Biographies


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Laura Claridge: Emily Post
Laura Claridge
November 5, 2008
01:13:49
Author Laura Claridge discusses Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners, the first authoritative biography of the woman who created a standard of behavior for America.
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Saving Savannah: The City and the Civil War
Jacqueline Jones
October 29, 2008
01:03:44
Jacqueline Jones discusses her new work, Saving Savannah: The City and the Civil War. The book is a panoramic portrait of the city of Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War, drawing on military records, diaries, letters, newspapers, and memoirs.
Jimmy Carter: Prophet from Plains
Frye Gaillard
October 24, 2008
01:02:19
Frye Gaillard explores the legacy of former President Jimmy Carter in his new book, Prophet from Plains.
Descartes' Bones - Russell Shorto
Russell Shorto
October 21, 2008
00:50:34
Russell Shorto, author of Decartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason, discusses the new intellectual detective story.
Michael Largo: Genius and Heroin
Michael Largo
October 20, 2008
00:42:19
Author Michael Largo discusses his new book, Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated Catalogue of Creativity, Obsession, and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages, which describes how the famously talented mix their genius with an urge for self-destructiveness.
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Honor Moore: The Bishop's Daughter
Honor Moore
October 8, 2008
00:50:21
Honor Moore discusses her most recent memoir, The Bishop's Daughter, the story of Moore's complex and visionary father, a man who was an Episcopal priest, an activist bishop in Washington under the Johnson administration, and a civil rights leader.
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Bob Schieffer's America
Bob Schieffer
September 29, 2008
01:04:25
CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer discusses his new book, Bob Schieffer's America, a collection of 168 essays on the hard issues of the day to the human stories that show who we are; from politic
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Annette Gordon-Reed: Hemingses of Monticello
Annette Gordon-Reed
September 29, 2008
00:58:51
Professor of law at New York Law School and professor of history at Rutgers University, Annette Gordon-Reed talks about her new book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family.