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 president s books, began with Thomas Jeffersons memoir in 1821. Eighteen president s since have written books prior to the 20th century, president ial 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 publicpolicy books, Foreign Policy books, a novel, and he is also written a Childrens 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. Heres president carter being interviewed by president ial historian. Welcome to washington dc. It is wonderful to see you. I was wondering you fly in here, and you go over all of the
At this is that book expo which the publishing industrys annual convention and here is president bill clinton. [background sounds]. Good evening everyone. My name is greg and i meant the Vice President shoaf manager for book expo america. A manageable familiar tonight. To this very special occasion. He would not be here this evening if it were not for the support and loyalty the bookselling and Publishing Community spring to us each and every year. For the for an eye for that i think you. [applause]. The fabric of our convention lies in the connections we all make with the authors that appear here. Its been over 100 years of memorable moments since the very First Convention but has two guest of honor. Mark twain in 19 oh one. And since in the book industry has continued to come together to house authors have provided us with thoughtprovoking discussion to say nothing of stimulating entertainment. But all i think i can safely say that nothing has approached the magnitude of this evening
For the people of the state of hawaii. And it is an honor to be here and to do that. I cant end by saying, i came in 2010 when we were the noble nine. And my noble nine colleagues are here. And i cant tell you how important it is for me to see them again. Thats what its all about. Everyone in congress. The relationships that we build. And its the friendships that are there forever and ever. Thats what makes in the peoples house and the greatest institution around. For say in roy, mahalo this wonderful hawaii, mahlo for this wonderful opportunity to serve mahalo for this wonderful opportunity to serve with you again. Ahalo and aloha. The speaker without objection, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. Rogers, is recognized for one minute. The gentleman will suspend. Members, please. Please take your conversations off the floor. The gentleman is recognized. Rodgesrongs mr. Speaker, the mr. Rogers mr. Speaker, the kentucky delegation and i have the distinct honor and personal pleasure in intro
[applause] thank you very much. And theres just about five minutes between my welcome to you and senator sanders so thank you so much for being here. [applause] im l mal harrison and a pleasure to welcome you to the book fair and wouldnt be possible without the support of sponsors such as a knight foundation, degrout foundation, Bachelor Foundation and many, many other sponsors as i said. We also are very grateful to the friend of Miami Book Fair international if you would wave one more time because id like to recognize you for your support. And, of course, Miamidade College of convener of this oustanding literary gathering where so many students yes, lets applaud. [applause] so many Miamidade College students, faculty, and staff give of themselves and volunteer in various aspects of this fair to make it what it is. So thank you to Miamidade College as well. [applause] you will be able to purchase your own book senator sanders, book immediately outside of this room. So please take adva
Governments, his willingness to put his country ahead of party and search for Solutions Rather than political expediency. She sent me this piece from the Old Farmhouse in a a had a note on it saying to square pegs into round holes. Some people say im a republican who became a democrat but that often sound like a a republican in a room full of democrats or a democrat in a room full of republicans. Actually i take that as a compliment. More on this country call them political independence than republicans or democrats. I happen to agree with them. Our country is more important than a label. Democrats in years past understood this. People like sam nunn and Scoop Jackson and Mike Mansfield among others. Americans are disgusted by all this talk of republicans and democrats calling each other the enemy. Rather than reaching out across the table and actually finding ways to work together. I know what an enemy really is from hard personal combat. The other party is not the enemy. They are the