book that i think you will enjoy. jeffrey frank is a former senior editor at the new yorker, and deputy editor of the washington post outlook section. an early contributor to the new yorker, he has written for the washington post, the boston journal, the guardian, book forum, vogue, and other publications. he is the author of and has written for novels, among them, the washington trilogy. he is co-author of the translation of hans christian anderson stories that won the 2014 hans christian anderson prize. his latest book, the trials of harry truman. i will show you here. an extraordinary presidency of an ordinary man, 1945 to 1953. simon and schuster publication, 528 pages illustrated, and it is $32.50. you will get a book plate until authors start coming around again. you will get a book plate that is signed if you order a book from us. and you will get one of these special book plates that are sold alone. i love the dust jacket, jeff. i wanted to ask, did the beatles stea
and has written for novels, among them, the washington trilogy. he is co-author of the translation of hans christian anderson stories that won the 2014 hans christian anderson prize. his latest book, the trials of harry truman. i will show you here. an extraordinary presidency of an ordinary man, 1945 to 1953. simon and schuster publication, 528 pages illustrated, and it is $32. 50. you will get a book plate until authors start coming around again. you will get a book plate that is signed if you order a book from us. and you will get one of these special book plates that are sold alone. i love the dust jacket, jeff. i wanted to ask, did the beatles steal this image? it s a wonderful picture. it s a little bit of a cheat, because it was taken after he was president. but he is walking in independence square, and that is the way he appeared. if you were lucky enough to have him cited. he wasn t out all of the time. tourists would have seen more of him, but he wasn t going to w
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Truman Library. Im kurt graham. Im the director here, and its always such a pleasure to welcome a crowd out to another one of our wonderful programs, especially on a rainy kind of dark and scary night and that youve driven some of you, some length i know to be here. And so we know youre going to enjoy what you what you hear. And we appreciate you, you being here and supporting us. And weve had its just so great to be back in business and to have these programs and to have these prominent authors from all over the country want to come here and share with this amazing audience that supports the president ial libraries. And youre a unique a unique crowd. And people do enjoy being able to speak to you. Pleased to introduce to you tonight, mr. Steve drummond, who is an author, educator and for more than 20 years, a journalist at npr in washington, where he is currently a Senior Editor and executive producer. His work has been recognized wit
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