Their war preparations. On afterwards at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, Karen Greenberg takes a critical look at the lots that were enacted to fight the war on terrorism. At ten p. M. , the life and career of Supreme Court justice, louis brandeis. We wrap up our brandeis. We wrap up our sunday primetime line up at 11 30 p. M. With an interviewer with senator lamarr examined and are in talks about the books that have influenced his life and career. That happens next on cspan twos, but tv. First up is Carol Anderson. We will go ahead and get started. Hello and welcome. I am ashamed host of Left Bank Books. Id like to thank our cosponsor, the Ferguson Public Library. They are a wonderful partner to have such an event like this. Left bank books holds 300 authors each each year and its with your help that we are bringing in more favorite authors. You support us your reinvesting in your community because your tax dollars are going to your schools, parks, streets, libraries, and Community Projects at an
One more question, please. Everything i read about lynn or saw on twitter it seems like the pace is nonstop. In one part of the book someone asked him are you ever going to slow down you write like you are running out of time and he said i am. Do you share that same work ethic or was it hard to keep up with his pace as you were working with someone who literally never stops . We do kind of share the same work ethic. We didnt have choice. We had a deadline they set and had to keep turning out words as fast as we could. But you know, he is a very special man. The speed of his brain. It comes out when he was free flowing. He is funny and comes up with things moving. You have to be on your toes but he is a friend and that is one of the things i love about the guy. It never stops. Thank god because if it did maybe we would not have hamilton. I have to say everything jeremy just said about lin i would say about jeremy. Really, he is remarkable and i am so honored to know him and that he was
Attack the same year as grant died. And nelly fled to europe again and that is when the memoirs were written and when her daughter was copying parts of the letters to give to the director. She had to know what was going on and allowed it to happen. She lived the rest of her life in france really. It was at a villa that was owned by her daughter and her soninlaw they had named after her husbands greatest victory. There is almost numbered else who would consider that the greatest victory. The shermans she predeceased him but they lived in washington after the war. He became the Lieutenant General of the army. She did work, as he was dealing with indians who were threatening the transcontinental rail road. She was doing missionary work and started an orphanage in washington. She was always into charitable work. There was talks about her husbands flirtation and affairs and there is evidence of that but it is clear he loved her. He was very healthy but died two years after ellen died. At th
And i was in his sunday school class, it was amazing. After that i went to the school he attended and, of course, its been turned into a Wonderful Museum and i purchased his book a full life. This man is an incredible human being, brilliant. A true moral leader and the man way ahead of his time and the book a full life conveys that. Its well written, its very current actually and gives a lot of history but it actually tells you who he is as a man, as the person who is a believer in god and the christian, but how he applies his christian values in his public life in terms of feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless and all the great value that is are taught through the bible. Book tv wants to know what youre reading this summer. Tweet us your answer at book tv or you can post it on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Here is a look at some authors recently featured at book tv, our weekly program. Man hattian Institute Senior fellow Harold Mcdonald looked at the state of polic
Mass incarceration in america. The friday forum series tapes on friday afternoons during the Academic Year as a way to highlight books in a wide range of field. The next features sparrow presenting a book on policing reforms and to learn more about this and our many other jump copping even visit is online at harvard. Com. Todays talk will conclude with time for questions after which well have a book signing right here at this table. We have copies of from the war on poverty to the war on crime for sale in the next room. Were pleased to have cspan booktv here taping this event. When asking questions please know youll be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you before asking your questions. As always, todays title is 20 off. Part of our way of saying thanks. You purchases assure the future of an independent book store. And finally, quick reminder to silence your cell phones. And so now, im very pleased to introduce todays speaker. Elizabeth hinton, assistant pr