Bookstore, to cspan, to my publisher, Simon Schuster and to all of you for joining me this evening. I am only going to speak for about 20 minutes and i am going to jump right in. I found this book in the middle of the atlantic ocean. Six years ago in st. Georges bermuda, i embarked on a 140foot sailing ship the education associations as sz i would be at sea for three weeks away from telephone internet and physical libraries yet i was in the middle of the Research Project on Benjamin Franklin the required me to read material and friend so i decided to use my time at sea to read a novel in that language. The book i chose is a small paperback edition of jules byrnes of around the world in 80 days First Published in the newspaper serial in 1872. When i wasnt on watch or otherwise busy on on the ship i slowly made my way to the book. By french was good enough to my surprise but i actually enjoyed the story and as a historian i appreciated its period details especially the nature of the prot
This was a true labor of love. I researched my topic for three years and spent a yearplus writing it. It is hummabling and gratifying to see it so well received, and to be following walter isakson, robert caro, and tony. [applause] i came to develop a strong interest in Paul Jennings when i was director of education at James Madisons month peelier in virginia. I was familiar with jennings memoir considered by the White House Historical association to be the first memoir of life in the white house. It was titled a colored mans rem innocences of James Madison, and as the title implies, its really more about the socalled great man than it was about the author himself. My interest was in Paul Jennings. I set out to discover elements of his own biography to uncover the circumstances behind the original publication of the memoir in 1865 and to find an interview living direct descendents. A slave in the white house, Paul Jennings and the madisons is the story of Paul Jennings unique journey f
Mother jones my colleague and the author of a brand new book trigger points inside the mission to stop Mass Shootings in america. Will tell you all about the book in a minute, but i would like to remind our audience that you can be part of this conversation as well if youre watching us on youtube, please share any questions that you would like us to address in the text chat. This is one of the few times when an internet Comment Section is a good thing. And well make sure to get to some of your questions as we go through the program. Mark its so lovely to see you last. I think ive seen you in person three times in the last two years and two have been within the past week. Yeah, so this is a good sign for sure and im so excited about this book. Not only because its a reporting tour de forests that has taken a lot of your time in the last 10 years. But also because it brings hope and perspective to something. Thats a really grim subject. And we have a lot of grim topics out there right no
Remind our audience that you can be part of this conversation as well if youre watching us on youtube, please share any questions that you would like us to address in the text chat. This is one of the few times when an internet Comment Section is a good thing. And well make sure to get to some of your questions as we go through the program. Mark its so lovely to see you last. I think ive seen you in person three times in the last two years and two have been within the past week. Yeah, so this is a good sign for sure and im so excited about this book. Not only because its a reporting tour de forests that has taken a lot of your time in the last 10 years. But also because it brings hope and perspective to something. Thats a really grim subject. And we have a lot of grim topics out there right now, but not as much hope and perspective. So im really excited about. Taking our audience on the journey of discovery that youve undertaken here. And maybe to start the journey because it really is
Remind our audience that you can be part of this conversation as well if youre watching us on youtube, please share any questions that you would like us to address in the text chat. This is one of the few times when an internet Comment Section is a good thing. And well make sure to get to some of your questions as we go through the program. Mark its so lovely to see you last. I think ive seen you in person three times in the last two years and two have been within the past week. Yeah, so this is a good sign for sure and im so excited about this book. Not only because its a reporting tour de forests that has taken a lot of your time in the last 10 years. But also because it brings hope and perspective to something. Thats a really grim subject. And we have a lot of grim topics out there right now, but not as much hope and perspective. So im really excited about. Taking our audience on the journey of discovery that youve undertaken here. And maybe to start the journey because it really is