By first Lady Jacqueline kennedy , dedicated to the preservation of the white house. And also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. This evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of jeffersons white house. Forwas a lawyer in boston 38 years before he began writing about american history. His previous book is lincolns white house, the peopless house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. A you would like to ask jim question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. Jim, welcome to white house history live. James thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. Colleen we are honored to have you. The first question in the is the setting for your book. There have been numerous books about Thomas Jefferson and about his presidency. Focus of thisque book on the white house as the s twog for jefferson terms in office. Can you t
Provided the video. Mona siegel it is such a pleasure to collaborate with the world war i museum and i am particularly thankful to lora for making this program possible. I have about 45 minutes of stories and information i am excited to share with you. I feel that i hope you will pose any question you might have. I dont always have the answers but i will give it my best shot. The cover you are looking at there on your screen is the cover of my most recent book, peace on our terms. It is fundamentally tied to the history of world war i which makes this collaboration so important to me. My book is a snapshot of a singular moment in history. Almost exactly 100 years ago. As the world finally began exiting from the devastation of the First World War and was able to begin the dreaming and planning for the peace and the new world that would come afterwards. At this moment, i show in my book that women from farreaching and incredibly diverse parts of the world began stepping onto the global s
First going tohe jackson bodegas life. When she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer and met and married future president john f. Kennedy. Welcome. Mr. Anthony thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the White House Historical association today and very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. I have to tell you, as is often said, a parent should not really have, per se, a favorite child, and i think an author perhaps should not have a favorite book. But i will say that the research of this book and then the unique promotion that i did for the book will always be a very important part of my life. I started writing this book and researching this book at a time when the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the hardings firsthand. Of course, they had been young children, one or two had almost been teenagers. At the end of the process, the 75th anniversary of the death of president harding, of course he
Association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization founded by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy, dedicated to the preservation of the white house. And also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. This evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of jeffersons white house monticello on the potomac. Jim was a lawyer in boston for 38 years before he began writing about american history. His previous book is lincolns white house the peopless house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. If you would like to ask jim a question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. Jim, welcome to white house history live. James thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. Colleen we are honored to have you. The first question is the setting for your book. There have been numerous books about Thomas Jefferson and about his presidency. You have
Girl for simon and shooter, the first chronicling of jack and bouquets life from 1950 to 1954, when she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer and met and married future president john f. Kennedy. Welcome, carl. Thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the White House Historical association today, and im very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. I have to tell you, as is often said, apparent should not really have a favorite child and i think in author perhaps should not have a favorite book, but i will say that this research of this book, and then the unique promotion that i did for the book, will always be a very important part of my life. I started researching this book at a time when the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the hardings firsthand. Of course, they had been young children. Then at the end of the process, the 75th anniversary of the death of president hardening, and of course he d