as part of her summer series. tonight you will hear from five of the last six men who have sat in the oval office. now the practice of presidents books, began with thomas jefferson s memoir in 1821. eighteen presidents since have written books prior to the 20th century, presidential memoirs were rare and ulysses s grant and mark was an exception since then, it is taken off since the 1950s. first of this evening, is one of our most prolific residents turned author. jimmy carter. he is the author of 25 books including public-policy books, foreign policy books, a novel, and he is also written a children s book which was illustrated by his daughter amy. in 2010, president carter appeared on book tv afterwards program where he discussed his white house diaries that he kept while he was in office from 1977 - 1981. here s president carter being interviewed by presidential historian. welcome to washington dc. it is wonderful to see you. i was wondering you fly in here, and you go o
old-fashioned concepts like honesty and integrity, civility in public life. humility and honor. on a challenge many of them. for talking the talk. it seems a depressingly few has actually walk the walk. how refreshing it was then to joint devolve bush s book. by this value is never a page not in sermons or lectures or speech. but in his own moral compass which is steered him to reach part of life. it s enough to make a diehard democrat of yours truly feel nostalgic. [laughter]. i like plays introduction by ring on my favorite interest in this book. it s a whole lot better of a job of writing this bear with me. the entry of the diary entry in july 1996. the present is on air force one. and to europe for a meeting. she is if you before the november election. he writes. with that some transportation, everything is on time. gripping 740 sevens, helicopters, beautiful room in front the president of the united states. and yet i have this feeling that no matter what lies on the hori
banks for coming to this southern festival of books. we re delighted to have you if you enjoyed yourself we hope he will make a donation on our website because this is a nonprofit event we would like to keep a free and open to everyone is really like your donations for that. i am delighted to introduce the professor from vanderbilt university and specializing of the 19th and 20th century literature with the social critique to country music covering a wide variety of topics. in addition to her scholarly work play is welcome cecilia to the podium. [applause] they explore spending an hour to hear about jack london a name that is so familiar but in other ways unfamiliar. some people they come of surfing with of pioneers loosely we think of the call of the wild these are books that have become classics there are reenlisted junior highs and high schools and and that is the jack london that we think we go. he went for the gold rush in 1897, he found almost as if they but but tha
mr. wortman is an award-winning journalist and the former editor at yale alumni magazine. his book the millionaires unit is about a generation of privileged young men prepared to risk it all to fight a distant war in france. driven by the belief their membership in the american elite required certain sacrifice, they led the way before america declared formally to join the war. the bulk of this group, the yale aero club, became the first squadron in the u.s. navy air reserve. the press dubbed them the millionaires unit. without further ado please join me in welcoming mr. marc wortman. [applause] well, thank you for coming out this evening. thank you to barnes & noble for having me. this is as many of you know a home coming of sorts. having grown up in bethesda, it is wonderful to see so many old friends here. especially today on the 39th day out of the 40 days and 40 nights of rain. it s been an extraordinary deluge here. now, please pardon me if i refer to notes occasi
his experience in world war i. good evening. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to barnes & noble bethesda. we are delighted to have marc wortman with us this evening. mr. wortman is an award-winning journalist and the former editor at yale alumni magazine. his book the millionaires unit is about a generation of privileged young men prepared to risk it all to fight a distant war in france. driven by the belief their membership in the american elite required certain sacrifice, they led the way before america declared formally to join the war. the bulk of this group, the yale aero club, became the first squadron in the u.s. navy air reserve. the press dubbed them the millionaires unit. without further ado please join me in welcoming mr. marc wortman. [applause] well, thank you for coming out this evening. thank you to barnes & noble for having me. this is as many of you know a home coming of sorts. having grown up in bethesda, it is wonderful to see so many ol