Book called mercury rising, which is the story of John Glenn John kennedy and the space race in the context of the cold war. Jeff comes to us from the west wing riders group, which he founded as a speech writing business along with a strategic operation and this comes from his experience as a speechwriter for president clinton, and he did a number of landmark speeches for the 42nd president. He also has a background in history from Brown University and was a Rhodes Scholar and so has a masters degree in history from oxford. His previous books are on fascinating. X in and of themselves one on Franklin Roosevelt and his tussle with the us supreme court. The other is speaking of tussles on the conflict between Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and so we were just talking before we went on camera. Jeff is just so good at developing dramatic tension and i would say about this book, which i thoroughly enjoyed and i think i may have mentioned to him. I certainly did others that when im getti
The president ial Oral History Program. Its great to have you with us today to join us for what i know will be a fascinating conversation with our guest jeffsell, and this is about his book called mercury rising, which is the story of John Glenn John kennedy and the space race in the context of the cold war. Jeff comes to us from the west wing riders group, which he founded as a speech writing business along with a strategic operation and this comes from his experience as a speechwriter for president clinton, and he did a number of landmark speeches for the 42nd president. He also has a background in history from Brown University and was a Rhodes Scholar and so has a masters degree in history from oxford. His previous books are on fascinating. X in and of themselves one on Franklin Roosevelt and his tussle with the us supreme court. The other is speaking of tussles on the conflict between Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and so we were just talking before we went on camera. Jeff is j
Operation and this comes from his experience as a speechwriter for president clinton, and he did a number of landmark speeches for the 42nd president. He also has a background in history from Brown University and was a Rhodes Scholar and so has a masters degree in history from oxford. His previous books are on fascinating. X in and of themselves one on Franklin Roosevelt and his tussle with the us supreme court. The other is speaking of tussles on the conflict between Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and so we were just talking before we went on camera. Jeff is just so good at developing dramatic tension and i would say about this book, which i thoroughly enjoyed and i think i may have mentioned to him. I certainly did others that when im getting ready to moderate a book discussion. I assign myself so many pages of the book to read a day so that i make sure im finished with it by the time the discussion begins and this one i assigned myself some time ago 10 pages a day, but it was li
Book called mercury rising, which is the story of John Glenn John kennedy and the space race in the context of the cold war. Jeff comes to us from the west wing riders group, which he founded as a speech writing business along with a strategic operation and this comes from his experience as a speechwriter for president clinton, and he did a number of landmark speeches for the 42nd president. He also has a background in history from Brown University and was a Rhodes Scholar and so has a masters degree in history from oxford. His previous books are on fascinating. X in and of themselves one on Franklin Roosevelt and his tussle with the us supreme court. The other is speaking of tussles on the conflict between Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and so we were just talking before we went on camera. Jeff is just so good at developing dramatic tension and i would say about this book, which i thoroughly enjoyed and i think i may have mentioned to him. I certainly did others that when im getti
Everyone. His fingerprints is on every one of the patients. He has written those chapters of American History. Ferro. N talia next, a discussion on the many changes in the role of first lady from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. Well hear from women authors, historians and journalists with an introduction by the former Communications Director for first lady, laura bush. This is just under two hours. [applause] hi, everyone. Thanks, anne, it is so good to be back. I have such fond memories of being care. Probably most importantly, learning care. It is great to see all of the teachers. I cannot imagine coming for the position i had a being mrs. Bushs our secretary not to say thank you. Thank you for all you do. From someone who went all across this country visiting all sorts of schools and all kinds of conditions, we really appreciate all you do for children. When i was preparing for todays lecture, i thought of a lot of different stories i could possibly tell, but then i got so wrap