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they aren t your age? [inaudibleconversations] program now from the booktv archives. charles peters described as the fight for the republican presidential nomination at the convention of june 1940. mr. peters profiles the candidates thomas dewey, robert taft, artur vandenberg and wendell willkie and describes the four rallies and speeches that resulted in the nomination of mr. wilkie. this program is just under 45 minutes. it is now time to begin the afternoon session of the roosevelt reading festival. im cynthia cook, the director of the roosevelt library and it is now going to be my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce to you charles peters and hisvo>e4m>m>ñ book five days in philadelphia the amazing we want wilkie convention of 1940 and how it freed fdr to save the western world. i m going to read you a little bit of the blurb from the cover so that you have the overall story but i m sure that mr. peters will give it to you in much more detail. he has come as it s