history. You can read great reviews of it all over. Let me tell you about our inhouse review. Boswell, lee and tim mccarthy loves this book. I know his hand sold several already and he says hollers, maybe some of you are here because of tim. So thanks, tim hollers is an excellent narrative nonfiction writer. The captures the drama of jfks campaign and the depth of the people involved. The books lay out amazing photography and apt quotations are all highly effective. It is excellent reading and says tim, ive already im already handing cu