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Jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and bbc radio. Is writing has appeared in the new york times, the Weekly Standard and other outlets. During his time at the white house johnson served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush, a graduate of yale university, and we welcome him to Filson Historical Society. [applause] thank you so much for the lovely introduction, judy. As was mentioned used to work as a president ial speechwriter before start writing this boo...

Didnt much care for my old occupation. In fact robert e lee was so offended when he heard George Washington might have used a ghostwriter to paint his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it and said that anyone who said George Washington used a ghostwriter was a injudicious. If i learned nothing else from writing this biography is that i should care less about my own. I am so pleased to be at this beautiful house, and i am so grateful to the Historical Society for for inviting me ...

Thought lee was the very best soldier hit ever seen in the field. And robert e. Lee certainly looked like a fine soldier. He stood just under six feet tall, powerful, broad shoulders a barrel chest. He had perfect posture. Everybody who saw him said some version of the same thing, batman looks every inch the soldier. And so in april 1861 an emissary for Abraham Lincoln asked robert e. Lee to come to the city of washington. That mss name was Francis Blair and he makes an extraordinary offered to ...

Movie was the subject of peace negotiations between the north and the south at the very end of the civil war, which is the subject of the book. Its a shorthand way for me to introduce it to people because most people who have the fainted faintest interest in the subject will have seen the movie. The cover of the book is on the projector, which redepicts a meeting between lincoln and grant and sherman and admiral porter, who was the senior Union Admiral at the time. On the steamship river queen w...

Lee help says, will you lead the main union army to crush secession . And as lee remembers the story blair tried in every way to convince robert e. Lee to say yes. He said blair said to lee, the country looks to you quote as the representative of the washington family to save the Union George Washington forged, and that was hardly an exaggeration, because here after all, was the son of George Washingtons most famous eulogist and the soninlaw of George Washingtons adopted child. And so now only o...

I give an example in god guns grits and gravy a guy who is heading greenpeace in europe. He is all about wanting to reduce co2 emissions but it turns out an audit of greenpeace shows he is flying from his home over two i think its luxembourg a couple of times a month and the output of co2 that he is expanding because of this jet travel is like 100 times that of the average person. And so when confronted about it here was his answer. He said well, the train trip would take 12 hours and that would...

The city of washington. Net emissarys name was Frances Blair and he has an extraordinary offer, he said will you lead and the union army to crush secession . Remember the story, blair tried in every way to convince robert e. Lee to say yes. He said the country looks to you, quote, as a representative of the washington family to save the Union George Washington forged and that is not an exaggeration because the son of George Washington son in lot of George Washingtons adopted child. So now only o...

Of the gate ways to let galveston from an 18th century to the new century. More than not it is a point, sort of a marker that we can always turn to and say that it happened here. He is an author and former white house president ial speechmaker who spent years researching and writing his new robert e. Lee biography, the man who would not be washington, published in january of this year. Jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and bbc radio. His writing has appeared in the new york times, ...

York times the Weekly Standard and others. During his time in the white house Jonathan Horn served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush, Yale University and we welcome him. [applause] thank you sell much for that love the introduction. As mentioned i used to work as a president ial speechright ear before i started writing this book so you can imagine my shock when i learned the subject of my new book didnt much care for my old occupation. Robert e. Lee was so offended...

Booktv is live this weekend from the tucson festival of books. Starting at 1 p. M. Eastern, 10 a. M. Pacific were covering several author panels on topics such as the obama administration, natural disasters, politics, immigration and the impact of concussions on football. All this live from the university of arizona, the site of the seventh annual tucson festival of books. How did an army officer so associated with George Washingtons legacy go to war against what we today consider George Washing...