American history textbook, but if you dig a little bit deeper, theres an incredible history just beneath the surface. Lindsay, also a White House Historical association historian and new in the role there. Were going to spend some time with both of you learning about your work and also about the association. So im going to ask you to give the elevator speech about the association itself, how it got started and what its mission is. Sure, so the association was founded by Jacqueline Kennedy to preserve and protect the history of the white house and then share that history with the American People more broadly. And since then, weve worked on that mission to try and cultivate the white house, the first floor especially, as sort of a museum for the people to tell the story of the white house and the story of the nation and to try and make it a little bit more accessible for visitors that come through. Why the first floor specifically . Sure. So the first floor is often referred to as the st
Grandnephew of George Washington through his brother. Writing at uc berkeley covering the rugby team. On parmalict reporting and cambodia. He has interviewed many important leaders. Also to publications for you know, the Atlantic Monthly and the new york times. He is the author of two other books. My brother my enemy. Escape. s greatest he has received three Pulitzer Prize nominations for his articles. Most importantly among all of this he has been one of the Research Fellows at the mount vernon Research Fellows. He is somebody who puts us off to go cover a war. That is unusual but we are very accommodating. Welcome him in suggesting presenting his newest book read writing with riding with george. Lets give a warm welcome to him. [applause] phillip thank you very much. It is obvious a incredible honor to speak here at the home of George Washington. Is the best home in america. Thank not only Stephen Mcleod who runs the program and the chief curator. Mary thompson who is a chief histori
Last 20 years in afghanistan and iraq and other nations. He is a washington ancestor. A descendent. You are not that old. He is the fifth great grandnephew of George Washington through his brother. He began his writing at uc berkeley covering the rugby team. Then conflict reporting on parma and cambodia. He has interviewed many important leaders. Also to publications for you know, the Atlantic Monthly and the new york times. He is the author of two other books. My brother my enemy. Al qaedas greatest escape. He has received three Pulitzer Prize nominations for his articles. Most importantly among all of this he has been one of the Research Fellows at the mount vernon Research Fellows. He is somebody who puts us off to go cover a war. That is unusual but we are very accommodating. We welcome him in suggesting presenting his newest book read writing with riding with george. Lets give a warm welcome to him. [applause] phillip thank you very much. It is obvious a incredible honor to speak
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When i begin a project, i know very little about my topics. As i begin to do the research, i go on a treasure hunt. That is the way i like to look at it. I use primary sources in order to gather the material i need to write nonfiction books that not only inaccurate but hopefully interesting. When i began to look into a book about George Washington and decided to write this book i began with George Washington in the very same way. I knew very little about washington. I had heard of course that he had chopped down a cherry tree, which he didnt, and i had heard that he worked with which he did it. And i heard that he had wooden teeth, which he didnt. So i found out very quickly the things i thought i knew about George Washington were absolutely not any of them correct. So as i began the book which i described as csis meets the biography channel, as you will see why as we go along, it has been a treat for me to replace all of those myths with the facts about George Washington. The premise