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    Panel Discussion on American Leaders

    Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, and A. Scott Berg, author of Wilson, talked about their books at …

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    World War I and America

    A. Scott Berg talked about his book, World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It. He spoke at the 17th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

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    Panel Discussion on Biographies of World Leaders

    A. Scott Berg, Wilson; Kirstin Downey, Isabella: The Warrior Queen; and Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Volume I - Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928, talked about their biographies of world leaders. The…

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    Wilson

    A. Scott Berg talked about his book, Wilson, in which he chronicles the life and work of the 28th President of the United States. He spoke at the 2014 Savannah Book Festival which took place…

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    Wilson

    A. Scott Berg talked about his book, Wilson, in which he chronicles the life and work of the 28th President of the United States. He spoke at the 2013 National Book Festival, held on Septemb…

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    2013 Miami Book Fair International, Saturday

    Book TV was live at the Miami Book Fair International, held on the campus of Miami Dade College on November 23-24, 2013.

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    2013 Texas Book Festival, Saturday

    The 2013 Texas Book Festival was held in Austin, Texas. C-SPAN’s BookTV aired live coverage of Saturday’s events. 11:00 George Packer, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America &…

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    Wilson

    A. Scott Berg talked about his book, Wilson, in which he chronicles the life and work of the 28th President of the United States. He spoke with professor and author H.W. Brands at the 2013 T…

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    Open Phones with A. Scott Berg

    A. Scott Berg talked about his book, Wilson, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. He was interviewed at the 2013 National Book Festival, held on September 2…

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    Q&A with A. Scott Berg

    A. Scott Berg spoke about his latest work, the newly released biography of President Woodrow Wilson titled, Wilson.

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    Panel on American Biographies

    A panel discussion was held with some biographers of public figures. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Biographer A. Scott Berg moderated. “Biography: The American Ce…

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    The Corridors of Power Panel

    A panel discussion was held with some biographers of public figures. Topics included the methodology of biography, why to write another book on a subject, the sources they used, what kind of…

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    Infamous Lives Panel

    The panelists talked about the creation of "infamy". They spoke on the public perception of those that are categorized as infamous and the options of those that are branded as such for clear…

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    Lindbergh

    A. Scott Berg discussed his book Lindbergh, published by Berkley Trade. In this biography of Charles Lindbergh, Mr. Berg looked at Lindbergh’s historic flight, the kidnapping and death of hi…

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    20th Century Lives Panel

    A panel discussion on “Biography: 20th Century Lives” was moderated by Mr. A. Scott Berg. The panelists talked about their books and responded to questions from the audience. Anthony Arth…

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    Lindbergh

    A. Scott Berg talked about his biography, Lindbergh, published by Penguin. The book chronicles the life and times of aviator Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic …

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    Modern Visionaries

    Three biographers discuss their subjects as representative examples of modern visionaries. The panelists are Stanley Wolpert, author of Ghandi’s Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Ghand…

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    Writing Biographies

    Biographer A. Scott Berg is the author of Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, Lindbergh, and Goldwyn: A Biography. He talked about the writing of biographies and about his next work.

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    1998 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

    Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were awarded to numerous authors for outstanding literary works.

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    Biographical Writing

    Panelists discussed some of the challenges and problems facing authors of biographies. They talked about how autobiographical accounts must be analyzed to separate self-promotion, and the re…

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