Proceedings lincoln knew how to use a fun to advantage, an opposing liar who claimed he could bring a man to prove an alibi heard lincoln shooting back i have no doubt you can bring a man to prove a lie by. You can watch this and other programs online a book tv. Org. Book tv tapes hundreds of other programs throughout country all year long. Heres a look at some events we will cover this week. Monday, National Press club in washington where derek grapple report on the us governments doomsday plan. That evening we fly out to california where former speechwriter and Senior Advisor to president richard nixon, pat buchanan will shed light on the inmate nixon administration. On wednesday, to the macarthur memorial where Washington Post Foreign Correspondent peter eisner will recall how the contingent of filipinos and americans survived Japanese Occupation of the philippines during world war ii. Also that evening in denver at the chatter cover bookstore to hear Laura Cardwell discuss how 14 e
And she is the author of this book inez the life and time of Inez Millholland. Who was she . She was the sole martyr for womens referage movement for womens rights. She was a lawyer who had to fight to be able to practice, she was a free lover, part of the greenitch village crowd, she was a war correspondent, a socialist, an advocate for prostitutes and any person who was the underdog. She was rich. She was beautiful. And she liked to dance. You open the book at baser. What happens . What period are we talking about . She is a junior and a star of the campus. Hillary stanton blast is going out and women are in the tread. Inez spent her teenagerane years in britain she goes to the president and says we will like to have a blast and she doesnt take no for an answer. She leaves one spring day, about 25 students, and faculty follow her from campus next door to the cemetery and there all these women listened to these suffrages. These 20th century women who were independent and all about fre
Giving bunch of speeches and ran are across former Washington Post writer peter eisner and did traveling through, and while we were were will, i was there on speaking to peter and let me know that he was working on a new book about spies and manila one claire thrip and number working on archives i knew of other people tharm working on books about Claire Phillips like okay, all right. But then pete let me know ive got Claire Phillips diary. So that feeds into a lot and over the past two years because we have all of the papers of parsons one of the main characters of the story as well as the papers of john boon who was a big gorilla on baton and daughter is with us tonight. Gene can you just raise your hand . [applause] im so glad she came down and donated papers quite a long time ago. And its a really a thrilg for all of pus to have you here. But petes work is now finished two years in the making and here we are with a really great piece and let him tell the story that he has to tell so
Post writer, trained to do and we did some traveling and while we were there, i was there in a speaking tour in peter let me know he was working on a new book about spies in manila and their any number votes working in the archives and some other things people were working on books. But then pete let me know ive got Claire Phillips diary. Pete came down quite a lot over at the last two years because we do have all the papers that chip larson, one of the main stories to the paper as well as john thune who was a big gorilla of the time. Jeanne, did you just raise your hand . [applause] is my first chance to meet her and she donated those papers quite a long time ago. It is really a thrill for all of us to have you here. Peace work is now finished. Two years in the making and here we are with the really great piece. I will let him come up and tell you the story he has to tell. Without any further waiting, peter eisner, macarthurs spies. [applause] thank you very much for being here. I hav
I began their with gerri willis discussion of the convention in miami and chicago in 68 and down from there. I will do her part to a close cemetery and also finished with a couple of Michael Creighton fictions. The first two books you listed, with the purpose of reading those . The mantegna book i am reading because he is right at the nascent. Of moving into the enlightenment era. In some ways he was considered to be a prototypical humanist in some ways. I think to be educated on the western civilization coming should probably read it. Secondly, the fools, firebrands and whatever else calling these folks is a look at the new laughed, taking us from probably the 1920s forward in the new laughed and how that develops. Im very interested. How many books you have going at one time . Right now ive got six books going. Had he managed that . I dont sleep much. And read whenever the mood to read. Im mostly done with them, they are about 75 to 80 pages. Im taking a break and i might sneak early