Reading University Press and University Pressth week. Im cow, one of the managers here and i think i speak for all of us at book called was a University Press, especially our friends at columbia University Press, nyu press and fordham University Press take up a large part of what we do here for the past 20 years. They are heavily featured in a dense programming, our displays are often at in a weekly annual bestseller list though it shows our Customer Base loves them as well. A couple of housekeeping before i move over to our lovely panel. We have a lot of books for sale here we do not have register up here so if youre free to take a bunch, give insight to make sure to pay for them on the way out. Well be here for years to come during this event. You may have noticed the cameras. Cameras. Cspan is here so we get to the q a portion, if you have a question make sure you wait for the mic to get to you so that you can hit the question as well as see. I will turn it over to our panel. Great.
Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. Good evening everyone. Tonight we are here with peter finn the National Security editor at the Washington Post and previously coauthor of the book the zhivago affair which was finalist for the National Book six circle award for nonfiction. Hes twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his International Reporting and hes won the Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award and the German Marshall Fund Peter R White prize for his foreign reporting. In other words, his nonfiction credentials are very wellestablished. Tonight he is here to present his latest book of nonfiction i guess to the right the story of american heiress gertrude with deborahs dramatic captivity and escape from nazi germany. Please help me welcome peter finn. [applause] thank you everyone for coming out and thank you to a books for inviting me. Im delighted to be here. As she mentioned, my book is about gertrude lesandro and the First American woman in unifor
The cspan cities tour is withg the american support from our spectrum cable partners. Coming up, we will visit noted locations and speak to experts about the citys history. Among the programs, Robert F Kennedys visit on the night of Martin Luther kings assassination. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness. We learn about the contributions of millionaire businesswoman madam cj walker. Visit to the indianapolis motor speedway, home of the indy 500. We begin our special feature at the home of our 23rd president , Benjamin Harrison. There was a little stupid at the front door which is still there and he stood at that area and crowds of people would come to hear him speak. He is one of the most unknown president s. 23rd president. He falls in the middle of Grover Cleveland. Oftentimes people find him confused with his grandfather, William Henry harrison. Benjamin harrison was only seven years old when his grandfather died. He served a full four years. As president
Weekend on cspan3. At the Benjamin Harrison president ial site where cspan is learning about the citys history. It is here that the 23rd president lived until his death in 1901. We are here at the home of Benjamin Harrison. This is an iconic spot. This is where he stood when people went to see him speak in 1888 when he was running for the presidency. He ran a front porch campaign. He didnt have the same from porch as you see behind us today. There was a stupa at the front door. He stood in that area and spoke to the crowds of people. Harrison is probably one of the most under known president. The 23rd president of the United States. He falls in the middle of Grover Clevelands two terms. Often times, people will find him confused with his grandfather, William Henry harrison, who survived a month into his term of office. Benjamin harrison was seven years old when his grandfather died. Regiment harrison served a full four years. As president , he has a phenomenal legacy that is a little u
Today. As many of you know, once you learn is a program where we invite Community Experts to share their knowledge of interesting aspects of history, culture and art. This program was started on the suggestion of one of our members, one of you all and it fit into the institutions history for nearly 200 years our Historical House served as an Important Community Gathering Place for prominent cincinnati families such as those of martin home, nicholas longworth, david, and of course charles and anna taft. Each resident played an Important Role in shaping the history, art and culture of cincinnati and this celebrates their legacy is as well as the new wave city continues to devolve and change. The complete schedule of all of our programs including our upcoming lunch and learn sort of rebuttal on the website which is taft museum. Org and i would like to tell you about the talk today. Today we have the author of newly released book the bourbon king of the life and crimes of george remus, pro