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>> fi given that this is washington, i hardly need to give you a background of the story but i thought that i would breach alito fondital it came into being. in 18351 andrew jackson was president, the united states learned it had become the recipients of this extraordinary request, this mysterious englishmen names james smith who never set foot in the united states had left his fortune to the country to found here in washington under the name of the smithsonian and the sorrows and for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. the money was worth about half a million dollars ...

experience covering this location or the other. i was just saying to someone before the event started on this particular tour we had 40 some odd book signings and events and only one of them has been in a chain bookstore and i am very happy about that. [applause] chains are important to me but independent bookstores are more important to me. the independent bookstores are like my route 66. >> bookstores are like those monotonous turnpikes, interstate highways. i have to take them but i prefer to be on the old road, the authentic, the personal. tonight i'm in the unusual position of p...