Overall, writer for 30 years for Time Magazine. He had kind of a Time Magazine style. Some inverted sentences. Things that really didnt ring terribly well in a general book of this nature. So throughout, ive been out throughout the book, i went and kind of changed that a bit. And other than that, it was really the major change was just boiling it down and then adding those cursed quick notes. You acquired in 2009, how long did you work on the book . About three years. Going to show you video. Out of context. Out of the chronology of the book. But it shows some oratory of a couple of famous senators. The first is going to be huey long. Before we show the video, when was huey long in the senate and what impact did he have . He had a huge impact on the senate. In the senate for a short period of time, from the early 1930s until he was assassinated in 1935. But he, you know, decided that he was going to use the filibuster as a as a major legislative tool. He did it almost like no one befor
An insiders history with neil mcneil and richard a. Baker. How did you get together with neil mcneil and do the book . The il mcneil is one of gigantic figures who not only do time magazines chief Congressional Correspondent for 30 years, came 1949. E hill in he retired in the mid 1980s, he went to work on what he hoped a quick onevolume history of the senate. Nd he spent 17 years trying to write that and finish it up. Needless to say he came by our the Historical Office on numerous occasions. E got a habit of going and having a lunch from time to time. We had wonderful conversations. He passed awayd, in 2008. And it was clear he was probably to finish it. And so he was you know, he okay, this issaid, it. He had the Oxford University agreed to publish the book. Sent it out the the viewers. Anonymous f the reviewers, got it, read it. His is going to be a 700page book. Didnt know when to start writing as happens with a lot of authors. And so my review said, this was a great book lurking
Ourselves. Its great to be here. One detail would want to correct about your biography. My career has been very diverse, but its mostly focused on literature and history. Profile, hidden so i dont have the opportunity to be engaged in current political and military things. But i have written biographies of Thomas Carlyle and of Charles Dickens and of henry james and of mark twain. Somehow i got directed more towards some history and the interconnection between literature and politics in recent years. The figure that brought me there was our wonderful 16th president , Abraham Lincoln. My most recent book prior to John Quincy Adams american visionary was lincoln, the biography of a writer. It appeared to me that lincoln was not only an extra ordinary politician and a deeply humane and beautiful man, he also was a great writer in his own way and contributed very importantly to american literature. That book focused on the development of literary genius. Lincoln brought me to John Quincy A
Chief congressional correspondent, came to the hill in 1949 when he retired in the mid 1980s we went to work on a quick one volume history in the senate. He spent 17 years trying to write that. Needless to stay he came by our office on numerous occasions. We ended up getting to the habit of going and having a lunch from time to time and so we had wonderful conversations. Near the end, he passed away in 2008 and it was clear he was probably not going to finish it. So he was basically say all right, this is it. Oxford University Press agreed to publish the book. Sent it out to the viewers. I got it and read it and said this is going to be a 700 page book. Didnt know when to stop writing. It happens a lot to dedicated authors. My review said this is a great book lurking in the 700 pages but somebody needs to carve it out. He died shortly there after and oxford came to me said how would you like to be the guy that carve it out. How much did you actually have to write yourself . About 20 of
Work. She has served by president ial appointment on the committee for the preservation of the white house under president s Joe Biden Donald trump Barack Obama George w bush and bill clinton. Stuart mclaurin is president of the White House Historical association leading the associations nonprofit nonpartisan mission to support conserv. Station and preservation at the white house with private funding John Stanwich serves as the National Park Service Liaison to the white house overseeing the National Park services responsibilities for the care of the white house and its grounds as well as the park areas immediately surrounding the white house. Finally. We are joined by lydia teterick curator of the white house. She has been part of the white house curatorial staff since 1979. Tetrick has lectured and published articles on the white house collection and specializes in historic photographs of the executive mansion. Please join me in welcoming our panelists to the stage for our final panel