First families, 200 years of private life in the white house. He served as a consultant to the smithsonian, and was the National First ladys library historian until 2017. Hes currently writing camera girl for simon and schuster. So welcome, carl. Thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the White House Historical association today and very honored to give you a little bit of a back ground about Florence Harding and the book. I have to tell you, as is often said, a parent should not really have per se a favorite child, and, you know, i think an author shouldnt perhaps have a favorite book. But i will say that the research of this book, and then the unique promotion that i did for the book will always be a very important part of my life. I started writing this book, researching this book at a time when there was still the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the hardings firsthand. Of course, they were Young Children and one or two had almost been teen
Discusses the life of the woman married to president Warren Harding and dispels some of the myths during her time at the white house. The Historical Association hosted the event and provided the video. Today we are welcoming the author of a dozen books on president ial families, including four full length first lady biographies and an overview of all the families who made their home in the white house. We wrote a two volume history americas first family an inside view of 200 years of private life in the white house. He served as a consultant to the smithsonian interpretation of the exhibit and was a librarys historian until 2017. He is currently writing camera girl ethe first chronicling of jacqueline bovine kennedys life when she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer. Welcome, carl. Thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the white house Historical Association today and im very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. You kn
Girl for simon and shooter, the first chronicling of jack and bouquets life from 1950 to 1954, when she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer and met and married future president john f. Kennedy. Welcome, carl. Thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the White House Historical association today, and im very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. I have to tell you, as is often said, apparent should not really have a favorite child and i think in author perhaps should not have a favorite book, but i will say that this research of this book, and then the unique promotion that i did for the book, will always be a very important part of my life. I started researching this book at a time when the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the hardings firsthand. Of course, they had been young children. Then at the end of the process, the 75th anniversary of the death of president hardening, and of course he d
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