Welcome into the Hudson Library historical societies live event with thomas hayter. Sshes here to discuss his fascinating new book electric city, the lost history of ford and edisons american utopia. Im kathy jones, one of the adult services librarians at the Hudson Library and we have quite a few exciting other programs coming up in june and you can register for them at Hudson Library. Org. Also im excited to say we will be offering live morning meditations, it and yoga classes by esarpaio this summe. Those classes will be up on our website this week if youd like to sign up. A reminder that if youre joining us on Zoom Tonight you can put your questions in the q and a bottom of the screen and if youre joining us on facebook but your questions in the chat and will get to as many as we have time for. One more thing, the learned owl our local independent bookstore is selling copies of Tonights Book and theres a link in the chat if youd like to purchase one but tonight i am delighted to we
Defense of the commentator to discuss his fascinating new book electric city the lost history of Ford And Edisons american utopia. I am Kathy Jones one of the adult service librarians here in the library. We have programs coming up that you can learn about and register at hudson library. Oregon im very excited to say well be offering live Morning Meditation Yoga classes outside by our patio this summer. Those classes will be on the Web Site this week if youd like Tol Sign up. A reminder for your joining us tonight you can put your questions in the q a at the bottom of the screen and if your joining us on facebook put your questions in the chat and we will get to as many as we have time for it. Onean more thing our local independent Oak Store is selling copies of Tonights Book and theres a link in the chat if youd like to purchase one. Tonight im delighted to welcome Thomas Hager publishers weekly called electric city the book were discussing tonight an illuminating portrait of a little
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Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, edna medford. Since the 2000 each time theres been a change in administration, we have asked historians and professional observers of the presidency to participate in Cspan Historian Survey of president ial leadership or this morning we drove our team of historian advisers who oversaw the fourth survey for a deep dive into those results rejoin from texas by Professor Doug Brinkley of white university from michigan Historian Author Smith by Historian Author and here in washington d. C. It is professional and that green bedford of Howard University. Thank you and for joining us this morning. Doug brinkley to start with you this morning, the discussion by explaining the criteria that we use here. How do we compare the men, they are all men at this point who held the office of the presidency over 230 years more than two or 30 years. How do you decide to make that comparison . Cspan is put together a group of all of us on the air today, our advisors t
Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, edna medford. Since the 2000 each time theres been a change in administration, we have asked historians and professional observers of the presidency to participate in Cspan Historian Survey of president ial leadership or this morning we drove our team of historian advisers who oversaw the fourth survey for a deep dive into those results rejoin from texas by Professor Doug Brinkley of white university from michigan Historian Author Smith by Historian Author and here in washington d. C. It is professional and that green bedford of Howard University. Thank you and for joining us this morning. Doug brinkley to start with you this morning, the discussion by explaining the criteria that we use here. How do we compare the men, they are all men at this point who held the office of the presidency over 230 years more than two or 30 years. How do you decide to make that comparison . Cspan is put together a group of all of us on the air today, our advisors t