booktour
June 25, 2009
- From KC: Myrtle and Jack's town turned out for The Devil's Tickets. I started last night at a reception at the Mission Hills Country Club. Then an overflow crowd of more than 300 showed up for my talk as part of the Truman Forum lecture series on the Plaza sponsored by Rainy Day Books and the KC Public Library. The event took place at the library's Plaza Branch, a lovely building only a few ...
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June 18, 2009
- Last night I spoke at The Regency Whist Club, an elegant and historic place. A four-story brownstone at 15 East 67th Street, immaculately kept, and more than a century old, the Regency dates as a club to 1936, the Age of Culbertson. As members ate dinner, I spoke for about 30 minutes, telling the stories of the Bennetts and Culbertsons and about the days when bridge was all the rage. Earlier ...
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December 20, 2008
- Because a reader asked it, I'll comment on my most recent Plunder booktour. Both occasions were very well organized and quite well attended. About fourty people showed up in Budapest and about 30 in London. All aprticipants were students and scholars. Mostly in law (Budapest) while most were anthropologists (London). In both cases the discussion was very lively and lasted a lot...Attendees were ...
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