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The first National Book Festival was experienced through a combination of author presentations, call-ins, and interviews from three locations: the Jefferson Building, the Madison Building an…

Mr. Philbrick talked about his book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, published by Viking Press. The book tells the story of the Essex, which left Nantucket in 181…

President and Mrs. Bush attended the National Book Festival Gala the evening before the book festival on the National Mall. The National Book Festival was organized by the Library of Congres…

Author Nathaniel Philbrick talks about his book Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery-the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, published by Viking Press. He also answered questions f…

Continuous coverage of the history and biography tent was shown. A number of authors discussed their recent works and their experiences as researchers and writers. Speakers responded to audi…

Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Sea of Glory, spoke to the Men’s Book Club in New York City. He talked about the U.S. government sponsored naval expedition which circumnavigated the globe bet…

Author Nathaniel Philbrick talked about his book, Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842,. He spoke about America’s government sponsored effort…

The panelists talked about nonfiction literature and the creative process. They answered questions from members of the audience. Ms. Morrison served as moderator. Mr. Philbrick is the a…

Mr. Philbrick talked about his book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, published by Penguin. The book is about the whaling industry in Nantucket, which was the cent…

In a ceremony moderated by Steve Martin, jury chairpersons awarded National Book Awards to authors in several genres.

Finalists for the National Book Awards 2000 in non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and young people’s literature read from their works. Mr. Cadnum read from The Book of the Lion, published by Viki…