The Man Who Ran Washington
Journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser looked at the life and career of former White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State James Baker. They spoke at the Miami Book Fair.
567 viewsJournalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser looked at the life and career of former White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State James Baker. They spoke at the Miami Book Fair.
567 viewsNancy Thorndike Greenspan talked about her book, Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs, which looks at the life of the spy who gave the Soviets America’s plans for a plutonium bomb. The …
1,310 viewsHistorian 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 Biograph…
879 viewsHistorians Harold Holzer, The Presidency vs. the Press, and Ted Widmer, Lincoln on the Verge discussed their books on presidential history. This program was part of the 20th annual National …
467 viewsBiographer Benjamin Moser talked about his book, Sontag: Her Life and Work, in which he recounted the life of the late public intellectual Susan Sontag.
1,036 viewsGeorge Packer talked about his book, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century , on the life and career of diplomat Richard Holbrooke.
328 viewsAndrea Barnet, author of Visionary Women:How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World;" David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass; and Andrew Roberts, au…
449 viewsBen Macintyre reported on a high-ranking KGB spy, Oleg Gordievsky, who worked for British Intelligence during the height of the Cold War. According to the author, it was Gordievsky’s intelli…
4,041 viewsMiriam Pawel provided a history of California Governor Jerry Brown’s family and its connection to the state. She was joined in conversation by Governor Brown.
503 viewsRobert Weil, editor-in-chief and publishing director of Liveright, received the 4th annual editorial excellence award presented by the Biographers International Organization. Following the a…
617 viewsBiographer Vanda Krefft discussed the life and legacy of the founder of Fox Film Corporation in her book, The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox. In th…
528 viewsTaylor Branch talked about the challenges of researching and writing biographies. His trilogy on the civil rights era chronicled Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and work during that period.
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