In this environment, you could tell me a lot about abigail that i still dont know. But why, as caroline also said, why is it abigail is the one name we all know . It really is because of her man, because she married john adams. Being here today, i feel sort of like ive come home because ive come to john and abigails home and also home that all Three Sisters spent a lot of time in. The other two sisters that i think i know less about, i argue in my book, even though they did president s, they are equally important in the important and remarkable women. First there is the oldest sister, mary cranch. She was the uncrowned queen of the family because in the puritan family, hierarchy that is very important and she was born first, so she was the first born. She was very important. Especially after her brother was disinherited by their father, she was really the one who inherited the first sons role because there was no brother. When she grew up, she proved herself to be a wonderful administr
If the Growth Continues otherwise it maybe breaking down. I dont have great faith to predict that. Maybe it is already happening. It isnt going to continue the rapid growth unless it extends to increased in political freedom. [ applause ] thank you very much. Visit the authors website for more information williameasterly. Org. You are watching booktv with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Television for serious readers. Here are programs to look out for this weekend on after wards we explore the relationships in all of the president s bankers. Recalling the german offensive among americas east coast in 1924. And former assistant attorney general john yu argues International Law is not effective against nations. Visit us at booktv. Org for the full list of books. Diane jacobs is next on booktv. She recalls the relationship between first Lady Abigail Adams and her sisters. They stayed in contact all of their lives sharing their personal setbacks and achievements. This is ab
And i go and and i just sit quietly in a think about little Dale Carnegie in the big cosmos and the sort of makes everything come into perspective. So the tale of carnegie is a little complicated. There is a renewed religiosity on the one hand, but on the other hand its very much in the vein of therapeutic selffulfillment brothers and a kind of more traditional protestantism. That is more or less where he ended. He was very Close Friends i should add that i can clinch the case of Norman Vincent field. He once described to him had he put it, they were working the same street. They were just working different sides of the street. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you very much, professor watson. The book is herself from barnes noble in the hall. Thank you very much. A tv interview Kevin Freeman at the Political Action conference about his book game plan. The book, mr. Friedman discusses economic and financial terrorism and suggests ways for americans to protect themselves. Kevin free
Even if i learned about some of his strong arm tactics, some things about him that i did not necessarily like very much on a personal level, i actually came away republicking the man more, and ill tell you why because this man was not just groomed for the presidency at all, but he met with fdr, Something Like, i dont know, six or eight times, and these were just inform mall meetings. Fdr shared nothing with truman. He was a running mate because he was a consensus candidate, got ratify at the convention, and they figure, well, trumans popular in the senate, and when i was to ratify the peace treaty to end it, truman does it for me. Guess what, harry, youre on the ticket. That was it. He did not let truman into the tent on anything. You have a man who had to crash learn the most difficult office in the world in two weeks, which he did, and then amid that, hes president at the birth of the cold war at the claches of europe as they grabbed all the Eastern States and took them over to insta
And to the credit of the leadership, when they were asked to take the of model that was proven to other places they had to do more trials there so that a model and circumstance would fit. If anything it is not inexpensive but the apart is to right to and it cost more. It cost more in the short term but the longterm benefit diana stand the argument. The part of the challenges it is more expensive to do it right than otherwise maybe that is the barrier reef face with foundations and government what to do it cheaper. Host tell the story of the norris Family Partnership assets in the book. We try to get the of broader principles summer great and awful the professor at university of colorado denver came up with the idea of an early pregnancy intervention by nurses with counseling with at risk mothers lifestyle, a career career, and child rearing counseling, and people would not be embarrassed to take counsel as a life progression. A lot of good ideas and some work. Some dont. But the recent