Like against nazi germany, in june 1941 the russians are in the war and december 41 the United States is in the war. Its an extraordinary book. Its a wonderful read about a guy that i consider the greatest person in the 20th century, the supreme ordeal of long and brilliant career, and then ive also been reading, the greatest story of gene edward smith, great biographer. I read biography grant and eisenhower. The best eisenhower biography ever written and theres been some good ones. He died in 2019, so right now just got into what may have been his death book on fdr, the best book of the year, back in 2007. Its been around a while. Its one of those books that has been sitting on my book shelf and i just had not gotten to it. 6700 page read. You know, we lost smith last year, about a year ago, september actually, so almost precisely a year ago. And i happened to, you know, just think about that and pulled out the book and ordered his last book which i have not read yet on the liberation
I write mostly comic novels. We have written seven or eight of those. This book is a memoir probably the only memoir i will never write. I dont have that much to say. May be going out on thin i. C. E. I dont think i will write another book than this one in part because it is so singular in nature. About two Extraordinary People who provided me with some amazing material for a book. Host what was it like to write the book . I sat down shortly after i buried my father last year i woke up in the morning with no intention of writing a book and started writing a book and i wrote a in 40 days. Was accidental there was no biblical collusion but when i looked at the calendar i saw 40 days had lapsed. I work hard to on my writing. It wrote a lot of it itself but we pretty much poured out. Host were you surprised at what poured out . Yes. I think the first sentence read Something Like im not sure how this book is going to turn out. I was indeed surprised at how it turned out. Host thats exactly
Host we are focusing on books written by former first ladies. The first first lady to venture into publishing was known one who recalls her time in the white house 1914 and since then ten other first ladies have published memoirs. We will focus tonight on five women who have served in that position in the last 50 years. First up, Rosalynn Carter who served as first lady from 19771981 and she is the author of five books. In 1984 her bestselling memoir, first lady from plains, was released. Missus carters subsequent books have focused on caregiving and Mental Health care. This is a subject she is championed throughout her life. Now from 2010 here is Rosalynn Carter talking about her book, within our reach ending the Mental Health crisis. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] i am really pleased to be here tonight and pleased to see so many people interested in my book. I have been on a book tour this week and i started on monday and i get the same two questions every time
In Depth Program with father and faith and Freedom Coalition founder ralph reed. The books include politically incorrect, active faith and for god and country the christian case for trump published earlier this year. Host when we ask you what your Favorite Books are the first you list is the bible. Is the bible a political book . Guest i dont think of it that way. Politics and how we order our society is, the bible is primarily the revelation of principles for humanity. The best way to know the keys to living a godly life with intimacy, with him and if you believe in the new testament as i do his son jesus christ. I think of a trained historian it is one of the most important history books you will ever read. If you want to understand the ancient world there is no better Single Source than the bible. It is there, the rise and fall of empires, babylon to persians to the greeks to the roman empire and then finally even if you dont share my faith or the jewish or Christian Faith i think i
The 40th anniversary of the fulbright scholarship program. Future speakers include James Buchanan on january 23 and John Harrington on fairbury 19th. If you have questions for our speaker, please write them down on the part on your table and send them to the front. I will ask as many questions as time permits. I would like to introduce our guest. Please stand when i call your name. Please withhold your applause until i am completed. Bernard shaw of cable news network, Lita Williams of the new york times, adrian farrell, a member who organized the lunch, a member of the french embassy, randy allen from pyramid video, dorothy of the washington post, finley lewis for the Minneapolis Tribune and ernest white of washington living magazine. [applause] host our guest today, James Baldwin, offers a lesson for those of us who are readers and writers. A message of clarity, wisdom, and determination. The message needs to be heard. 23 years ago 33 years ago, his first book, go tell on the mountain