Adapted for young people by warren st. John. Its been written down when you doubt that its for young people. He took 100 pages out of it. So this is the shorter version. But the title rather nicely captures the spirit of this whole enterprise. The outcast united students are taught to think of themselves as outcasts. Theyre united in coming together in this oppositional enterprise in which theyre going to generate a newer who wholesome, culture, and thats a main reason why classic books written before they were born are so few. 91 of the books signed in common reading programs around the country this year were written after these children were born. 91 . So, its as though the written word hardly existed before they did. There are few sort of hints there might have been something written down in english earlier, but you have to go to some pretty faraway colleges in southern utah and places like that, i would say there is a major exception right here in new York City Columbia University
Cherryh you remember her blossoms, that is not what she focused on. She wanted to build a band show near washington so that people could, and listen to find music. She has a young woman had attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary Party to the white house of rutherford and lucy hayes. She decided she would like to come back one day and spend more time. [laughter] , we talke tragedies about the string of tragedies of helen taft, who really wanted to be first lady. Today she would be president. About three months after taft became president , she suffered a stroke. With characteristic determination, she had to relearn speech. And she did. But it contributed to the general melancholy of the single taft term, over which hung this cloud called theodore roosevelt. Susan dempsey, although she had lobbied to support her husband for the presidency, she had a much better political mind. As far astrusted tr she could throw him. She kept telling her husband not to trust theodore. In the end, in 1912,
Thank you very much. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Weekend, there are a number of caucuses and one primary held across the country. Today, kansas republicans and democrats are holding caucuses, as is main in kentucky republicans. Nebraska democrats also holding caucuses today. Louisiana voters will be casting ballots in that states primary. On sunday, maine Democrats Holding caucuses and republicans in puerto rico voting a primary there. Heres a look at some of the early results. We will go to kansas first senator ted cruz. 82 ofd the winner with the precincts reporting. He has just a little over 50 . Donald trump with a little more than 24 . Senator marco rubio with nearly 15 in the kansas caucus. In maine, just 5 of precincts reporting. With senator ted cruz having 48 of that small amount reporting. Donald trump, 45 . And senator marco rubio almost 9 . We will have continuing retu
Floor, where more than 600 guests were waiting. Why did you start it that way, and what were you talking about . Betty well, i wanted to draw the reader into the story, because that was a very important day for the johnsons. Remember, their older daughter was getting married, but it was also one of the worst periods in the presidency. You know, lady bird said that the first two years were wine and roses, and the last years were pure hell. And so, this was a happy family occasion, you could say, in the middle of what was really a devastating period for them. And i wanted to get the reader into the story before i began talking about her childhood, which was extremely troubled, as you know. Brian what else was there about the wedding, that you said in the prologue, that was important . Betty well, i guess for me, what stood out was, she says in her unpublished diary, that as lyndon walked down the aisle, because they are in the big east room for the actual ceremony, with linda on his arm,
At the marriage and Political Partnership between lady bird and Lyndon Johnson. Brian betty boyd caroli, your new book about lady bird and lyndon, you started in the prologue this way. At exactly 4 00 p. M. On december 9, 1964, Lady Bird Johnson started a slow, dignified descent down the wide stairway from the residential quarters of the white house to the state floor, where more than 600 guests were waiting. Why did you start it that way, and what were you talking about . Betty well, i wanted to draw the reader into the story, because that was a very important day for the johnsons. Remember, their older daughter was getting married, but it was also one of the worst periods in the presidency. You know, lady bird said that the first two years were wine and roses, and the last years were pure hell. And so, this was a happy family occasion, you could say, in the middle of what was really a devastating period for them. And i wanted to get the reader into the story before i began talking ab