Good evening everyone and welcome to books and books with the virtual author series we are virtual booksellers and author events its great to see you all here tonight. Thank you to all of you out there and all the support that you have shown books of books and writers everywhere at this time we are facing. Hoping that you and your families are safe and healthy. Natalie with the Miami Book Fair that we do think them people are asking about the book fair weather virtual or physical or a combination its too early to tell and also the culture crusaders were thrilled to welcome our good friend to celebrate the publication of his new book the lincoln conspiracy we have been with brad not let any virus get in the way. Everyone knows the story that with the original conspiracy in 1861 and for that first inauguration to say this is a story that few people know with deep Political Division and what they do in times of strife and on the New York Times bestseller and the escape artist and thriller
we leave. ted is a distinguished lecturer at the city university in new york. he has been a contributor to such publication such as the washington post and the new yorker. and the new york times. and the times he edited the collection of the centennial essays call the union. he wrote a beautiful op-ed essay on james be cannon and abraham lincoln in 1860 and 1861. that op-ed was drawn from his new book. lincoln on the verge. 13 days to washington that i hope you see over one of my soldiers. i m not going to try to guess which one that is. it s a riveting account of winter, not just focusing on him but his surroundings. a real road passenger in the north as he made his way from being springfield to washington to become the most looked at president in history after that time. i am going to lead the conversation. at around 11, 11:15, we will go to the queue and a we have a long time to talk. i m asking the obvious question which we alluded to a few minutes ago, picture us in the
Of the two most famous american madams ever. In american rose we learned about an American Icon who hasnt been explored the way you explored her. Now with liar, temptress, soldier, spy you hit on several things i have door. Unexplored American History, espionage, and women with real spines, adventurous incredible women. Tell us about what this book is about. I will tell you the origins. I was born and raised in philadelphia and moved to atlanta in 2001. The civil war seats in the conversation in the south in a way that it doesnt in the north. I saw the occasional confederate the, heard the jokes of norton war of northern aggression. [laughter] homehe point was driven that it wasnt a joke. For i was stuck in traffic hours behind a pickup truck that had a Bumper Sticker that said. Blame me, i voted for jeff davis. I looked at this for hours and started thinking of course, what were the women doing . They didnt have easy access to , they didntcourse have the right to vote. They couldnt in
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