tonight s event. we have roger lowenstein. he s read in numerous critically acclaimed books including the new york times bestseller buffett when genius failed and the end of wall street all which we do have available for sale if you want to get signed at the end of the presentation, yes, three children and lives with his wife judy sloven in cambridge, massachusetts and tenants harbor, maine, please give a round round of applause for rogers thanks so much. it s great to see you here. it s great to be here where i lived in the mid-1980s when this tour was across the street, but was a haven for book lovers in a town where some people prefer to go to the beach now and then and it obviously the store has thrived so it s great to see all of you here. this book is is about the civil war as you probably know and the first point i want to make is really the main point of the book about the the tremendous financial burden that lincoln and his treasury salmon chase took on to finances w
for rogers thanks so much. it s great to see you here. it s great to be here where i lived in the mid-1980s when this tour was across the street, but was a haven for book lovers in a town where some people prefer to go to the beach now and then and it obviously the store has thrived so it s great to see all of you here. this book is is about the civil war as you probably know and the first point i want to make is really the main point of the book about the the tremendous financial burden that lincoln and his treasury salmon chase took on to finances war. i ll talk about them later in the talk, but they had what i would call a marriage. it was a very fruitful marriage. not a very happy marriage, but they got the job done much unlike the south and one of the points of the book. is that is that by taking on this tremendous challenge when when the united states from the union had no financial mechanisms. no currency. no bank, no taxation system doing everything in the south faile
cambridge, massachusetts and tenants harbor, maine, please give a round round of applause for rogers thanks so much. it s great to see you here. it s great to be here where i lived in the mid-1980s when this tour was across the street, but was a haven for book lovers in a town where some people prefer to go to the beach now and then and it obviously the store has thrived so it s great to see all of you here. this book is is about the civil war as you probably know and the first point i want to make is really the main point of the book about the the tremendous financial burden that lincoln and his treasury salmon chase took on to finances war. i ll talk about them later in the talk, but they had what i would call a marriage. it was a very fruitful marriage. not a very happy marriage, but they got the job done much unlike the south and one of the points of the book. is that is that by taking on this tremendous challenge when when the united states from the union had no financia
was a haven for book lovers in a town where some people prefer to go to the beach now and then and it obviously the store has thrived so it s great to see all of you here. this book is is about the civil war as you probably know and the first point i want to make is really the main point of the book about the the tremendous financial burden that lincoln and his treasury salmon chase took on to finances war. i ll talk about them later in the talk, but they had what i would call a marriage. it was a very fruitful marriage. not a very happy marriage, but they got the job done much unlike the south and one of the points of the book. is that is that by taking on this tremendous challenge when when the united states from the union had no financial mechanisms. no currency. no bank, no taxation system doing everything in the south failed to do was really responsible for winning the war and in many ways for the country that that the united states became and that we live in today. i al
Intrensic value column. He has written several books including origins of the crash, the end of wall street and tonights topic of discussion Americas Bank he let me know there is a great review of it coming out in the Washington Post tomorrow so we can read about that tomorrow. He has three children and lives with his wife in newton, massachusetts. Please join me in welcoming roger lowenstein. [applause] debra, thanks very much. A wonderful introduction. I am glad i dont have to talk about dinosaurs. I dont know much about that. What im going to do is mostly talk to you and read you passages as well that i mope High Pressure c hope conveys the drama of the story. This was my first history story. It was the most exciting project i have been in. The people i wrote about reminded me of people on the scene and the book is full of stories. Last night, anyone who saw the republican debate, you saw rand paul came out against the Federal Reserve and tasaid ther is no point in having a Federal