Book the accidental president , now we have him here virtually to talk about his new book about the 1948 elections going 78 years to another Election Year and you will be amazed how similar it sounds in some ways and in others what is different is politicians were all younger than they are today. That is one big difference. Take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. I want to say a couple things. Thank you for having me lose the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be. I know books, i fell in love with reading when i was 6 years old because books can transport you to another time or place and that has been a blessing. I started this book in 2017 talking about the accidental president and i planned this book to come out in the 2020 cycle. This was a book about the election and it will be relevant and give me an opportunity to talk about things that matter. Secondly, elements in our life conspired in such a way, everything i was writing about was no longer taking place
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
Have them here virtually from his home and we are going to talk about his new book about the 1948 election. Were going back 72 years another Election Year. You will be amazed at how it sounds the same in some ways but in some ways very different. The difference is the politicians were all younger than they are today so thats one big difference but a. J. Take it away and tell us about the overview of the book and which is a very good. By the way. Thank you. I like to say couple things first rate thank you so much for having me pay the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be at here we are with a lot of people going through a lot of pain and suffering. Im just reminded why he fell in love with reading when i was six years old. Books can really transport you to another time and place and during all of this is really been a blessing. Regarding my last time with you id started this book back in 2017 when i talked about the accidental president and the book came out during the 2020 elec
This is American History tv, featuring events, interviews, museums, and historic places, his exploring our nations past every weekend on cspan three. Had to close my 14th two all visitors. Momentan historic because we had not closed for an extended time since the u. S. War all stop 160 years, we welcome people to the estate. We put in place all the protocols of social distancing. We still have important work to in the state. You do for lambs being born every day, plants and gardens that needed to be maintained. Buildings that need to be maintained. At this moment, we are outside. We had to bad and down the batton to and down down the hatches in our collections spaces and administrative offices. We transferred quickly to a Skeleton Crew on the estate and then transferred to remote work to continue the mission. The closure has had a challenging impact on Mount Vernons operations. We love to teach people here at the place. All the virtual work we do is important, but there is Nothing Bett
The immediate concern was the safety of the staff and the families and the visitors at mount vernon. We put in place all the protocols of social distancing, but having to shut down, we still had some work to do here at the estate. We had some lambs being born every day. Plants and gardens that needed to be maintained. Buildings that need to be maintained. At this moment, we are outside. We had to bad and down the hatches in our collections spaces and administrative offices. Transferquickly quickly to a Skeleton Crew on and then transferred to remote work to continue the mission. Has had has been a challenging impact on Mount Vernons operations. We love to teach people here at the place. All the virtual work we do is important, but there is Nothing Better than coming to mount vernon. We rely on the revenue generated from ticket sales, sales on our food, and our shops. A challenge to sustain our mission through this time of no revenue. It is a difficult time, particularly as we do not kn