We are thrilled to have, as our speaker today. Debby applegate she is a graduate of Amherst College and has her ph. D. In american studies from Yale University. She is a historian her previous was the most famous man in america a biography of Henry Ward Beecher and he was a minister sort of a progress administer. But in her acknowledgments she talked about how interesting it was to move from a minister to a madam who is ran a number of houses of prostitution in new york. So her latest book is the biography of polly adler, icon of the jazz age. It won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography, and it was one of the new york society of libraries best books about new york and was also a finalist for the us Angeles Times book prize and. The National Book critics circle award and shes been married to bruce torgan. 36 years. So i read the book. Its a fascinating, fascinating book. One of the things i didnt realize is that is as much about the history. New york during the 2030s and forties as it
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Freedom fighters. Preuss, welcome back bruce, welcome back to the Wilson Center. Congratulations on this accomplishment. Lets begin with some context. Anonymous soldiers begins as world war i was drawing to a close and the british have conquered jerusalem. In palestine in the 1920s, 1930s the british fail repeatedly to reconcile competing arab and jewish demands. It was the british mandate destined to fail . Before i i answer that if i could just think the Wilson Center for this event. If i. If i can i can say unequivocally if it were not for the Wilson Center this book would not be possible. I really want to thank the previous president , lee hamilton current president , jane harman the library. This is a huge treasure here the wisdom of the United States congress, which is not something you here often come in creating the Wilson Center in making it a tremendous resource for scholars but also a resource to discuss i think cuttingedge policy issues and my old friend rob not just for hi
Narrator the news that day would start a chain of events that would threaten to forever change the way americans see the game of football. It is hard to find a former pro Football Player whose body hasnt paid a very high price. Narrator mike websters body was delivered to the Allegheny County coroners office. Webster ends up in the autopsy room. And the pathologist whos on call that day is this guy, bennet omalu. Omalu parked his car and walked into the office and he said, whats going on . And one of his colleagues said, its mike webster. Hes up in the autopsy room. And omalus response was, whos mike webster . And everybody looked at me like, where is he from, is he from outer space . Who is this guy who doesnt know mike webster in pittsburgh . Hes a nigerianborn, incredibly welleducated guy, but he doesnt know anything about football. Narrator a doctor, omalu was also a trained neuropathologist. From the beginning of the autopsy, dr. Omalu could see the effects of 17 years in the foot
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