The National Archives in Washington, DC

The program includes a special tribute to the Magna Carta featuring author A. E. Dick Howard and a display of the only Magna Carta permanently in the United States.

Allen C. Guelzo, Two-time winner of the distinguished Lincoln Prize, discusses and signs his new book.
Location: Jefferson Room
Information: 202-357-5000
(Book World, The Washington Post)

"Writer Robert Schlesinger, son of famed historian and JFK speechwriter Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., discusses White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters, the first book to offer intimate comparative portraits of all our modern Presidents and the men and women who helped shape their public record. ... (more)Drawing on interviews with current and former speechwriters and on archival research, Schlesinger reveals how the crucial relationships between Presidents and their speechwriters can make or break a Presidency. A book signing will follow the program." (National Archives website) 202-357-5000.

"Author Raff Ellis discusses his book Kisses from a Distance: An Immigrant Family Experience and describes the techniques he used to research it. The book chronicles a Lebanese immigrant experience based on a cache of more than 200 letters discovered after the death of the author’s mother. Kisses from ... (more)a Distance has something for everyone whose personal or family history includes immigration." (archives.gov) Book signing follows. 202-357-5000. (Book World, The Washington Post)

The author discusses the early history of the U.S. Navy in his book. When the American colonies took up arms against Great Britain, they were confronting the greatest sea power of the age. The fledgling navy had to prove itself not only on the seas but also to a reluctant American government. This program ... (more)is presented in partnership with the Naval Heritage Center. Room 700. 202-357-5000. (archives.gov)

Thirty-two-year veteran of the CIA and former director of the Agency’s Office of Technical Service, discusses his book, Spycraft (written with H. Keith Melton), and brings to life the history of the OTS and its operations both in the engineering laboratory and in the field. Jefferson Room. 202-357-5000.

Thomas Jefferson was an avid book collector, a voracious reader, and a gifted writer. In The Road to Monticello, Kevin J. Hayes offers a lively account of Jefferson’s spiritual and intellectual development, focusing on the books and ideas that exerted the most profound influence on him, and reveals ... (more)an intimate portrait of Jefferson’s lifelong pursuit of knowledge in such fields as law, history, philosophy, and natural science. Book signing to follow the program. Jefferson Room. 202-357-5000.

The author discusses and signs his book. 202-357-5000.

Historian Gary Ecelbarger discusses and signs The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination. William G. McGowan Theater, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-357-5000.

Cliff Sloan, a former Supreme Court clerk and past publisher of Slate, joins David McKean, a Senate aide and political strategist, for a discussion and signing of their new book, The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court, at the National Archives, Jefferson ... (more)Room, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 202-357-5000.