Book that gives us the htory rooms and the collection in its entirety to celebrate as well. And we are sitting in the ben franklin diplomatic room at this. Connection to the state departments americas collection book . Well, im here on franklins coattails because had written a book about Ben Franklins years in, france, when he is essentially paving way for the American Foreign service, hes really first foreign ambassador. And in the years that he spends in france, puts america on the map and as that is the genesis really of the department of state in the beginnings of, American Foreign policy. Iins companion. And that, of course, is your book, the great improvised about Ben Franklins time in france. S combative, prideful, callous and overbearing. A diplomat . No, i think is ben franklin, as he dealt with his colleagues, a curious thing about franklins years in france is that he essentially hits the ball out of the park on every front, except when dealing with his fellow commissioners i
Mr. Philbrick thank you. Wereeachers our parents teachers at the same high school and are kids were educated by them and it is great to see you. And it is wonderful to be in the Coolidge Center theater with this great bookstore, cosponsored with the massachusetts Historical Society. Which has been an institution that was essential to my life as a historian. Have taken up residence in the archives in every book i have done has been a central part of the information that has come from there. And it is just an organization that is essential to anyone looking into not only the history of boston but this country. And the genesis for bunker hill goes back to the summer of 1984. My wife and i had just moved to boston fulltime. We were living at the north end. That time, i was a feeling failing journalist, but my primary responsibility was to be with my daughter at home. I would push the stroller through the crowded streets of the north end and it was there , at copps hill, what of my ivorite
It was at a student political meeting in ohio in 1962, the summer between my sophomore and junior years of a college, and we were writing notes back and forth to each other during some very important session or whatever students do, and he had something sort of typically 19yearold boy pompous, and i wrote back, im the youngest of five. I have an insane family. Host who are they . Guest my family is a wonderful family. My father and mother were some of the most dedicated public servantses in the history of the country, and my father, hail boggs, elected before i was born. 26 years old. My mother was 24. They had a baby girl, the day of his elects, and eight days later a baby boy, and they came here, and i think about it now, you know, in my old age, and think about these kids coming to washington. In this day and age theyd still be on their Parents Health insurance, and there they were, the member of congress and his wife. Of course they werent kids in that era. They were fully grownup
Book i am the youngest child of the family. Guest i said that to him when we were first meeting each other it was that wasnt a student political meeting in ohio in 1962. We were writing notes back and forth to each other and he had something a sort of typical 19yearold boy and i wrote back. My family has a wonderful family. My father and mother are some of the most dedicated Public Servants in the history of the country. My father was elected in congress in 1940 before i was born there yet he was 26yearsold. My mother was 24. They had a baby girl and eight days later a baby boy. They came here and i think about it now in my old age and think about these kids coming to washington in this day and age age they would still be on their Parents Health insurance and there they were the members of congress and his wife so of course they were not scared to leave cocaine. But here it was the world war ii washington. And it was very similar to the period of washington that i write about in my his
If i can add one more thing, remember the beginning of the United States of america. Economy of the this Southern States in the northern states is very different. They were very different from each other. Even today, the economy is very different. We found a way to deal with that and the regulators are the same is true in europe and china and india. Same is the same is true and brazil. This country deals with gaps between the rich and poor, agriculture, and earthen industrialize an evolving in much the same way that were going to have to on the global stage for a the problem has been solved and can be solved. Host good afternoon, we have a caller from new york city. Caller hello, im so happy youre taking my call. My question is this fiscal cliff that we are approaching. If president obama allows it to happen, what kind of catastrophe are you talking about . Im kind of concerned . So negatively will this affect the industry . How bad will it really be out there on wall street and main s