Andrew Carnegie
David Nasaw talked about his biography, Andrew Carnegie, published by Penguin Press. In his book Professor Nasaw, using new material, explained how Andrew Carnegie rose from poverty to becom…
1,022 viewsDavid Nasaw talked about his biography, Andrew Carnegie, published by Penguin Press. In his book Professor Nasaw, using new material, explained how Andrew Carnegie rose from poverty to becom…
1,022 viewsIn an interview held in his historic office, Dr. LeClerc talked about the Humanities and Social Sciences Library of the New York Public Library and displayed a number of rare books. He descr…
290 viewsAs part of the Celeste Bartos Forum, Professor Simon Schama, author of A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 B.C. - 1603 A.D. published by Talk Miramax Books, talked about the…
1,796 viewsMr. Cronkite interviewed Mr. O’Brian about his career writing historic fiction and about his book Blue at the Mizzen, about a British frigate commander who in the aftermath of Waterloo launc…
2,477 viewsVarious authors and historians paid tribute to the recipients of the National Book Awards. They also discussed the importance of maintaining high quality non-fiction books even with the comp…
278 viewsNew York Public Library President Paul LeClerc talked about the New York Public Library system. He highlighted various topics, including the different parts of the system, the challenges of …
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