They were always very welcoming to me. And i have to tell you that publishers and authors do all kinds of sorts of things to be able to speak at this marvelous place. And it was lovely and as david said, brad and melissa had carried on the wondrous tradition that began with the energy and ingenuity. And they are keeping going and tonight is a testimony to the job that they do and the reverend that they did for books that we all share. Richard nixon is a hard man to let go of. [laughter] i first remember him as a child in a blackandwhite fuzzy television, seeing this odd man. He was on the ticket with general eisenhower. There was some problem of taking money from this secret funds. He was blaming his daughters dog. And i thought, isnt he interesting. Well, he never stopped being interesting. Richard nixon was never boring. And if david mentioned, he was probably as interesting in his after presidency as he was during his presidency. I chronicled in the book, beginning when spiro agnew
Falwell has his own Segregation Academy and this is what gets him and others motivated. As the architect of the religious right has corroborated is emphatic about this point i was trying to kick these people ever since of Goldwater Campaign and i tried everything i could think of. School prayer, prayer, abortion, nothing got their attention until the school issue and that is what galvanized them into a political movement. The second part of the story , the bob dylan case with the evangelical leaders but was also savvy enough to realize he needed day different issue to have grass roots evangelicals from the religious right and in 1978 the answer finally comes to him and particularly in minnesota and iowa something remarkable happens there are three seats up for office. And the governorship rollup for grabs. And in iowa dick clark was the incumbent and going into the election no poll showed clark ahead by fewer than 10 Percentage Points during those final. But what happens in iowa and mi
Thank you all so much for coming tonight. Im carrie robb. Im the author, Events Coordinator for Saint Louis County library. And on behalf of the library, im very pleased to welcome you to tonights westfall politics and history series event with acclaimed author walker correspondent and decorated veteran elliott. In conversation with journalist kathy gilsenan. So tonights event is presented by the associate authors at the j, which is a new partnership between the library and the jcc. As you may know, our library on lindbergh is now under construction and i think the wrecking ball comes for it next week. So during the time that our new building is being built, the jcc has offered us the use of this gorgeous facility here for our author event. So many of our events be here for the next year and a half. I you guys will join us a lots more. I also want to let you know that cspan is here tonight recording for book tv, which i think is so cool. So you guys can watch this again on book tv in a
And history series event with acclaimed author walker correspondent and decorated veteran elliott. In conversation with journalist kathy gilsenan. So tonights event is presented by the associate authors at the j, which is a new partnership between the library and the jcc. As you may know, our library on lindbergh is now under construction and i think the wrecking ball comes for it next week. So during the time that our new building is being built, the jcc has offered us the use of this gorgeous facility here for our author event. So many of our events be here for the next year and a half. I you guys will join us a lots more. I also want to let you know that cspan is here tonight recording for book tv, which i think is so cool. So you guys can watch this again on book tv in a couple of weeks. I also want to recognize our bookseller Left Bank Books saint louis is the oldest and premier independent bookstore. Left bank has eliots books for sale in the back of the room, and he will sign ba
Hi, everybody. Good evening. Thank you all so much for coming tonight. Im carrie robb. Im the author, Events Coordinator for Saint Louis County library. And on behalf of the library, im very pleased to welcome you to tonights westfall politics and history series event with acclaimed author walker correspondent and decorated veteran elliott. In conversation with journalist kathy gilsenan. So tonights event is presented by the associate authors at the j, which is a new partnership between the library and the jcc. As you may know, our library on lindbergh is now under construction and i think the wrecking ball comes for it next week. So during the time that our new building is being built, the jcc has offered us the use of this gorgeous facility here for our author event. So many of our events be here for the next year and a half. I you guys will join us a lots more. I also want to let you know that cspan is here tonight recording for book tv, which i think is so cool. So you guys can wat