Millions of people to florida in the 19 twenties and the development of the states wetlands. Good evening everybody. Thank you for joining us this evening to support your local independent bookstore maybe not so beautiful tonight. We appreciate you being here for that in the silent position we appreciate it. We will send you ever emails about what goes on here at this location i dont know if youve been down to Coconut Grove but we have a new store down there and another one worth mentioning on january 26 you can buy tickets and any number of events you can visit us we do podcast with a lot of the authors usually do that by accessing the webpage. Mr. Christopher for knowlton and how it brought on the Great Depression. A former staff writer for Fortune Magazine and spent 13 years in the Investment Business the Hidden History of the cowboy west. [applause] thank you steve and i appreciate you coming. Its good to be back in coral gables. It seems like just yesterday i was her researching t
Maybe not so beautiful tonight but if you dont lie we can in florida, wait five minutes. If anybody has a cellphone if you could put that in silence. We would appreciate it good tower webs, book book. Com. Give yours email address and well send you emails. I dont know if you have been down to Coconut Grove but we have a new story there we do events there as well. Another one worth mentioning at the adrian arts center we have on january 26th at 6 30, isabella yende and any number of wonderful events visit us here. We do farm to table dinners and podcasts with authors with our owner and founder so tune into that but only do that by accessing the web page. Were very with a to see with us mr. Christopher knowlton and bubble in the sun, the florida boom of the 1920s, and how it brought on the Great Depression. So its our fault, right . Okay. I thought there something Something Else involved. He is a former staff writer and lon down bureau chief no fort moon and spent 15 years in investment
This location and all of our other locations. Please fit us it was at coconut grove. Another one worth mentioning down at the art center we have on january 26 at 630 isabella will be joining us. You could buy tickets online for that if there any still available. Any number of wonderful events you can visit us here. We do farm and table dinners. We do podcasts with a lot of authors. Owner and founder. You can only do that by accessing the webpage so please visit us there. We have mr. Christopher knowlton and the florida boom of the 1920s and bringing on the Great Depression. It is our fault, right . I thought there is Something Else involved. Christopher knowlton is a former staff writer for fortune magazine. He has spent 15 years in the investment business. His previous book was cattle kingdom. Please give him a nice warm welcome. [applause] thank you, steve moss. Appreciate that. Good evening, everybody. Really appreciate your company. Its nice to be back in coral gables. Seems like j
Running of the worlds greatest race. Quite a race. Quite a race. Eric it is not just a race. There is all kinds of community events, autographs, memorabilia sales. It is nonstop entertainment for an entire weekend. Cmon eric you know, once the race begins, i think a lot of people look at it as, you know, we just throw a big party, and now, we can get down to watching a serious race going on and see who wins, and everyone is kind of let down after the race is over, because you have to wait another 364 days. [cars speeding by] final lap, and it is a threeway shootout, less than half a mile. He wins the indy 500 eric the indianapolis 500 is the largest singleday sporting event in the world and has been for many years. The speedway attracts about 300,000 people for the race year after year. In terms of what it is, it is , it has growne into more than a race. In terms of what it is, it is family reunions, reunions with friends. It is a very traditional event that puts indianapolis in the sp
You can watch more of a revisit at cspan. Org citiestour. We are here in indianapolis at the home of Benjamin Harrison. And this is a very iconic spot. This is where he stood and greeted crowds of people that would come to hear him speak in 1888, when he was running for the presidency. He ran a unique campaign, a front porch campaign. However, he didnt have the same from porch you see here today. There was a stoop at the front door, which is still there. He stood in that area and spoke to the crowds of people that would come hear him speak. Harrison is probably one of the most under known of president s, 23rd president of the United States. He falls right in the middle of Grover Clevelands two terms. Oftentimes, people find him confused with his grandfather, William Henry harrison, who survived a month into his. Office Benjamin Harrison was only seven years old when his grandfather died. He served a full four years. And as president , he has a phenomenal legacy that is a little underst