clipper and george hammond culture of the amenities forum which organized today s event. i m happy to welcome back a. j. baime if we had them here you in half or so ago from the accidental president. his last book, and this time we have a virtually from his home, and we re going to talk about his new book about a 1940 election. we re going back 72 years to another election-year and you will be amazed at exactly how similar it sound in some ways. another with a different but in some ways. what s different is the politicians were all younger than they are today. that s one big difference. but a. j., take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. just a very good read by the way. very good read. outstanding. i want to say a couple things first. thank you so much for having the. the the commonwealth club is a wonderful place to be and you are doing this virtual. a lot of people are going to pain-and-suffering china for myself i m just reminding why i fell in love with
this time we have them here virtually from his home. we re going to talk about his new book, about the 1948 election. we re going back 72 years, another election year. your going to be amazed exactly how similar it sounds in other ways it s very different. the difference is the politicians were all younger than they are today. [laughter] that s one big difference. but a.j., take it away. tell us about the overview of the book. just a very good read by the way. very good read. guest: will thank you. i don t see a couple things first rate thank you so much for having me. the commonwealth club is a wonderful place to be. and here we are redoing this virtual, a lot of people going to pain-and-suffering, i know for myself, i m just reminded of why film of the reading minus six years old. books can transport you to another time and place. for me during all this that is been a blessing. now, regarding my last time i was with you, i already started this book. it was 2017 i was with
book the accidental president, now we have him here virtually to talk about his new book about the 1948 elections going 78 years to another election year and you will be amazed how similar it sounds in some ways and in others what is different is politicians were all younger than they are today. that is one big difference. take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. i want to say a couple things. thank you for having me lose the commonwealth club is a wonderful place to be. i know books, i fell in love with reading when i was 6 years old because books can transport you to another time or place and that has been a blessing. i started this book in 2017 talking about the accidental president and i planned this book to come out in the 2020 cycle. this was a book about the election and it will be relevant and give me an opportunity to talk about things that matter. secondly, elements in our life conspired in such a way, everything i was writing about was no longer
half it or so ago for his last book and this time we have him here virtually from his home and we re going to talk about his new book about the 1948 election so we re going back 72 years to another election year and you re going to be amazed at how similar it sounds in some ways, in other ways it s different but in some ways, the politicians were all younger than they were today so that s one big difference but aj, take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. just a very good read by the way. i want to say a couple of things first. thank you so much for having me. the commonwealth club is a wonderful place to be and a lot of people are going through a lot of pain and suffering. for myself, i m reminded why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because bookscan transport you to another time and place and during all of this that s been a blessing . regarding my last time i was with you i had already started this book. it was to that 2017 when i was