Wisconsin Election Officials when he is not working or writing. 1721 tells the history of the worst smallpox epidemic to hit boston. It set the stage for scientific advancement including the controversial but effective smallpox inoculation. The pittsburgh gazette calls this book solidly told and the wall street journal called it a deeply researched account. Please join me in welcoming stephen coss. [applause] i am a wisconsin election official. I am not in wisconsin. They are having an election. I had to vote absentee. I would rather be here right now. The line of fire. Stephen exactly. That is a nonpartisan position. It is a fantasy a fancy phrase for poll worker. Register new voters. Firsttime voters, naturalized citizens. I like it a lot. Thank you very much for that introduction. Thanks to harvard bookstore. This is my first time here. But i have heard about this store. Everybody has. It smells like a bookstore should smell and looks like a bookstore should look. I am happy and pro
Hilary and for now i am pleased to introduce tonights author and his new book the fever of 1721. Stephen coss has a bachelors degree in journalism. He has worked as an Advertising Agency copywriter and served wisconsin Election Officials when he is not working or writing. The fever of 1721 tells the history of the worst smallpox epidemic to hit boston. It set the stage for scientific advancement including the controversial but effective smallpox inoculation. The pittsburgh gazette calls this book solidly told and the wall street journal called it a deeply researched account. Please join me in welcoming stephen coss. [applause] stephen i am a wisconsin election official. I am not in wisconsin. They are having an election. I had to vote absentee. I would rather be here right now. The line of fire. Stephen exactly. That is a nonpartisan position. It is a fancy phrase for poll worker. I get to register new voters. Firsttime voters, naturalized citizens. I like it a lot. Thank you very much
He worked as an advertising copywriter and wasnt a wisconsin election official when he is in writing. The fever of 1721 talks about the Worst Epidemic to hit boston. Including a controversial but effective smallpox inoculation. They call the fever of 1721 informative and the wall street journal talked about it a deeply engaging account. Please please help me welcome our speaker. [applause]. I am a wisconsin election official, im not in wisconsin today, there have been out an election. I had to vote absentee so i dont know if that makes me a former wisconsin election official or not. I would rather be here right now. By the way that is a nonpartisan position. Its a fancy word for poll worker. But it is cool because i get to register new voters so firsttime voters, naturally citizens, its prequel, i like a lot. All kidding aside. Lot. All kidding aside. Hillary, thank you very much for that introduction. Thank you to harvard, this is my first time here. Everybody has heard about the stor
When i was reading books about this experience when i was going through his it was saintly women writing about saintly mothers. I knew i could write my book when this woman who hadnt seen my mother and i for 30 years, you are so funny together. We could be a comedy. I was saying with my dad the same thing. I totally lost it with this man i fought with my whole life. That is a nice opportunity. That is a particular thing gay friends and daughters could do really well. I think your book is very honest and very real and that always works. Thanks, mutual. We are inviting you to assigning. [applause] [inaudible conversations] booktv is on instagram. Followers for publishing news, schedule updates and behindthescenes pictures and videos. Instagram. Com booktv. Now i am pleased to introduce a nice arthur with his acclaimed new book the fever of 1721 the epidemic that revolutionized medicine and american politics. Stephen coss has a bachelors degree working as an Advertising Agency copywriter
Its so nice to be your. Thank you all for coming. This is such a treat. First of all to be in philadelphia. Franklins hometown to talk about jane who once visited here and didnt love it as much as you love the boston, but also just to be here at a Public Library and celebrate this space and all that it stands for. So thank you to the library. [applause] groovi hope none of you ever hef Jane Franklin. She led a rich investing life, and im going to try to give you a whirlwind tour of it and will be looking at some slides and i even have props. Thats how i teach. So sit back and listen to the scale that hope is unknown to you. In 1771, Benjamin Franklin sent his sister jane a pair of spectacles. Rather, he center 13 pairs of spectacles with lenses of every size from one to 13. He sent her to instructions for conducting her own eye exam. When youre at the optometrist and put the horrible thing over your face and they flick the lenses and get to say which is better, which is better . They a