2007. I want to thank shelby for her steadfast support for the biography center over all these years. It is her program that made this possible. Please note the next event is coming up in two days on this thursday october 15th where victor and i will interview larry about his timely and important new biography of joseph mccarthy. Tonight we are here to celebrate the publication of abe, Abraham Lincoln in his time a new biography by david reynolds. His book launch and the book has received early reviews and the Publishers Weekly and elsewhere and we encourage everyone to look it up on amazon or your own local bookstore. David reynolds is a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center and the author of Walt Whitmans america a cultural biography, winner of the bancroft prize. His other books include beneath the american renaissance, john brown abolitionist and mighty year than the sword, Uncle Toms Cabin and the battle for america. He is a regular book reviewer for the New York Times bo
Tv is on twitter. Follow us to get twitter news, scheduling of these, author information and to talk directly with authors during a live program. Twitter. Com booktv. Next on booktv from our recent coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row bit fast Kevin Schultz they gay of the relationship between william f. Buckley jr. And Norman Mailer. Welcome to the 31st annual joy doggo tribune printers are a bit fast. Mining is tom paschalis and i will like to thank our sponsors and all of you for coming. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2s booktv. We will leave time at the end for audience questions and you can come to the microphone to the side of the stage so the audience can hear the question. You can keep the spirit of lit fest going around with a subscription to the printers row journal the tribune premium book section fiction series and membership program. Please download the book apps for more info on lit fest and access to the digital book store. We encourage everyone t
Welcome to the 31st annual chicago lit road book fest. My name is tom and before we get started i would like to thank our sponsors and thank all of you for coming. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2 spoke tv. We will leave sometime at the end for audience questions and you can just come on up to the microphone up to the side of the stage so the home viewing audience can hear the question. You can keep the spirit of lit fest going year round with a subscription to the printers row journal. Thats the tribunes premium book section fiction series and membership program. Also please download the trip took ask for more info on that fast. We encourage everyone to post messages and photos to facebook, instagram and twitter using the hashtag pr al f15. Before we begin we ask that you turn off your cell phone ringers and any flashes on your cameras. With that please welcome our interviewer from todays program jane daly. [applause] hi. Thank you. Im jane daly from the university of
Her life and career. And we spoke with mike huckabee. He talked about politics and culture. Wes moore was here for his book the work sharing the quest to find meaning in his life. And booktv talked about his book, gateway to freedom, detailing the history of the underground rail road. And cornel west talked about his book the radical king a collection of speeches by Martin Luther king junior. And tax reform was the discussion from the book end the irs before it ends us. And appearing recently was the author of be safe love mom talking about being a mother to four military officers serving in a war zone. And we looked at the life of the first lady through childhood up to the whitehouse. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 9 p. M. You can watch all episodes on our website. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Live coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest held every year in Downtown Chicago. Scott simon is the next author. He will be talking about his book.
Her life and career. And we spoke with mike huckabee. He talked about politics and culture. Wes moore was here for his book the work sharing the quest to find meaning in his life. And booktv talked about his book, gateway to freedom, detailing the history of the underground rail road. And cornel west talked about his book the radical king a collection of speeches by Martin Luther king junior. And tax reform was the discussion from the book end the irs before it ends us. And appearing recently was the author of be safe love mom talking about being a mother to four military officers serving in a war zone. And we looked at the life of the first lady through childhood up to the whitehouse. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 9 p. M. You can watch all episodes on our website. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Live coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest held every year in Downtown Chicago. Scott simon is the next author. He will be talking about his book.