Florence Kling Harding once said she had only one real hobby and that was Warren Harding. She was a significant force in her husbands presidency and adept at handling the media. Despite hardships, scandals, her husbands infidelities and his death in office as well as her own poor health, Florence Harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. Good evening. And welcome to cspans series first ladies influence image. Tonight, were going to be telling you the story of Florence Harding, the first lady that one of our guests said has been neglected and derided by throughout history. But in her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. Were going to learn more about the trajectory of her time and her husbands time in office and her interesting story that not many people know today. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Josephs college in philadelphia. Shes a biographer of the first lady. Her book
Many of the authors have or will be appearing on book tv, you can watch them on the website, booktv. Org. Wow. Good evening everyone. And katie director of leisure services. Welcome to the kansas city public library. Thank you for the patients, flexibility and thank you rainy day books for setting land speed records for getting david here. These were circumstances out of everyones control. His plane was delayed you may insert your own airline show care. Tonight, he will talk about his book, killers of the flower mound. Strive unspeakable historical crime of greed, fear, anger and racial cleansing. It is part crime thriller part political history and a book that will generate conversation long after david catches his next plane. It is easy to read this book because david tells a story in a riveting, detail rich suspenseful way. It is hard to read this book because its true and devastating and maddening. But david is a magnificent storyteller. He has written for the New York Times magazi
So please welcome joining us david grand to this program. He is with the new yorker magazine. He spent years researching the latest book called killers of the flower moon the osage murders and the birth of the fbi. The film add aptation is already in the working with de niro, dicaprio, rumored tore considered. Honored to have you on the program. Do you care to confirm or deny those rumors . I will not deny nor confirm. You dont have to confirm or deny. We are read the trays. For those not following the story about this book, before this thing even came out, the bennie im going to embarrass you. The bidding war we were told went over 5 million just for the rights to do the film. And those names a missed a moment ago and give you an indication of how big this thing is expected to be here in hollywood where david grand sits with me today. That must feel good. Must feel good when you put that much time writing something, you clearly put your heart into and people get it. You dont know. Thi
So please welcome joining us david grand to this program. He is with the new yorker magazine. He spent years researching the latest book called killers of the flower moon the osage murders and the birth of the fbi. The film add aptation is already in the working with de niro, dicaprio, rumored tore considered. Honored to have you on the program. Do you care to confirm or deny those rumors . I will not deny nor confirm. You dont have to confirm or deny. We are read the trays. For those not following the story about this book, before this thing even came out, the bennie im going to embarrass you. The bidding war we were told went over 5 million just for the rights to do the film. And those names a missed a moment ago and give you an indication of how big this thing is expected to be here in hollywood where david grand sits with me today. That must feel good. Must feel good when you put that much time writing something, you clearly put your heart into and people get it. You dont know. Thi
Here in what becomes the United States. As a lifelong collector of the arts archives, an tlo pa logical items gilcrease was continually adding to the collection and by the early 1950s his collecting was on an upward trajectory. Unfortunately for him the price of oil was sinking, singing down to the point that eventually he was a little bit upside down. That he owed money and there was the real threat that he would have to sell part of his collection to cover the debts to pay off the debts. And in 1954 some forwardthinking tulsans understanding the collection put together a city wide bond issue to help pay the private debts through public funds. The only time im aware of where a Community Came together the help pay off private debt to save an institution they held very dear in the community. The bond issue wu put to a vote of the public. It was passed by over two thirds of tul sans wanting to help save this precious asset institution. And as a result over time, Thomas Gilcrease will giv