The Senate Tavern and house. If you judge by fords theater in washington, d. C. , its about 14 miles southeast of there. What happened at about midnight when the calendar turned from april 42, 52, 1865, here in this tavern, John Wilkes Booth had been on the run. He shot Abraham Lincoln about ten, 15 or 10 20 p. M. , and he met up with one of his conspirators, david harold, across the 11th street bridge. And they met up at a high point and they rode straight here. This was their intended because this was a house of conspiracy. It was owned by mary surratt. She live here. It was a country tavern that a man rented it and ran it for her. And then she was living in her house in washington, d. C. , her boarding house. So booth and david harold arrived here and they pounded on the door. The innkeeper, john lloyd, was asleep and they pounded on the door and again and in then they let booth and david harold. Then they came in the side entrance, not through the front door. And then booth said, f
The fantastic conversation were all going have with our finalists tonight and. I know were here to hear them talk. Im going to be as brief as possible and, introducing them so we can turn it over to them. And many of them dont really need. A introduction. We have with us stacy shift who written countless biographies. Cleopatra, benjamin franklin, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a George Washington book prize winner. And i know im probably skipping a couple of biographies in there as well. Fred kaplan, who has also written an enormous number of biographies, i couldnt believe it. I mean ive familiar with several of them, and i kept looking for your list. And i couldnt believe i mean, mark twain, charles dickens, henry james, abraham lincoln, John Quincy Adams, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. I mean, missing a lot of people, too, arent i. Well. I have to confess. Im not missing them anymore. For right. And he is. And here tonight to talk about Thomas Jefferson, whos he has recently writte
The fantastic conversation were all going have with our finalists tonight and. I know were here to hear them talk. Im going to be as brief as possible and, introducing them so we can turn it over to them. And many of them dont really need. A introduction. We have with us stacy shift who written countless biographies. Cleopatra, benjamin franklin, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a George Washington book prize winner. And i know im probably skipping a couple of biographies in there as well. Fred kaplan, who has also written an enormous number of biographies, i couldnt believe it. I mean ive familiar with several of them, and i kept looking for your list. And i couldnt believe i mean, mark twain, charles dickens, henry james, abraham lincoln, John Quincy Adams, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. I mean, missing a lot of people, too, arent i. Well. I have to confess. Im not missing them anymore. For right. And he is. And here tonight to talk about Thomas Jefferson, whos he has recently writte
The Senate Tavern and house. If you judge by fords theater in washington, d. C. , its about 14 miles southeast of there. What happened at about midnight when the calendar turned from april 42, 52, 1865, here in this tavern, John Wilkes Booth had been on the run. He shot Abraham Lincoln about ten, 15 or 10 20 p. M. , and he met up with one of his conspirators, david harold, across the 11th street bridge. And they met up at a high point and they rode straight here. This was their intended because this was a house of conspiracy. It was owned by mary surratt. She live here. It was a country tavern that a man rented it and ran it for her. And then she was living in her house in washington, d. C. , her boarding house. So booth and david harold arrived here and they pounded on the door. The innkeeper, john lloyd, was asleep and they pounded on the door and again and in then they let booth and david harold. Then they came in the side entrance, not through the front door. And then booth said, f
James watson, were sitting in the Senate Tavern and house. If you judge by fords theater in washington, d. C. , its about 14 miles southeast of there. What happened at about midnight when the calendar turned from april 42, 52, 1865, here in this tavern, John Wilkes Booth had been on the run. He shot Abraham Lincoln about ten, 15 or 10 20 p. M. , and he met up with one of his conspirators, david harold, across the 11th street bridge. And they met up at a high point and they rode straight here. This was their intended because this was a house of conspiracy. It was owned by mary surratt. She live here. It was a country tavern that a man rented it and ran it for her. And then she was living in her house in washington, d. C. , her boarding house. So booth and david harold arrived here and they pounded on the door. The innkeeper, john lloyd, was asleep and they pounded on the door and again and in then they let booth and david harold. Then they came in the side entrance, not through the fron