Project. Busy people get things done, and we knew we were in for it when dr. Whittenberg talked about that. Jonathan white has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not only a prolific historian, with more projects on the back burners than ive ever seen on the stove before. He won the outstanding faculty award for academic education. Hes a parent of young children, i dont know where john finds the time. Hes been very generous with what remaining time he has from all of that for this museum and our Education Programs for which were all very grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of johns work are his published work are many and varied with something of a focus Abraham Lincoln with the legal and constitution, as well and hes coauthor of a book entitled Civic Education and the work of citizenship and because he has news they wrote our little monitor, the greatest invention of this civil war. I asked him to put it on a topic, and it draws from oth
Guest that is exactly where i went. I went to Public School and go to ccd wednesdays and send that got my confirmation in 1955. Spring training. I would go to spring training to write some sort of article and play around and see the players in a relaxed setting. I wrote an article about his quest for the batting title and turned out to be an extraordinary story because i got close to his sister, his mother, his sister and his family, his sister was a big history buff so she came to concorde, my hometown and i took her around and we became friends as a result and in 1986 the year the red sox almost won the world series we were talking, i mentioned wade boggs had a broken rib and we didnt think the doctor was taking good care of him, we have to get him to another doctor, they said he should go to a different doctor and what happened is the mother called wade boggs, he told her he loved her and then she was killed in a car crash with her mother, his grandmother and mother were gone and fo
Book team of rivals was the inspiration for Stephen Spielbergs lincoln in 2012. Doctor goodwin earned her phd at harvard. So coming up, were going to re air her in death appearance where she discussed her entire body of work and took phone calls. Will also be showing you discussions from her books, leadership in turbulent times. In holy pulpit. So well start with a january 1st, 1995 the parents on cspan series footnotes. In this hourlong interview, she discussed franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in the home front during world war ii. Her book, no ordinary time, won the Pulitzer Prize for history. Now here is historian doris goodwin. Author no ordinary time. If you could ask either Franklin Roosevelt or Eleanor Roosevelt a couple of questions after all of the work that is done. What would you be. I think it would like to understand why she was unable a certain moment in the middle of the war when he asked her to be his wife again and stop traveling and stay home and take care of him, and i
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
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