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SUMMARY:History Book Festival Presents Author Julia Sweig: Ladybird Johnson
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DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the History Book Festival\, join us for a
  talk\nwith Julia Sweig\, author of \"Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain\n
 Sight\,\" the Non-Fiction Keynote event for the 2021 virtual History\nBook
  Festival. Sweig will be in conversation with author and\nWashington burea
 u chief of USA Today Susan Page. Lady Bird Johnson’s\ncomplex role — a
 s a political partner to her husband\, President\nLyndon Johnson\, as a vi
 tal yet underappreciated presence in the White\nHouse\, and as a critical 
 advisor and strategist — is recast in this\nnew biography. The story is 
 told in Lady Bird’s own words through\nthe largely unknown and overlooke
 d audio diaries that she kept during\nher five-plus years in the White Hou
 se: 123 hours of tape totaling\n1\,750\,000 words. The tapes show her to b
 e a formidable storyteller and\nhistorian and a conscious creator of legac
 y. Lady Bird’s almost\nreal-time\, highly personal narration of key mome
 nts of American\nhistory showcases her narrative prowess and unique perspe
 ctive as she\nbrings to life both the tragedies that defined the ’60s 
 — the\nassassinations of John F. Kennedy\, Robert Kennedy\, and Martin L
 uther\nKing Jr.\, as well as the Vietnam War — and the struggles and\ntr
 iumphs of the civil rights movement. Author Julia Sweig’s\nexhaustive re
 search unearths several revelations\, including the part\nLady Bird played
  in her husband’s decision not to run for reelection\nin 1968\, as well 
 as her crucial role in environmental policy-making as\nevidenced through h
 er “beautification” project — a euphemism\nthat actually brought civ
 il rights\, the environment\, and social\njustice together — most crucia
 lly in American cities like\nWashington\, D.C. Julia Sweig is an award-win
 ning author of books on\nCuba\, Latin America\, and American foreign polic
 y. Her writing has\nappeared in numerous media outlets\, including the New
  York Times\, the\nAtlantic\, the Washington Post\, the Financial Times\, 
 and the Los\nAngeles Times. Online program from the History Book Festival 
 and the\nLewes Public Library. NOTE: this meeting is being conducted throu
 gh\nZoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the\nmeeti
 ng. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In collaboration with the History Book Festiva
 l\, join us for a talk with Julia Sweig\, author of \"Lady Bird Johnson: H
 iding in Plain Sight\,\" the Non-Fiction Keynote event for the 2021 virtua
 l History Book Festival. Sweig will be in conversation with author and Was
 hington bureau chief of USA Today Susan Page. Lady Bird Johnson’s comple
 x role — as a political partner to her husband\, President Lyndon Johnso
 n\, as a vital yet underappreciated presence in the White House\, and as a
  critical advisor and strategist — is recast in this new biography. The 
 story is told in Lady Bird’s own words through the largely unknown and o
 verlooked audio diaries that she kept during her five-plus years in the Wh
 ite House: 123 hours of tape totaling 1\,750\,000 words. The tapes show he
 r to be a formidable storyteller and historian and a conscious creator of 
 legacy. Lady Bird’s almost real-time\, highly personal narration of key 
 moments of American history showcases her narrative prowess and unique per
 spective as she brings to life both the tragedies that defined the ’60s 
 — the assassinations of John F. Kennedy\, Robert Kennedy\, and Martin Lu
 ther King Jr.\, as well as the Vietnam War — and the struggles and trium
 phs of the civil rights movement. Author Julia Sweig’s exhaustive resear
 ch unearths several revelations\, including the part Lady Bird played in h
 er husband’s decision not to run for reelection in 1968\, as well as her
  crucial role in environmental policy-making as evidenced through her “b
 eautification” project — a euphemism that actually brought civil right
 s\, the environment\, and social justice together — most crucially in Am
 erican cities like Washington\, D.C. Julia Sweig is an award-winning autho
 r of books on Cuba\, Latin America\, and American foreign policy. Her writ
 ing has appeared in numerous media outlets\, including the New York Times\
 , the Atlantic\, the Washington Post\, the Financial Times\, and the Los A
 ngeles Times. Online program from the History Book Festival and the Lewes 
 Public Library. NOTE: this meeting is being conducted through Zoom. You MU
 ST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the meeting. Venue: Lewes 
 Public Library.
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