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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Discussion On Beach Books 20160228

Going to have it published. I want to also focus, again, a little bit on Alexander Hamilton. Not just because hes got wonderful musical but because even if your talk, the figure of hamilton, perhaps justifiable moves rather large. As you say, people were obsessed with him, fascinated with him, tell us more about Alexander Hamilton as a founder. Yeah, one of the things the book focuses a lot on the decade after the convention, those first years and i think one thing that people dont understand is how close these enormous egos came to destroying the country and maybe it was inevitable when you get that many brains in one room youre going to have problems. Very quickly on washington on one side hamilton fell and on the other side when jefferson returned, jefferson and madison are all in the same administration and hamilton was more comfortable with the british model. He ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Discussion On Beach Books 20160229

Reading it could kick up a lot of sand but as it happens the top five most designed common reading for a College Freshman was also a book about the obstacles overcome by an immigrant in the shorter which offers a harrowing account of a 15 yearold honduran boy who makes his way to mexico and across the texas border at laredo the book contrast that his journey is written at a level appropriate for fifth graders. So welcome to the launch of the new edition of beach books this is signed by colleges and universities to their Incoming Freshman classs summer 2014 and 2015. We have speakers to break a champagne bottle and later well hear from the executive director of first conceived of the reading programs to establish the subjects that the professors and the general public didnt take seriously. Ken and dr. Randall whos ph. D. And joins the
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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Discussion On Beach Books 20160305

Now we kickoff the weekend with a report on required reading for College Freshman. If we dont have enough people go out and find some. [inaudible conversations] welcome to the National Association of scholars. I am peter wyatt wood, president of the National Association of scholars. In 2009, a young man heading on vacation in mexico picked up and unusually heavy book for his beach reading, and 800 page tome of the life of an 18thcentury immigrant. 50 pages or so into the book the story took possession of the 29yearold. Would emerge from his reading of Alexander Hamilton is now the hottest ticket on broadway, the hiphop musical hamilton. Broadways play is widely noted for many things including its exact fidelity to historical facts. Each bowl must n ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Discussion On Beach Books 20160403

For many things including this exact fidelity to the historical so each book may not be light reading. The right beach book can kick off a lot of sand. As it happens, one of the top five most assigned comment reading for College Freshmen last year was also a book about the obstacles overcome by immigrants. It is the considerably shorter journey which offers a harrowing account of a 16yearold honduras boy, drug user and the who makes his way through mexico and across the texas border at laredo. The book contrasts on several points, one is in wikis journey is journey is written at a level appropriate for fifthgraders. And engaged by the independent. Welcome to the launch of the National Association of scholars new addition, this Edition Covers the books assigned by colleges and universities to their
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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Discussion On Beach Books 20160325

Copy. Everybody, i have about 300 people to thank and i am going to thank them tonight. However, between me and thanking those 300 people, there is an open bar and lots of sliders waiting for us at joes bar which is an amsisterdam and 83rd street. Lets keep the party going there. I will sign books there that you buy here. I will sign books here obviously. But thank you, everybody for all of the support along the way. You have been incredibly helpful. [applause] our booktv lineup continues in a few moments. Tomorrow night more authors and their books. Starting with steve osborn on the job. And mary sander builder examines jam madisons notes on the Constitutional Convention with madisons hand and a Panel Discussion about politics and democracy later in the night. And one of the panelist will talk about her book in greater detail. Booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction a ....

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