book. i think you ll enjoy jeffrey frank. is a former senior e jeffrey frank revisits harry today, we have a fascinating book that i think you will enjoy. jeffrey frank is a former senior editor at the new yorker, and deputy editor of the washington post outlook section. an early contributor to the new yorker, he has written for the washington post, the boston journal, the guardian, book forum, vogue, and other publications. he is the author of ike and dick and has written for novels, among them, the washington trilogy. he is co-author of the translation of hans christian anderson stories that won the 2014 hans christian anderson prize. his latest book, the trials of harry truman. i will show you here. an extraordinary presidency of an ordinary man, 1945 to 1953. simon and schuster publication, 528 pages illustrated, and it is $32. 50. you will get a book plate until authors start coming around again. you will get a book plate that is signed if you order a book from us. and
you here, as well as several members of our national council on white house history, which we are always grateful to have. well, this evening it is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and a friend of the white house historical association. mark updegrove serves as a president and ceo of the lbj foundation in austin, texas. he s a presidential historian for abc news and also an accomplished author. mark has actually authored five books on the presidency, including this book that we are celebrating this evening, incomparable grace, jfk in the presidency. i had the privilege of recording a podcast this afternoon with mark, which we will release later in the month on the book is officially released. it was a fascinating conversation, i really enjoyed my time with mark and i think you re going to enjoy the time with him here this evening. he has also written for the new york times, the politico, national geographic, time, the daily beast, usa today
i m welcoming you under our roof here at historic decatur house, which is the home of the white house historical association. we are honored to occupy this property that is owned by the national trust for historic preservation one of our wonderful partners in our work and it s terrific to have them here. we have a three members of our board of directors who are here this evening martha kumar is here. i have seen martha i need a mcbride will be here shortly if she s not here already and david ferio is ex officio on our board here over on the right. so it s an honor to have all of you here as well as several members of our national council on white house history, which we re always grateful to have well this evening. it is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and as a friend of the white house historical association mark up to grove serves as the president and the ceo of the lbj. foundation in austin, texas, he is a presidential historian for abc
i m welcoming you under our roof here at historic decatur house, which is the home of the white house historical association. we are honored to occupy this property that is owned by the national trust for historic preservation one of our wonderful partners in our work and it s terrific to have them here. we have a three members of our board of directors who are here this evening martha kumar is here. i have seen martha i need a mcbride will be here shortly if she s not here already and david ferio is ex officio on our board here over on the right. so it s an honor to have all of you here as well as several members of our national council on white house history, which we re always grateful to have well this evening. it is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and as a friend of the white house historical association mark up to grove serves as the president and the ceo of the lbj. foundation in austin, texas, he is a presidential historian for abc
Thank what martha does in terms of the scholarship and research, she is a constant resource for all of us who cover the white house and for any of the American Public was interested in the presidency and operations inside the building. Also want to thank the White House Historical association for your generosity and support of our programs and of marthas work and of all of our studies in the interest in the presidency. Before i turn things over to martha, i want to mention that last night, the w hca was in missouri at the Truman Library for what we hope will be the first of many partnerships and events with president ial libraries and museums across the country, talking with americans outside of the beltway and answering their questions about the presidency, the press, and the interaction between the two. We got a ton of questions and interest, and it may veer our questions tonight but we just wanted to let all of you know enterprises is the rent interested and come anyone watching, ye