Book notes Program David mccullough discussed his biography of president harry truman the book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography and instrumental in changing attitude about the truman presidency. Heres a portion of the interview. The number of president s that were already assassinated why would the government have protections for them. It was not done i wouldve the government have a pension they were pensions of Army Officers and everybody else but no pension for the president he had very little money he had to borrow some money, quite secretly which dean cosigned to pay for the move back home. This is not wellknown and it doesnt mean he didnt have money he did have money but he needed cash to cover the expenses of moving out of the white house and when he got home in order to provide himself some income he undertook the writing of his autobiography, his memoirs which no other president has done except for herbert hoover, herberts time in office was briefer than trumans and
All of the programs are about to see can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website booktv. Org. You can use the search function at the top of the page. First , 92 on cspan book notes program, David Mccullough discussed his biography of president harry truman. The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was instrumental in changing attitudes about the truman presidency. Heres a portion of that interview. Attempted assassination number of president s have already been assassinated. Why would the government at that time have protection for them . It wasnt done. Why would the government have a pension . Their pensions for Army Officers and pensions for everybody else but no pension for president. In fact to very little money. Had to borrow some money quite secretly which dean atchison cosine, to pay for the move back home. This is not wellknown. It does not mean he did not have any money printed have money but he needed some cash to cover all the expenses of moving
Was published in 2019. And now im book tv for highlighting programs from our archives with Pulitzer Prizewinning historian David Mccullough. Over the past 20 years he has appeared on book tv more than 50 times. All of the programs are about to see can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website booktv. Org. You can use the search function at the top of the page. First , 92 on cspan book notes program, David Mccullough discussed his biography of president harry truman. The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was instrumental in changing attitudes about the truman presidency. Heres a portion of that interview. Attempted assassination number of president s have already been assassinated. Why would the government at that time have protection for them . It wasnt done. Why would the government have a pension . Their pensions for Army Officers and pensions for everybody else but no pension for president. In fact to very little money. Had to borrow some money quite se
Mccullough. Over the past 20 years he has appeared on book tv more than 50 times. All of the programs are about to see can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website booktv. Org. You can use the search function at the top of the page. First , 92 on cspan book notes program, David Mccullough discussed his biography of president harry truman. The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was instrumental in changing attitudes about the truman presidency. Heres a portion of that interview. Attempted assassination number of president s have already been assassinated. Why would the government at that time have protection for them . It wasnt done. Why would the government have a pension . Their pensions for Army Officers and pensions for everybody else but no pension for president. In fact to very little money. Had to borrow some money quite secretly which dean atchison cosine, to pay for the move back home. This is not wellknown. It does not mean he did not have any mon
Studies at the George Washington University Law school where weve been colleagues for many years as editor of the documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789 to 1800 professor marcus published eight volumes with many articles on legal history. She was appointed by the librarian of congress as the general editor of the Oliver Wendell holmes devised the history of the Supreme Court of the United States in 20 15 and walter starr is a historian a New York Times best selling author a twotime winner of the seward award for excellence in civil war biography. Hes the author of several books including john jay founding father and most recently Salmon P Chase lincolns vital rival. Thank you so much for joining us gerard maybach and walter if i may gerard let us begin with you. Why did you choose to write about justice bushrod, washington . Why should our ncc friends be interested in him . Well, thanks jeff for inviting me and its wonderful to be here with such a great pane