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Hello, my name is kai bird, im the executive director of the leon leavy centers for biography at cuny, university of new york. We are sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse and the abto promote the arts and crafts and biography among other things. We been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some years. We are here on a session with the 20th anniversary actually of the National Book festival, the theme this year is american ingenuity. We are going to be talking tonight with two notable publican intellectuals, Harold Holzer is one of the countries leading lincoln scholar, currently the director...

She first did her First Painting of Abraham Lincoln in 1983. Since then, she has focused on Abraham Lincoln as her subject and has made many paintings of different styles which people talk about. Been active, being , had hered by cnn paintings in the historical society, along with some other people you might have heard of. Salvador dali, he was there too. Norman rockwell, robert rauschenberg. Certainly in very good company. Sheddition to all of this, lives in gettysburg and has a gallery up there. She is also very active with the fellowship of pennsylvania. At the end well talk about the linco...

Here in boston, but this story was too important to be ignored, and this year its even more important still because here is an amazing example of the qualities necessary for a president to take on the role of commanderinchief. May i end . [applause] if any of you would like to buy the book i will happily sign it. I grew up in a small town not by any travel particularly about what books i checked out the local public library. All my life ive been a reader and still want that book in my hand, so im oldfashioned in wanting the hardcopy and im reading at the moment biographies, history, things you...

Okay. Lets get started. Im al teich, Research Professor here at the center for international be science and International Science and Technology Policy at George Washington universitys Elliott School which is where you are now, and i want to welcome you on behalf of our center and the center for science and democracy of the union of concerned scientists. They are cosponsoring this event together with George Washington university. Shawn otto, our speaker here, is an awardwinning science advocate. Hes a writer, hes a man of many talents. Really get to know him, hes quite an impressive guy. A wri...

That are going to keep me reading. And now, i am delighted to introduce tonights author, robert p. Watson as the professor, historian, novelist, columnist and media commentator whose recent books include the president s wife, affairs of the state in americas first crisis, which received the 2014 gold medal in history from the independent publishers association. Sunday columnist for the sun sentinel for many years and is currently the political analyst for wp t. Five and nbc affiliate in florida. His latest book, tran 11 tran 11 tran 11 recounts the surreal stories following the ss cap corona, ...