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Transcripts For CSPAN2 David McCullough The Pioneers 20240714

And even better good to have those spectacular authors like David Mccullough sitting on this stage right here with all of us. [applause] i dont have to say this the most celebrated living historian of the american. [applause] and to take us through the ogermantown the building of panama canal truman or adams and the americans then has been given the president ial medal of freedom which is even better than honor. Excuse me and you have been writing about america. Your trajectory of 150 years since the revolution to Charles Lindbergh and to be on. Is there a theme quick. Yes. I now see it and some things you do gain as time goes thousand now see almost all of my books of americans who set out to accomplish Something Worthy that they knew would be difficult and going to be more difficult than they expected and who did not give up and learned from their mistakes and to achieve their purpose in the first place. But that is to increase our whpacity for gratitude for those who went before us

Transcripts For CSPAN2 2019 National Book Festival 20240714

A boarding house near the legislature building. And putnam came to him. Putnam was old enough to have been his father, came up to his room and said youve got to get up out of bed because were going to cast the vote today. And he said i cant. He said youve got to. So he did. Some people say he was carried in on a stretcher. I found no proof of that. In any event, he got to the legislature. He gave a powerful speech, and he voted. And the measure to introduce slavery into ohio and thus the whole Northwest Territory was defeated by one vote. [applause] and yet nobody has ever heard of his name. [applause] people have said to me, if you had put this in a novel, your editor would say no, this would never happen in real life. It did happen in real life. And we should know about that and know about him and hes the one who did more than anybody else to get education passed by the Legislature Later on providing School Public schooling public learning all the way through the university of ohio.

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Conversation With David McCullough 20170409

Before he gets into the questionandanswer, once again around of applause for mr. Mcculloch. [applause] i am going to have to get a Plastic Surgeon to write the smile off my face to do this. Before we get into our q and a, two quick stories. One is about to do Research View go to historic sites,. Residential libraries, when i was visiting the truman president ial library many years ago all the staff there came up and would say to me and it was unsolicited, a lot of the art do you know so and so was here . The mesa to me, you know who our favorite is . David mccullough. Given the color is here and he was the nicest, he said this to me, he was appreciative and they went on and on. Im enjoying all these stories. So what i did that night before it came in the next day to finish my research i bought donuts for the whole staff because i figured they might Say Something about me. [laughter] not the same breath as David Mccullough. I think we would all agree, its without question that David Mcc

Transcripts For CSPAN2 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 20140102

We are natural partners. Decides United States to other countries work closely with the vatican . Yes, peter. 179 countries have diplomatic relations and 30 of them are islamic countries. What kind of work today due . Well the islamic countries any of them are trying to work with the oecg promote interreligious dialogue and find solutions to radical islam. Many of the secular European Countries are historic monarchies and have had relationship with the holy c or centuries. The latin america, a strong number of catholics in america and the intense social issues in the church deeply involved in is a very strong relationship. In your view ambassador renny has the vatican ever overstepped its bounds as a religious organization into the political . Well, i probably shouldnt answer some of the issues that came up in the two bush campaigns in United States that were highly controversial about the intersection of the elegy in politics. My focus is the diplomat is to show how the oecg and inter

Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV Encore Booknotes 20130302

Scientists and explores his private life. Cspan denis brian, author of einstein a life, why did you devote a chapter to einsteins brain . Guest it was such shocking news when i found out that somebody had got his brain. And it was exactly what he didnt want to happen. He told everyone that he didnt want any physical part of him to remain. He didnt want any memorials made to him. He didnt want his home made into a memorial. So that when i heard somebody had his brain, and they were slicing it up to find out clues to his genius, i thought this is perhaps the worst thing that could have ever happened to this man. Cspan where is his brain . Guest several scientists have it. The man who took the brain has most of it. And a japanese scientist has some, and theres a doctor in philadelphia has other parts of it. And the conclusion is that its absolutely ridiculous to search for genius in the brain, and that all they can say about it is its remarkably healthy for a man his age. Cspan who took t

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