The team from barnes noble have the books for sale. Please do consider purchasing the book and help us bring more great authors in st. Louis. So tonights presented by the author series, the program was started in 2004 and presents authors of politics, history and sports. You can visit the program for the list of businesses and organizations that sponsor the westfall series. Our next west fall event will be next tuesday, may 23. We will host our first fiction writer when jeff shara will be here. Hes a writer who writes sort of military history, history base , but they are novelizations of historical events. Its about the korean war. Onto tonights program, Leigh Montville former columnist, former Senior Writer and ,as written biographies including babe ruth. Tonight he will share his new biography of one of the most celebrated athletes, muhammad ali, appropriately titled sting like a bee. He takes a look at the subsequent legal battle that took him all the way to the Supreme Court. Suspe
I am please today present tonight Leigh Montville. The team from barns noble have the books for sale. Please do consider purchasing the book and help us bring more great authors in st. Louis. So tonights presented by the author series, the program was started in 2004 and presents authors of politics, history and sports. You can visit the program for the list of businesses and organizations that sponsor the west fall series, our next west fall event will be next tuesday may 23rd, first fiction writer when jeff shara will be here. Hes a writer who writes sort of military history, history base but their novelizations. Its about the korean war. Onto tonights program, Leigh Montville former columnist, wrote New York Times biographies, babe ruth. Tonight he will share his new booflg of one of the most celebrated and and trough eial athletes, muhammad ali, appropriately titled sting like a bee. Subsequent legal battle that took him all the way to the Supreme Court. Its an inspiring account of
At evening. Thank you for coming. Kind of programming coordinator for the library and am very pleased to present tonight program. I would like to thank our sponsor, Maryville University barnes noble, the team from the Chesterfield Barnes noble has books for sale in the room. Please consider buying the book to make a the book help support the other series and bring more great authors to st. Louis. After the talk will just fine you up a row and get it going very efficiently. Tonight is presented by the favorite authors series. The program started in 2004 and represents authors of politics, history and sports. In which its very appropriately titled sting like a bee. Neros focus to a somewhat overlooked area of all his life, a conscientious draft objector during the vietnam era and the subsequent legal battle that took him all the way to the Supreme Court. Researched and filled with great suspense, sting like a bee is an inspiring account of the highs and lows of an exceptional individual
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Mohammed ali to the cemetery, where he will be laid to rest later this morning. Taking a route through the city where he was born and raised and learned how to box. A very public memorial will begin roughly four hours from now, alib, died a week ago, ali a threetime heavyweight champ who defended his title 21 times in his career, arguably the best fighter of his generation, but he was more than just a boxer. A decision also cost him three years of his prime as well. It helped to fuel the opposition to the war. It helped cement his status as one of the most consequential figures in human history. After his diagnosis with parkinsons as well. He was building his legacy as a philanthropist, a global ambassador, a symbol of kirj. Also some breaking political news this morning. We are watching live pictures here, this is outside Hillary Clintons home in washington, d. C. Momentariab momentarily with more on that meeting, lets get to a park, right next to the ali center. 6 theres that big scr