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Edward Larson, The Return of George Washington, 1783-1789; Scott Martelle, The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth; and Richard …

A panel discussion was held with some biographers of public figures. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Biographer A. Scott Berg moderated. “Biography: The American Ce…

Richard Reeves talked about his biography, President Nixon: Alone in the White House, published by Simon and Schuster. The book covers the Nixon presidency, from his inauguration in January …

Journalists talked about presidential audiotapes and the significance of the presidential taping systems. Among the issues they addressed were covering the presidency as reporters, the signi…

Historians talked about historical research of American presidents, public records and presidential papers, and the number and availability of documents. They also talked about efforts by th…

Mr. Mankiewicz moderated a forum on the preservation of historic presidenntial audio and video material. During the program Mr. Valenti and Mr. Reeves commented on several audio and video re…

Moderated by Robert Weil, the panelists talked about writing biographies, research, and where they got their ideas. Blanche Wiesen Cook wrote, Eleanor Roosevelt, Vols. 1 and 2. Richard Re…

A panel discussion on “Biography: Patriotism and Dissent” was moderated by Steve Wasserman. The panelists talked about how world leaders handled disagreement and dissent from their aides and…

Author Richard Reeves spoke about his book, “President Kennedy,” which chronicled the 1000-day presidency of John F. Kennedy based on a variety of first hand and archival sources. The book f…

Richard Reeves talked about his book President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination, published by Simon and Schuster. In his latest book, presidential biographer Richard Reeves discussed the …

Authors spoke about presidential audiotapes and described their personal insights into the men who were president and the presidency. Mr. Reeves is the author of President Kennedy: Profile o…

Authors of books on modern U.S. Presidents discussed Chief Executives from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush in a forum titled “The Imperial Presidency.” Panelists included Mr. Reeves, author…

Presidential Historians Richard Reeves and Michael Beschloss, participating by remote connection from Boston, discussed U.S. presidents and U.S. foreign policy from 1960-1975, including how …

Authors and historians testified about the release of official presidential papers, their use to academics and journalists, and recent decisions by the Bush administration to withhold docume…