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hosted this event. it s about an hour. good evening, everyone. welcome to new york historical society. i m vice-president for public programs. i m thrilled to welcome you to our spectacular robert h. smith auditorium. tonight s program, the battle for new york, rallying and rioting, is part of the distinguished speaker series which is the heart of our public programs. we always want to thank mr. schwartz for his support which enabled us to invite so many authors and historians. he would like to thank all the council members for all their great work and support. let s give them all a hand. [ applause ] the program will last an hour and include a question and answer session. the q & a will be conducted on note cards. you should have received a note card and pencil as you were entering. we will have our staff members circulating through. just raise your hand if you want a card. they will be collecting them a little later in the program. there will be a normal book signin ....
devoted to the study of winston churchill. here students and visitors have access to a vast range of primary and secondary materials and interactive exhibits and soon displays of original manuscripts and artifacts. let me take this opportunity to encourage you to join the international churchill society by visiting our website. www.wintonchurchhiil www.wintonchurchill.org. a few programming notes before turning to the subject of the evening. i hope you will return on march 1st when elliot cohen discusses this new book, the big stick; the limits of soft powquer the nutesty of military force. and on april 26th, we will welcome david owens, now lord owens, who will speak about this new book cabinets finest hour; the hidden agenda of may 1940 . in our programming at the library we will explore the life and career and very nature of leadership itself for churchill. and just as churchill decribed the last sentence like so aberham lincoln disrobed the 19th. the two men were v ....
between the society and the george washington university, the library first research facility in the nation s capitol devoted to the study of winston churchill. here students and visitors have access to a vast range of primary and secondary materials and interactive exhibits and soon displays of original manuscripts and artifacts. let me take this opportunity to encourage you to join the international churchill society by visiting our website. www.wintonchurchhiil www.wintonchurchill.org. a few programming notes before turning to the subject of the evening. i hope you will return on march 1st when elliot cohen discusses this new book, the big stick; the limits of soft powquer the nutesty of military force. and on april 26th, we will welcome david owens, now lord owens, who will speak about this new book cabinets finest hour; the hidden agenda of may 1940 . in our programming at the library we will explore the life and career and very nature of leadership itself for chu ....
lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you? 47 including co-authored books. i have chatted about .incoln for 21 years how do you keep doing this? an inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasn t been pursued before. for me, this was more inspiration than invitation. i plunge into it. i love doing research, i love doing writing. i love the conversation. what about the inspiration for the press? where did that come from? it came from my dual careers over the years. i was a journalist for about three or four years. i became a government public affairs person for a member of congress, first aid wide new york political campaigns, for the mayor of new york. how government relates to the press was always part of my life. still is at the metropolitan museum. with government relations as well as press relations. just the idea percolated up in my head about how different it might have been in the 19th century both in terms of press and in ....
harold holzer, another lincoln book. lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you? 47 including co-authored . books and edited books. i don t want to inflate the number. you and i have chatted about lincoln for 21 years. how do you keep doing this? i get an inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasn t been pursued before. for me, this was more inspiration than invitation. i plunge into it. i love doing research, i love doing writing. i love the conversation. what about the inspiration for the press? where did that come from? it came from my dual careers over the years. i was a journalist for about three or four years. i became a government public affairs person for a member of congress, first aid wide new for state-wide new york political campaigns, for the mayor of new york. how government relates to the press was always part of my life. still is at the metropolitan museum. we work with government relations as well as pre ....