2013 National Book Festival, Saturday

The 2013 National Book Festival was held by the Library of Congress on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. C-SPAN’s BookTV aired live coverage of the… read more

The 2013 National Book Festival was held by the Library of Congress on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. C-SPAN’s BookTV aired live coverage of the day’s events, including authors speaking in the History and Biography Pavilion interspersed with author interviews and viewer calls with featured authors.

Authors included:

Kay Bailey Hutchison, Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas

Charles Wheelan, The Centrist Manifesto

Walter Stahr, Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man

Interview with Jeff Chu, Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America

Taylor Branch, The King Years: Moments in Civil Rights History

Interview with Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate

Kenneth Mack, Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer

David Nasaw, The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life of Joseph P. Kennedy

Steve Vogel, Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved a Nation

Marie Arana, [Simon Bolivar: America close

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  • The Patriarch
    David Nasaw

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  • The King Years
    Taylor Branch

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  • Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
    Walter Stahr

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  • The Centrist Manifesto
    Charles Wheelan
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  • Through the Perilous Fight
    Steve Vogel
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  • Does Jesus Really Love Me?
    Jeff Chu

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2013 National Book Festival, Saturday

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Program ID:
315051-1
Category:
Public Affairs Event
Format:
Video Magazine
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Sep 22, 2013 | 12:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2

Airing Details

  • Sep 21, 2013 | 10:00am EDT | C-SPAN RADIO
  • Sep 22, 2013 | 12:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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