This conference from Purdue University continues with biographers looking at political history, this talk was part of a twoday conference called remaking american political history, its an hour and a half. Welcome and thank you for attending our session on this beautiful friday afternoon. We will have to compete with the outdoors and hopefully we will convince you that the made the right choice, hanging out with you to talk about media and biography and political history. A lien between the four of us weve written at least 17 biographies, it might be more than that i was losing count because Randy Roberts has written so many, youve written more than half of our total number i think. So, we have a lot of experience in this genre, weve been drawn to and have an affinity for it in some way or another. So, before we begin lets introduce the panelists and as i introduce each of you if you could stand a minute or two, telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it
Choice hanging out with us to biographiesedia and in political history. Between the four of us we have written at least 17 biographies, it might be more than that, i was losing count because Randy Roberts had written so many, more than half of our total number. We have a lot of experience in this genre, we have been drawn to it and have an affinity for it in some way or another. Panelists. Oduce the as i introduce each of you, if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience, what was it that drew you to biography . What is it that you love about the genre . First we have larry, professor and in the graduate acting program in the New York University of the arts with an affiliate in the graduate musical theater writing program. He particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy, and has written the biography of Richard Roberts Richard Rogers and several other books. His most recent is a documentary film, Sammy Davis Jr. i gotta be me. What has drawn you to biography
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With us today. Courtesy of peter and pamela vos as well as bob and alice. Alison smith bob drury is the author, coauthor, editor of nine books hes written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, vanity fair, mens journal and gq. Hes currently a contributing editor and Foreign Correspondent for mens health, and he lives in new jersey. Tom clavin is the author or coauthor of 16 books for 15 years. He wrote for the New York Times and has contributed to such magazines as golf, mens journal, parade Readers Digest and smithsonian. Hes currently the investigator of features correspondent for manhattan magazine and lives in sag harbor, new york. Together, they are the number one New York Times bestselling authors of the heart of everything that is lucky six, six, six houses. Typhoon last men out and the last stand of fox company, which won the marine corps heritage foundations general wallace and green award. Please give a warm savannah welcome to bob drury and tom clavin. Tha
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