columnist tom friedman, best selling authors j.d. vance and michael lewis, astronaut leland melvin and many others. now, for a complete schedule visit booktv.org, and you can follow us on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes videos. we re on facebook,visit facebook.com/booktv, @booktv is our twitter handle and on instagram, we re at book underscore tv.. this year s festival kicks off with librarian of congress carla haden making opening remarks, and she ll be followed immediately by author and historian david mccullough. you re watching booktv on c-span2 live from the 17th annual national book festival. [applause] wow, i was so worried [cheers and applause] i was so worried. it was raining [laughter] and i thought, book lovers are going to want to stay in bed concern. [laughter] and read. [laughter] well, here you are. thank you and good morning. [applause] and welcome to the 2017 national book festival. i m carla hayden, and i m so honored to be able to say
i was so worried. [applause] i was so worried. it was raining, and i thought booklovers are going to want to stay in bed and read. but here you are. thank you and good morning. [applause] and welcome to the 2017 national book festival. i am carla hayden and i m the 14th library and of congress. as you can see, as you can see, i am pretty excited to open this event, our 17th consecutive celebration of books and reading and it is wonderful to see a bold house in our largest presentation space. not only do we have a full house here at the convention center but we also have millions of people joining us live on facebook. thanks to everyone for joining us. we have a fantastic lineup of authors this year and what better way to kick off the festival then with one of our nation s most beloved historians, mister david mccullough. [applause] david mccullough is here for his sixth national book festival appearance, we hope you will continue to make this a habit. he will be follo
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