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Four
nationally acclaimed Presidential historians examine the
role of personal values and how they have shaped the presidency
and the course of the country.
This
exciting and illuminating series of lectures is an important
and timely prelude to the 2004 Presidential election. These
lectures promise to bring keen historical insights and perspectives
to the topic of moral leadership-a rallying cry on the current
campaign trails of both major parties.
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Program |
4 - 5:30 p.m. |
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Lecture |
Presidential Biographer |
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Q&A |
Journalist and Faculty Moderators |
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Presentation of Gift |
Philip and Mary Shannon |
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Location |
Bishop Dougherty University Center
Seton Hall University, South Orange Campus |
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Tickets |
$25 per lecture
$40 for the remaining series
Free for students, faculty and administrators
with a valid Seton Hall ID card.
To reserve tickets, please call (973) 378-2600
We accept VISA, Mastercard and American Express
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October 14
Robert Caro
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His book, The Power Broker, written about
Robert Moses, earned him a Pulitzer Prize in Biography
and was chosen as one of the hundred best nonfiction
books of the twentieth century. His book about Lyndon
Johnson, Master of the Senate, which also
earned him a Pulitzer Prize and The National Book
Award, has been hailed as "probably the best
book ever written about the U.S. Senate." Robert
Caro graduated from Princeton University and was
a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University. His books
include:
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The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson,
Volume 1)
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Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson,
Volume 2)
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
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Past speakers:
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Michael Beschloss' most recent work, The Conquerors:
Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's
Germany, 1941-1945, was a New York Times Best
Seller. Newsweek has called Beschloss the "nation's
leading Presidential historian." He is a trustee
of the White House Historical Association, the National
Archives Foundation and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation
(Monticello). He was born in Chicago in 1955 and
was educated at Williams College and Harvard University.
His books include:
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The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the
Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
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Eisenhower: A Centennial Life
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The Presidents: From Washington to Bush - Every
President in Depth
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Doris Kearns Goodwin received the Pulitzer Prize
in 1995 for her book, No Ordinary Time: Franklin
and Eleanor Roosevelt: The American Homefront during
World War II. She is presently writing a monumental
work dedicated to the life of Abraham Lincoln which
has already been optioned for the production of
a major motion picture. Goodwin appears regularly
on "Meet the Press" and the "Today Show." She received
her Ph.D. from Harvard, where she taught for ten
years. Her books include:
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt:
The Home Front in World War II
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The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American
Saga
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David McCullough is twice a winner of the National
Book Award and twice the winner of the Pulitzer
Prize, both for presidential biographies. He has
been called a "master of the art of narrative
story." John Adams, his most recent work,
hit the New York Times Best Seller list at
number one and has remained on the list for more
than a year. Mr. McCullough has been a familiar
presence on public television-as host of the "Smithsonian
World," and "The American Experience." David McCullough
is also past president of the Society of American
Historians. He was born in 1933 and was educated
there and at Yale. His books include:
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John Adams
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Truman
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Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary
Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique
Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
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