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    Jill - A Biography of the First Lady

    Associated Press' Julie Pace and Darlene Superville spoke about the life and career of First Lady Jill Biden. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event.

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    Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler

    Author Debby Applegate recounted the life of Jazz Age icon and notorious madam Polly Adler. This program took place at the American Library Association’s 2022 conference in Washington, D.C.

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    Winslow Homer: American Passage

    William Cross talked about his biography of painter Winslow Homer, who was capturing the American experience as the Civil War erupted in 1861 and who continued working through Reconstruction, the Gilded Age and into the early 20th century.

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    Stranger in the Shogun's City

    Northwestern University History Professor Amy Stanley discussed her biography, Stranger in the Shogun's City, about a Japanese woman's life in Edo (now Toyko) during the 19th century, just prior to the city's encounters with Commodore Matthew Perry and the United States Navy in 1853. The book was a National Book Critics Award winner and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography.

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    Historian Walter Isaacson and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker

    Historian Walter Isaacson talked about his biography of Benjamin Franklin and the Ken Burns documentary on Franklin for which he was a senior advisor.

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    In Depth with Allen Guelzo

    Lee: A Life," a biography of the general who commanded the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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    Lady Editor

    Hudson Institute senior fellow Melanie Kilpatrick talked about her biography of Godey's Lady's Book editor Sarah Josepha Hale, considered one of the most influential women in America during the 19th century.

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    The Man Who Ran Washington

    Journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser looked at the life and career of former White House Chief of…

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    The Chancellor

    Author and former NPR and ABC News correspondent Kati Marton discussed her biography of Angela Merkel, who served as chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.

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    Rabble-Rouser for Peace

    John Allen talked about his book Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu, published by Free Press.

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    The Dead Are Arising

    Tamara Payne recounted the life of Malcolm X in her Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, The Dead Are Arising.

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    The Crusades of Cesar Chavez

    Miriam Pawel talked about her book, The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography, in which she chronicles the life and activism of United Farm Workers co-founder and president Cesar Chavez.

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    The Dead Are Arising

    Tamara Payne recounted the life of Malcolm X from her National Book Award-winning biography, The Dead Are Arising.

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    The Woman Behind the New Deal

    This was a 10:00 a.m. program in the History and Biography Pavilion of the 9th annual National Book Festival, held on the National Mall.

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    Catching the Wind

    Neal Gabler offered the first of a two-volume biography of the late Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.

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    Author Discussion on Pandemics

    Debora MacKenzie (COVID-19) and Muhammad Zaman (Biography of Resistance) discussed past pandemics and COVID-19.

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    JFK

    Kennedy's life in the first volume of a planned two-part biography of America's 35th President.

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    Abe

    Historian David Reynolds provided a biography of Abraham Lincoln and looked at how societal influences impacted his life. This was a virtual event hosted by the Leon Levy Center for Biography in New York City.

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    The Zealot and the Emancipator

    Brands provided a dual biography of abolitionist John Brown and Abraham Lincoln.

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    Author Discussion on Presidential History

    Historians Harold Holzer, The Presidency vs. the Press, and Ted Widmer, Lincoln on the Verge discussed…

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