For coming. Youre watching American History tv on cspan3 every weekend during congressional breaks and on holidays too. Follow us on twitter. Like us on facebook. And find our programs and schedule on our website, cspan. Org history. Coming up next on the presidency, library and Richard Levinson confronts three myths about president s and their health. And how in other cases have saved them all without the public knowing. The central the library, part of the free library of philadelphia hosted this hourlong event. Im pleased to introduce the free librarys own dick levinson. In addition to being our speaker tonight, dick the is a librarian here in the Central Senior Services department of the library and he is really different was really his he was one of the motivators behind this expire series on president ial history. It would not have come without his effort. He has worked at the library since 2009. He conceived, promoted and hosted ava right of intellectually challenging programs f
For coming. Youre watching American History tv on cspan3 every weekend during congressional breaks and on holidays too. Follow us on twitter. Like us on facebook. And find our programs and schedule on our website, cspan. Org history. Coming up next on the presidency, library and Richard Levinson confronts three myths about president s and their health. And how in other cases have saved them all without the public knowing. The central the library, part of the free library of philadelphia hosted this hourlong event. Im pleased to introduce the free librarys own dick levinson. In addition to being our speaker tonight, dick the is a librarian here in the Central Senior Services department of the library and he is really different was really his he was one of the motivators behind this expire series on president ial history. It would not have come without his effort. He has worked at the library since 2009. He conceived, promoted and hosted ava right of intellectually challenging programs f
Wrote james james traubs biography of John Quincy Adams is especially strong. Adams was a complicated hero, a patrician visionary. One of the most important diplomats in American History and finally slaverys greatest enemy in american politics, james traub does justice to the man and his time. A historian of complexity and a writers eye for drama and detail. After his talk and question and answer, james traub will be signing of one level up. Outside the National Archives store. Please welcome james traub to the National Archives. [applause] thank you very much for that introduction. When i was coming here this morning and taking a taxi to penn station in new york, every bus i passed had a giant sign on the side that said hamilton. And so naturally i thought what if lynn manual moran, producer, writer and star of the show came to me and said i have done the hamilton hiphop things. What have you got for me with John Quincy Adams . So i thought i need to have a story to tell. This is the
This is his first major novel forthcoming based don years of research and he takes you to the east coast industrial to protect our property this great pages turning fiction is the the interesting history function with the historical character. Host those are some of the books harriet out coming now. His controversial views on slavery. James traub from the New York Times magazine, and is a regular columnist for foreign policy. Com. His books include the best intentions, kofi annan and the u. N. The devils playgrnd, century of pleasure and profit in times square. City on a hill. And the freedom agenda. In his review of John Quincy Adams spirit, sean, author of the rise of american democracy jefferson to lincoln wrote james traubs new biography of john quince ad dams is especially strong. Adams is a complicate hero, a and a spirit. And slaverys greatest enemy in american politics. Traub does justice to both the man and his times but the historians sense of complexity and a writers eye for
One hour. Good evening. Picked up copies of an article from the wall street journal recently as you entered the auditorium on the impact of the Vice President ial nominee on election results. For those of you who did not pick up copies, we will have extras after the program. Tonight, we will be discussing not just the electoral process, but the evolving role of the vice presidency. We have the honor of hosting professor joel goldstein, the author of the newly released book, the white house Vice President scy. Dr. Goldstein is a highly respected scholar of the vice presidency, presidency, and constitutional law. Ishas consistent consistently sought out by Media Outlets for commentary and insight, especially during the president ial campaigns. The new article in york times, he was quoted as saying my wife says i am an exotic plant that blooms every four years. [laughter] professor goldstein is best known for his work on the vice presidency. It came out of his doctoral work, his dissertat