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Historian Richard Norton Smith talked about his decade-long look into the life of President Gerald Ford and his assessment of the man and his presidency, based on new interviews and thousand…

Historian Richard Norton Smith talked about Gerald Ford - and the vice presidency - on the 50th anniversary of Mr. Ford becoming Richard Nixon’s vice president on Dec. 6, 1973, after Spiro A…

In part seven of Books That Shaped America, University of Nebraska Professor Melissa Homestead discussed Willa Cather’s 1918 novel, My Antonia," which tells the story of the friendship betwe…

Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith discussed his biography of President Gerald Ford, An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford. He talked about …

Historians Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, and Amity Shlaes talked about the results of C-SPAN’s fourth Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership.

Historian and author Richard Norton Smith talked about his interest in history, his early books, Groucho Marx, Gandhi, Bob Dole, American presidents with the best sense of humor and more. He…

Historian and author Richard Norton Smith talked about Bob Dole, sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, running the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and more. He spoke with Brian Lamb …

Historian and author Richard Norton Smith talked about Edward R. Murrow, Harvard University, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Willa Cather, and more. He spoke with Brian Lamb in three multi-hour s…

Historian and author Richard Norton Smith talked about his biography of President Ford, the Supreme Court, Congress, the media, talk show host Jack Paar, and more. He spoke with Brian Lamb i…

Historian and author Richard Norton Smith talked about the events of 1968, television, Rupert Murdoch, social media, his picks for smartest American presidents, spending time with President …

Historian and author Richard Norton Smith talked about his admiration for Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill, reading Ernest Hemingway, writing speeches and eulogies, reviewing books an…

Historian and author Richard Norton Smith talked about his favorite historians and history books, why he won’t go see “Hamilton: The Musical,” his love of hurricanes and world’s fairs, Ameri…

Historian and author Richard Norton Smith talked about running presidential libraries, teaching at George Mason University, his biography of Robert McCormick, humility, his views on religion…

Former Senator Dole talked about his life and career. Topics included the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, his meeting with Saddam Hussein, the advice he gave President Clinto…

Author and presidential historian Richard Norton Smith, the founding director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, talked about Bob Dole’s legacy.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale talked about his career and how the Senate has changed over the years. He also talked about the career of former Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) and the force…

Richard Norton Smith and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn talked about the life and influence of first lady Mary Lincoln and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included h…

Historian Richard Norton Smith, former Senator Adlai Stevenson III, and Newton Minow, who had worked for him, talked about the life and career of 1952 and 1956 Democratic presidential nomine…

Richard Norton Smith and Thomas E. Dewey, III, talked about the life and career of 1944 and 1948 Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971). They responded to telephone call…

Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith talked about An Uncommon Man, his biography of President Herbert Hoover.