Program to him. And to honor his memory. I think his spirit will be with us for a long time. And i just wanted to mention him gratefully here as hes been part of our Virtual Events upo this point. Todays event as i said at the beginning is meant to celeate this a wonderful new book within amazing cover which is why it showed it. Theres so much going on in the cover we couldve just spent today talk about the cover. Like what are all the little post its. But we won. The author of t book that is with us today is shamus hues. He wrote this book with alexander and clifford. Shamus isne of the leader counterterrorism exper in the country. Hes been produci report after report for years both for congress and others. Before joining the program for extremism on george whington university which of the ncp National Counterterrorism center before that he was a senior counterterrorism advisor and Home Security Government Affairs committee. There is an awful lot shamus should be talking about today a
Welcome everybody. Im head of Government Relations and pub Public Policy atlas forego. Im pleased to be here with you today. We are pleased to serve for the eight year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and even prouder to watch the book festival grow into the incredibly popular impactful event that it has become. I wouldnt be surprised applause thank you. I wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle to the best seller list today. Its even more important to keep the book festival a free event. The Library Congress and book festival is a real purpose. Its literacy. It leads to learning and opportunity, which is our goal to help our community succeed. Learning to love books and learning to Love Learning our with the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of ulysses grant. And certain other popular Founding Fathers if we are lucky. One thing i learned from the story of president grant was how people could evolve through persistence a
New york times book review. We recorded the program in september of 2018. Good afternoon. Welcome, everybody. Im david moskowitz, head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and pleased to be here with you today. We are pleased to serve for the eighth year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and prouder to watch the book festival grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. Wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some bestseller list today. Its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals purpose here is literacy which leads to learning and opportunity which matches our goal of helping our community succeed, learning to love books and learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of Ulysses Grant f were lucky, certain is other popular fou
Thank you. I wouldnt see us surprised to move some bestsellers on the needle today. It is important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals real purpose is literacy which leads to learning an opportunity, which matches our goal of helping our community succeed. Learning to love books and learning to Love Learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of ulysses s. Grant. If we are lucky, certain other popular founding fathers. One thing i learned from this story of president grant was how people can evolve through persistence and hard work. Acknowledge and overcome their imperfections. An incredible story that reminded me a person of good will can learn from their mistakes and reach their potential. I hope you enjoy this session. It is my privilege to introduce the Deputy Director of national, International Outreach and our session moderator, colleen. [app
Prouder to watch the festival grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event and has become. I wouldnt be surprised [applause] thank you. I wouldnt see us surprised to move some bestsellers on the needle today. It is important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals real purpose is literacy which leads to learning an opportunity, which matches our goal of helping our community succeed. Learning to love books and learning to Love Learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of ulysses s. Grant. If we are lucky, certain other popular founding fathers. One thing i learned from this story of president grant was how people can evolve through persistence and hard work. Acknowledge and overcome their imperfections. An incredible story that reminded me a person of good will can learn from their mistakes and reach their potential. I hope you enjoy this sess