Host guggenheim fellow and has taught classes at oxford, cambridge, you know, university of chicago, chicago, and also the northwestern university, which he just retired from. He has written several awardwinning books on subjects ranging from the Tobacco Culture to the consumer politics of the American Revolution. His new book tells the story about a series of journeys that George Washington took to all the original 13 states during his 1st term in office. There is detailed account he demonstrates the vital importance of wheeling the role it played in helping unify scattered nation. In his review renowned historian notes, it is hard to think that anything new could be said about George Washington. But it has been done. He has given us new insight into the acute political skills of our 1st president in the state of the country in the 1790s. Please join me in welcoming professor timothy. Ill be happy to answer questions at the end of our mark. The most fun book i have ever written are re
History doesnt work on the cable news cycle, it works on the cycle of generations. In her new book author Phyllis Lee Levin recounts the formative years of americas sixth president John Quincy Adams. Its next on booktv. Tonight its a great pleasure to welcome and mhs fellow, friend of institutions Phyllis Lee Levin. Shes a graduate of mt. Julio college. Shes been a reporter or editor and columnist for the New York Times as well as a writer and editor at vogue were among her many stories was inside the white house interview with a reclusive pat nixon. I would love to take a look at that at some point. Shes also the author of several books including Abigail Adams and edith and woodrow. She lives in manhattan and has also braved the post blizzards to join us here this evening. Lets welcome fellas. [applause] thank you. I am really very honored to be here and im also worried. All of you know a great deal more about this family than i do or at least have a view to work here. I feel like a c
Know a great deal more about this family than i do at least half of you do who work year. And if you like a cousins come to tell you about your family, uninvited. So we all have our opinions. My utmost since you arrived at even if you dont think im right at all. So i will begin right now. Thank you. The question i am asked most often about this book is simply this, why John Quincy Adams . And my answer is just this. I met it in the course of getting to know his parents, with whom he corresponded faithfully and lengthily combined with enormous affection and [inaudible] thank you. Unlikely as it may seem i came to abigail and john adams, s. Just been said by mademoiselle magazine, the New York Times and was [inaudible] sorry. Its not us. Its the in house system. All right. Maybe thats a sign from on high that i go home. [laughter] anyway vogue Magazine Editor and designer sara lee called to ask if i would be interested in doing a book on 50 historic characters. The author had been made t
I feel like a cousin who has come to tell you about your family uninvited. Even if you dont think that i am right at all. Thank you. I am asked most often about this book John Quincy Adams my answer is just this. In the course of getting to no his parents with whom he corresponded safely and lengthily and with enormous affection. Go ahead. Okay. And lastly as it may seem i came i came to abigail and john adams as has just been said the New York Times and was riding. Go ahead. Try again. All right. Maybe that is a sign from on high. [laughter] i was a little bit productive when we then celebrated editor and designer called to ask if i would be interested in doing a book on 50 Historic Houses the author had been made but she had no time for it on the strength of an article i had written for magazine she thought the subject with appeal to me. And so we was right. In the course of researching one of 50 houses, the adams house my house, my son john, found the letters of misses adams those o
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