Im head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and im pleased to be here with you today. Were pleased to serve for the 8th year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and even prouder to watch it grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. I wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some best seller lists today. But its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. Its real purpose is literacy which leads to learning and opportunity which helps our goal in succeeding. Learning to love books is what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will describe his biography and certain other popular founding fathers. One thing i learned from the story of president grant is how people can evolve and through persistence and hard work, acknowledge and overcome their imperfections. Its an incredible story that reminded me that a person can
Welcome everybody. I am david moscowitz, i am head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and im 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 it grow to the incredibly popular, impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [applause] wouldnt be surprised to see us move on to some bestseller lists today. Its even more important to keep the book festival a free event for the community. The real purpose here 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 are all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of ulysses grant. If we are lucky, certain other popular founding fathers. [laughter] one thing i learned from the story of president grant was how people can evolve and through persistence and hard work and k
Desperately needed. What is going on. Its hard to imagine the more half hazards thus focused and insistent response from the administration during a national crisis. Whether it is calling in 20 hoax or prescribing bleach for his ego rally over the weekend, the president keeps reminding custody doesnt take the covid19 pandemic seriously enough. Ironically, the best thing about the president s rally was that so few people attended. Otherwise the risk of spreading covid19 wouldve been significantly higher. On another matter, theres many is administration that is hard to count and probably need several hours to document and talk about them all. Last night, last friday night, the attorney general claimed the jeffrey berman, the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york wasic stepping down. A short time later, he said that the attorney general was lying that he was in fact stepping down. Over the past two days, this hamhanded plot by President Trump and attorney general to oust th
Welcome everybody. Im david, head of Public Policy at wells fargo. Im very pleased to be here with you today. We are still pleased to serve for the first year, and even prouder to what the book festival grow into the popular and impactful event its become. You wouldnt be surprised to see as move the needle on the best seller list. It is important to keep this free event. The library of Congress Real purpose is learning and opportunity, which matches our goal of allowing the community to succeed. Learning to love books and learning is part of what this session is about. If were lucky, certain other fanning font thirds will be discussed tonight. One thing that i learned from this story is how people can of all, and through persistence and hard work overcome their imperfections. Its an incredible story that reminded me that someone of goodwill can overcome their issues and realize great potential. The International Director of a break, and our moderator, the thank you. Welcome to the 18th
Craig fehrman, the author of the new book author in chief. Who was oran follett . Why did he make the claim that he made Abraham Lincoln president . Oran follett was a publisher in ohio. He had is a Printing Firm in ohio. They published lots of different local books. He had the distinct privilege to publish Abraham Lincolns bestselling book. We should probably back up, because a lot of people do not know that he wrote one. When lincoln ran for the senate and lost to Stephen Douglas, they had their famous debate. During the debates, there were a couple of people from newspapers transcribing the debates, writing down shorthand and then a couple of days later, they would print it in papers so people who didnt attend could read it in the newspapers. Lincoln, after he lost the senate race, for most people, the story stopped there. This is breaking news. Lets move on. Lincoln, after he lost the senate race, he worked hard to gather those newspaper transcript. He worked hard. There are at lea