Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you. This is not my mic im not used to it so i kopght hear if you could hear me. Thank you for joining us for ow program with author amy gold sustain who will discuss her book janesville an american story im renee here at the public library. At this time, i would look to ask that you turn off or silence all of your electronic devices. Also, at the end of todays program ms. Goldstein will have time for question and answer and then be available under the skylight to autograph books. We do still have a few available i think if youre interested in purchasing a book and you didnt get a yellow post it with a number see phil in the back. Also with the q and a, i just want to make sure that were all going to be on our best behavior. [laughter] ms. Goldstein is here to talk about her book. Shes not a politician. [laughter] and you will get to ask questions like i said youll raise your hand. Ill bring you the mic, and you dont need please dont Start Talking
[applause] daniel wolff is an awardwinning author, poet and agree any nominee from the hudson river his new book which will officially be published on tuesday is grownup anger the connected mysteries of bob dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the calumet massacre of 1913. As the title suggests, it gives three tales the biographies of bob dylan, Woody Guthrie and the back story of the tragedy in michigan, the tragedy he puts in the context of the Early Labor Movement in this country. The review calls this book a dazzling richly researched story, impeccably told. Karen lewis says if you are not true with unions consider daniel wolff blank grownup anger a must read. Music is a main character and ive told people youtube is an essential companion to the buck. You want to hear the songs he writes about so the Founding Member is joining us and will perform a few of the songs that are particularly important in this fascinating book. So, for a thought provoking entertaining hour please welcome daniel wol
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I want to give a special thank you to the sponsors. Todays Program Broadcast on cspan2 book tv. If we have time at the end of the q a session with the author, we ask that you use the microphone provided. Before we begin todays program we ask that you silenced her phones and turn off the flash and now. [applause] anan awardwinning author, kuwat and grammy nominee from new york city on the hudson river. His new book that willhi officially be published on tuesday, so we are in the future right now is grown up in grbac connected histories of bob dylan and the massacre of 1913. As the title suggests, the book brings together three tales the biographies of bob dylan and Woody Guthrie into the back story of the tragedy of Northern Michigan and that is put into the context of the Early Labor Movement in this country. They call this decade as a link richly researched story impeccably told. Chicago Teachers Union says if you are not sure why we need unions consider the grown up anger and must ne