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For six years we traveled to u. S. Cities bringing the book scene to our viewers. Watch more of our visits at c spab. Org slash cities tour. Back in 2008, the brooklyn anniversary th party that the city of new york threw. And mayor bloomberg presided over it and he said that the Brooklyn Bridge was the icon of new york city. And hes absolutely correct because if you look at television, or read magazines, its very hard to watch tv and not see repeated images of the Brooklyn Bridge. It really is the icon of new york city. And it originated here in trenton. John was born in 1806 in prussia which ...

With this question that plagued nixon his whole career, who was the real nixon . Nixon as some of you may recall was always being trotted out in a new version. There was always talk of the new nixon, the old hatchet man being left behind for the statesman, then it was nixon the man of the people. There was always a new image been brought out, sometimes by nixon but sometimes torched in fabricated by his audiences. This led me to think about image making in National Politics generally, and this became a central critique of nixon certainly, were our politicians only, manufactured drugs politicia...

Doctor preston for sponsoring mr. Greensburg appearance here today which is perfect and the timing as it we are in the midst of a contentious and sometimes entertaining, and always mesmerizing president ial season. David greenberg is an expert in such matters as a professor of history in journalism and media studies at wreckers and university. He speaks often on media and content politics which is a subject of his latest book, republic of spin. And inside history of the american presidency. In it, he recounts the rise of the white house machine from Teddy Roosevelt to barack obama. From the bu...

The church and for the festival by georgia power, bill and king at kelly and the estate of ralph. We are blessed once again to host such celebrated authors at United Methodist church which has been made possible by the generosity of bob and jean faircrop and substrate bank. Many of you have already watched on deck with eric larsen but we suspect today you are seeking your claims around chippewa squares as you choose among the dozens of renowned writers who have published outstanding books this year. We extend special thanks to our members and individual donors him make these events possible. I...

Thank you, thanks to all of you. It is really encouraging to see such a good crowd on saturday morning. I want to thank in particular ted and linda mohr, my hosts this weekend who have been showing me around savannah and showing me a wonderful time. Wonderful to be in this terrific city. I want to talk today for a few minutes about what led me to write this book republic of spin. My first book was on richard nixon. It was a book called nixons shadow, the history of image. It was not so much a biography of nixon as a study of nixon in the american imagination, not a story of what he did so much...