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Dina Hampton spoke about her book, Little Red: Three Passionate Lives Through the Sixties and Beyond, at Politics & Prose on Thursday, April 11, 2013. What do Angela Davis, Tom Hurwitz, and Elliott Abrams have in common? All are ‘60s graduates of New York’s Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School. In her history of this progressive school during its most turbulent era, Hampton—a Little Red student and later its alumni director—traces the public and private lives of her three subjects through decades of events from the Vietnam War to the Occupy movement. |
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Neil Irwin spoke about his book, The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World On Fire, at Politics & Prose on Thursday, April 11, 2013. Irwin’s comprehensive study of central banks begins with their origin in 17th -century Stockholm. From there, the Washington Post columnist and economics editor of the paper’s Wonkblog works his way to 2008, giving readers an informed view of the crucial role played by the leaders of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank. |
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Nathaniel Philbrick spoke about his book, Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution, at Politics & Prose on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. One of our foremost historians, Philbrick is also a powerful storyteller. In his new book the author of the bestselling Mayflower takes us back to the tense summer of 1775, when a series of incidents between British soldiers and colonists made it clear that full-scale battle was imminent. Violence at Lexington and Concord soon led to the legendary Battle of Bunker Hill—the bloodiest firefight of the Revolution. |
