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    Master of the Senate Robert A. Caro recently won the Pulitzer Prize in biography for the Master of the Senate (Knopf, 2002) the third volume in his biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2003
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    Jefferson and His Legacy Historians Joseph Ellis and Annette Gordon-Reed discuss Jefferson and his legacy.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2000
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    Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic The author discussed both "Affairs of Honor" and "Alexander Hamilton, Writings," which she edited.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2001
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    Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War Historian and biographer Ernest B. Furgurson discussed his new book, which tells the story of how the Civil War transformed the nation's capital from a provincial city into one of America's most important cultural and social centers.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2004
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    The People and the President: America's Conversations with FDR One of the many profound changes instituted by FDR: "a revolution in the pattern of communication between Americans and their Chief Executive."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
    • Date: 2002
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    An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America Historian Henry Wiencek discussed his new book, which focuses on the life of Washington and explores early slavery in America.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
    • Date: 2003
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    First Daughters: Letters Between U.S. Presidents and Their Daughters Gerard W. Gawalt of the Library's Manuscript Division and his daughter Ann G. Gawalt discussed their new book "First Daughters: Letters Between U.S. Presidents and Their Daughters" in a program sponsored by the Center for the Book. "This compelling anthology draws on the Library's vast collections of presidential papers, as well as those of other presidential libraries and private libraries, to open a unique...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2004
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    My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives Library of Congress manuscript historian Gerard Gawalt discussed his new book "My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives," in a program sponsored by the Center for the Book. Published by the Library of Congress in association with Black Dog & Leventhal, this compelling anthology draws upon the Library's vast collections of presidential papers to open a unique window into the special husband-wife...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2006
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    Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer Attorney and Lincoln scholar James L. Swanson discussed his best-selling book "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer" in a program sponsored by the Library's Center for the Book. "Manhunt" (Morrow, 2006) has received outstanding reviews and is now on both the New York Times and Publishers Weekly best seller lists. According to historian James McPherson, "this riveting hour-by-hour account of Lincoln's assassination, Booth's...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2006
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    John Dickerson: "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star" John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate, discussed his new biography, "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star," in a program sponsored by the Center for the Book. Nancy Dickerson was the first female member of the Washington, D.C., television news corps and the only woman covering many of the iconic moments of the 1960s. She was the first...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division
    • Date: 2007
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    Douglas Wilson - Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words Considered a simpleton by Civil War-era literati, Abraham Lincoln shocked the intellectual establishment with his considerable prowess with a pen. From the Gettysburg Address to the Emancipation Proclamation, the president used his words to hold the nation together and exert his political power. Leading Lincoln scholar Douglas L. Wilson discussed his new book, "Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words" in a...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2007
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    America in the Middle East" by Michael Oren America and the Middle East have been intertwined for more than 230 years -- the first war fought by the newly independent United States was against Arabic-speaking Muslims, George Washington had a Middle East policy and Thomas Jefferson listed America's relations with the region as his No. 1 international concern. Even iconic literary figures such as Herman Melville, Washington Irving and Mark Twain were...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2008
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    Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932 With the landmark election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as U.S. President in 1932, decades of Republican ascendancy gave way to a half century of Democratic dominance. It was nothing less than a major political realignment as the direction of federal policy shifted from conservative to liberal--and liberalism itself was redefined in the process. In his new book, the first in many decades to examine...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2008
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    Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right Political events in the United States often have unintended consequences for American politics and for the country as a whole. The long-term consequences of the Panama Canal debates of the 1970s was examined by Adam Clymer, former chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, who discussed his book, "Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2008
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    They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder and the Rage for Vengeance The assassination of the 16th president is one of the singular events in American history, and historian Anthony Pitch uses primary source material to document and reveal previously unknown facts about Lincoln's death; the murder of his secretary of state, William Seward; and the events that led to the torturous incarceration of John Wilkes Booth's co-conspirators. According to Pitch, Lincoln was under threat of...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2009
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    Frances Perkins, the Woman Behind FDR Although she is no longer a household name, Frances Perkins was one of the most influential people of the 20th century. Kirstin Downey discussed her new book, "The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience."Franklin Delano Roosevelt named Frances Perkins secretary of labor in 1933. As the first female Cabinet secretary, she spearheaded...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2009
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    Why Coolidge Matters: How Civility in Politics Can Bring a Nation Together Contributors to a new book on the Calvin Coolidge legacy make a compelling case for revisiting and learning from the moral tenor and style that defined the Coolidge presidency.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2010
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    Ellen & Edith: Woodrow Wilson's First Ladies The wives of Woodrow Wilson were strikingly different from each other. Ellen Axson Wilson, quiet and intellectual, died after just a year and a half in the White House and is thought to have had little impact on history. Edith Bolling Wilson was flamboyant and confident but left a legacy of controversy. Kristie Miller discusses them, the subject of her new book.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
    • Date: 2011
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    Bully!: The Life & Times of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt was a favorite subject of political cartoonists, due in large part to his outsize personality, his exploits as one of the leaders of the Rough Riders and, of course, his career as president. Roosevelt's biography as told through these political cartoons forms the basis of "Bully!: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt" by Rick Marschall.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2011
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    A Slave in the White House Elizabeth Dowling Taylor has used correspondence, legal documents and journal entries rarely seen before to write "A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2012
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    Presidential Campaign Posters Along with every presidential campaign there are great campaign posters. There are also ridiculous ones. In "Presidential Campaign Posters: Two Hundred Years of Election Art" editors and curators of the Library of Congress have mined the institution's extraordinary collections for 100 posters, from the campaigns of Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. Publishing Office
    • Date: 2012
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    Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt In a new biography, author Elizabeth D. Leonard illuminates the history of this seldom-discussed but important figure in Lincoln's presidency.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2012
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    The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War Daniel Stashower discussed and signed his book, "The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War," a riveting historical narrative which delves into the "Baltimore Plot" conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2013
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    The Library of Congress Illustrated Timeline of the Civil War Margaret (Peggy) Wagner discusses "The Library of Congress Illustrated Timeline of the Civil War" in commemoration the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2013
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    On Dupont Circle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Progressives Who Shaped Our World James Srodes discussed and signed his book, "On Dupont Circle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Progressives Who Shaped Our World."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2013