Half it or so ago for his last book and this time we have him here virtually from his home and were going to talk about his new book about the 1948 election so were going back 72 years to another Election Year and youre going to be amazed at how similar it sounds in some ways, in other ways its different but in some ways, the politicians were all younger than they were today so thats one big difference but aj, take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. Just a very good read by the way. I want to say a couple of things first. Thank you so much for having me. The Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and a lot of people are going through a lot of pain and suffering. For myself, im reminded why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because bookscan transport you to another time and place and during all of this thats been a blessing. Regarding my last time i was with you i had already started this book. It was to that 2017 when i was with you, you talked
Effort to bring the Natural World and the man made world into harmony. To bring order, usefulness and delight to our whole environment, and that only begins with trees and flowers and landscapes. Thats from a film created by the johnson administration, with a deeper johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaign, or successful businesswoman and a savvy political partner, are 36 president , lyndon bains johnson. Good evening, welcome to cspans first ladies. Well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnston, also known as ladybird. Our two guests are cokie roberts, the host of womens political history, thanks for being here. Betty boyd caroli is the author of numerous books about first ladies, and is working on a new autobiography of labor johnson. Lets start with where we were 50 years ago. What are the immediate challenges for the brandnew first couple in those first terrible days after the assassination of kennedy . They were enorm
Assumed the role as president of the United States. A. J. Baime looks at his book the accidental president. A. J. Baime is an awardwinning journalist, public speaker and occasional onscreen personality in addition to the accidental president , the subject of tonights lecture, fdr, detroit, and an epic quest to arm an america at war and go like hell, ford, ferrari and their battle for speed at glory and lemans. Both won the ken purdy award as best piece of writing for the year. A longtime regular contributor to the wall street journal, and articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science and mens journal. A. J. Has been a featured speaker at numerous writer festivals and events and has appeared on Numerous National tv stations, including cnbc, msnbc and in various documentary films and tv shows. A significant amount of research at the Truman Library, an archive, 15 million photographs there. Hes very complimentary of the Truman Library. Please look at the comments. We
As best piece of writing of the year. A. J. Is a longtime regular contributor to the wall street journal and his articles also have appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science and mens journal. He has been a speaker at numerous writer festivals and events and appeared on Numerous National tv stations including cnbc, msnbc, and various documentary films and tv shows. Now my couple of comments. This book was the result of a significant amount of research at the Truman Library. We have an archive. Weve got 15 million documents and photographs there. A cracker jakarr kieck archivalh team. He is very complimentary of the Truman Library. If you get the book please read the comments. We love all the credit and praise we can get. We are grateful to a. J. For doing that. I really liked the dedication that he put into this book and for those of us in the truman business and those of us who have photographs of portraits of harry truman in our offices kind of resonates and he dedicated this bo
Appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science and mens journal. He has been a featured speaker and has appeared on Numerous National tv stations including cnbc, msnbc and in various documentary, films and tv shows. Is a significant amount of research. We have an archive, 15 million , oldents, crackerjack research team, he is compliment three of the Truman Library. Credit and the praise we can get very we are grateful for aj for doing that. I like the dedication he put into this book and for those of us who have photographs and portraits of harry truman in our offices kind of resonates. He dedicated this book to his father as follows. To my father who has kept a portrait of harry truman on his wall for more than 40 years, which i think is a wonderful testament to our president we love so much. That is it for me. Please join me in welcoming aj baime to the podium to talk about our favorite president. [applause] thank you, everybody. Can you hear me . I want to start by saying this is a