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Civil war. Americans shared, transmitted and almost as soon as i came up with that idea, i started to think about a terrific book with an incredibly intriguing title, mr. Lincolns tales. And so early on in process, i thought to myself, if i could get the author of this book to come and speak maybe this thing will work out extremely. And so i was absolutely thrilled. When tom wheeler, the author of, mr. Lincolns t mails, accepted the invitation to be with us as, a speaker at this years civil war weekend, wheeler is businessman, an author and a public figure. Im not even going to try and read out the list of his accomplishments. A few highlights include his service as chairman of. The federal Communications Commission from 2013 to 2017. Hes a visiting fellow at brookings institution. As well, as a senior fellow at the harvard school. His publication does include a really insightful about leadership lessons from civil war, as well as the one ive already mentioned. And i know. Youve got a
This weekend, i came up with this theme, the information war. One of the attendees i was chatting me about spies and espionage and that kind of thing. And my ears perked up and i thought that would be an interesting topic. So i broaden that a bit to think about different kinds of that civil war. Americans shared, transmitted and almost as soon as i came up with that idea, i started to think about a terrific book with an incredibly intriguing title, mr. Lincolns tales. And so early on in process, i thought to myself, if i could get the author of this book to come and speak maybe this thing will work out extremely. And so i was absolutely thrilled. When tom wheeler, the author of, mr. Lincolns t mails, accepted the invitation to be with us as, a speaker at this years civil war weekend, wheeler is businessman, an author and a public figure. Im not even going to try and read out the list of his accomplishments. A few highlights include his service as chairman of. The federal Communications
This weekend, i came up with this theme, the information war. One of the attendees i was chatting me about spies and espionage and that kind of thing. And my ears perked up and i thought that would be an interesting topic. So i broaden that a bit to think about different kinds of that civil war. Americans shared, transmitted and almost as soon as i came up with that idea, i started to think about a terrific book with an incredibly intriguing title, mr. Lincolns tales. And so early on in process, i thought to myself, if i could get the author of this book to come and speak maybe this thing will work out extremely. And so i was absolutely thrilled. When tom wheeler, the author of, mr. Lincolns t mails, accepted the invitation to be with us as, a speaker at this years civil war weekend, wheeler is businessman, an author and a public figure. Im not even going to try and read out the list of his accomplishments. A few highlights include his service as chairman of. The federal Communications
Tv. I know thats a lot of information to throw at you. Will go we will go into the history and the biography room and this is where you will hear from Sidney Lowenthal talking with his most recent book is about Abraham Lincoln and his final years. Its called wrestling with his angel. The 17th annual book festival. [inaudible]. [background sounds] good morning. I am at a vision of the editor of the Washington Post sunday section which is our encore for ideas essays arguments personal narratives and also thankfully for Nonfiction Book coverage. The post is very happy to be a sponsor of the National Book festival for many years. Before we get started couple of quick orders of business. I want to remind everyone that you can donate to help support the festival which is a really cool event. All of the information is in the program. After Sidney Blumenthal finishes there will be q a, time permitting. In addition he will be doing a book signing downstairs from 12 until 1 oclock. In my decade