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good evening, everyone and welcome to politics and prose. i'm brad graham, the co-owner of the bookstore, along with my wife, lissa muscatine and we're delighted to have with us this evening at david marchick here to talk about his new book the peaceful transfer of power, an oral history, america's presidential transitions. so, you know, for all the books and scholarship devoted over the years to the american presidency the period specifically of presidential transition hasn't received much attention. as dave writes at the of his book, a number of scholarly on presidential transition...

so this is a panel where we going to spend some time each of our is going to spend about five or 10 minutes introducing a particular presidential transition and highlight a few of the big takeaway interesting points, lessons learned. and so we'll go i'm going to i'm going to we won't go in program order. we're actually going to go and in chronological order of the elections that they're going to be highlighting and then do that. about 50 minutes or so. and then open it up for discussion and conversation and questions. so so let me i'm going to go forth and i'm going to introduce ever...

greatest evil's war. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. in-depth with chris hedges, live this sunday at book tv, on c-span two. spend about >> so, i am going to, this is a panel where we are going to spend some time, each of our panelists going to spend five or ten minutes introducing a particular presidential transition and highlight a few of the big takeaways, interesting points, lessons learned. and so, we will go, i will not go in program order we are actually going to go in chronological order of the elections that they are goin...

Power struggles, resignations and made-for-TV moments — the untold story of the most important congressional investigation in generations.

An author details Abraham Lincoln’s trip to Washington, D.C. leading up to the Civil War.