I am laura shepard, director of events and im pleased to welcome you to our author event for comers new book grothman. In conversation with San Francisco columnist, we are pleased to have them here for the first time. I would like to find out how many of you have been to the Mechanics Institute before and how many are new . Please come back and we will give you a free tour of the library and show you the Incredible Library on the second and third floors. The International Chess club is down the hallway and we will tell you about our history. We were founded in 1854 and at the Mechanics Institute we have ongoing author events like this one, the International Chess club with their ongoing lectures and tournaments and book clubs and writers groups and on friday nights, we hope you will join us for all our cultural events. I would like to introduce our guest Roland De Wolk, an Investigative Reporter in print, broadcast and online journalism and a historian university adjunct and author. Du
And they are in conversation with the conversationalist. Before we begin i would like to find out how many of you had been to the mechanics. How many of you are new . Please come back wednesday at noon. We have the International Chess club which is right down the hallway. In 1854. Ongoing author events such as this one. With the inner National Chess club. It presents the ongoing lectures and tournaments. We had book clubs and writer groups. We hope that you will come and join us for all of this cultural events. With the online journalism. Hes also a historian. During his four decades they have specialized in investigative projects as well as News Features with major citations. Being honored by the society of professional journalists with coveted career achievement award. He is also the author of two books by chronicle books. And he is also a senior lecturer at that san diego states journal lecture. He also published the first online journalism textbook. Also with us tonight u phil has
12 years. Raise your hand. [applause] Lynn Ron Berg for 13 years. We believe [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. Didnt want to name absolutely everyone but to have been giving since before we opened so is a special thing. I think occlusion of tonights q a, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is blumenthal and jamie to discuss his new book, all the powers of first. The third volume on his series. Hes the acclaimed author of a selfmade man in wrestling with his angel. The first two in his biography. The political life of lincoln. Hes been a National Reporter for the Washington Post and washington editor and writer for the new york. Bestselling clinton from authorize of the establishment and permanent campaign. Born and raised in illinois, he is in washington d. C. Congressman jamie probably represents the eighth Congressional District in the u. S. House of representatives. [applause] the district includes mo
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