Recording, if you could just come to the microphone by the white pillar so we can hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion, and lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against the pillar. Our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. [laughter] tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen, the founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. The New York Times best selling author with eric schmidt of the new digital age and has written the children of jihad. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is tale of two brothers. One went off to sea and one became Vice President. Neither was heard from ever again. [laughter] however, in rare case the Vice President is not relegated to obscurity. Namely, when the president dies. And his newest, best New York Times best selling book, accidental president s, cohen investigates these men. Who ascende
Blueprint, we navigated pretty well, it is a remarkable story. I can almost say that except when Abraham Lincoln died, we were supposed to get Abraham Lincolns vision of reconstruction but instead the bullet of john wilkes move gives us johnson was a man born racist, died a racist, the last president to own slaves, a man who didnt anticipate his own slaves until 7 months after the emancipation proclamation, a man who has president ended up resurrecting every moment of the confederacy paving way for the jim crow laws which gave us segregation. If i look at the story of civil rights and postcivil war america it can be described as a story of two president ial assassinations beginning with Abraham Lincoln and ending with james garfield. When i set out to write the chapter about Andrew Johnson you think what can i write that great scholars havent written about this sort of seminal moment in history and i decided to vindicate the one stanley cans record which is putting Andrew Johnson a hea
Stewart. You can also follow the cspan city tour on twitter where behind the scene images and video. Cspan cities. [inaudible] good morning and welcome to the Franklin Roosevelt president ial museum. I am so glad you could join us today for the 17th annual reading festival. We have tried piped a tremendous lineup today. About a 30 minute talk there will be some question answering that a book signing, because we are joined today by her friends at cspan, if you are going to ask a question please use the microphones so your question can be heard. This is a important part of the leg us. When he built this library 1941, he assumed he would be leaving office and he wanted a place to come that would be a center for learning and Public Forum Discussions and we have tried to live up to the reputation and the legacy and this was one of our most successful components of that. You are about to hear from eric rolle who is a professor a graduate at stanford, he has written six books three on Frankli
Dr. Is a good friend of this library. Hes a former library trustee, and weve known him for many years, a strong supporter of the library. And his research into the life of president roosevelt in his health. Hes a medical doctor. Hes Board Certified neurology, is in practice for more than 40 years. And current president of the Neurological Association of new jersey, dr. La mesa, is also a former member of the new jersey state of medical examiners and former president of the new york society of medical history. Hes also hes avid magazine writer, magazine collector, and has written on that as well. Magazines in the american experience. And it was published in conjunction with an exhibit down at the gogo club, which i remember very clearly was very nice. Dr. Lazars book, fdr unmasked 73 years of medical cover ups that rewrote history is now available, and we like to welcome welcome steve to the team today. Good. Morning a brief excerpt from chapter 12. The weather in washington, d. C. On t
All right. Well, i think thats my time. Thank you all. Ill be outside signing books and this is great. I appreciate dr. Is a good friend of this library. Hes a former library trustee, and weve known him for many years, a strong supporter of the library. And his research into the life of president roosevelt in his health. Hes a medical doctor. Hes Board Certified neurology, is in practice for more than 40 years. And current president of the Neurological Association of new jersey, dr. La mesa, is also a former member of the new jersey state of medical examiners and former president of the new york society of medical history. Hes also hes avid magazine writer, magazine collector, and has written on that as well. Magazines in the american experience. And it was published in conjunction with an exhibit down at the gogo club, which i remember very clearly was very nice. Dr. Lazars book, fdr unmasked 73 years of medical cover ups that rewrote history is now available, and we like to welcome w