This event is completely sold out!!!!!
Long Island LitFest presents
CNN’S JOHN AVLON IN-PERSON
Moderated by Margaret Hoover, PBS
Sunday, September 17th at 2 PM
Includes a copy of Lincoln and the Fight for Peace, audience Q&A and
book signing
$40 Public | $35 Member
Join us for a very special in-person talk with CNN news anchor and award-winning columnist John Avlon, as he
discusses his latest book, Lincoln and the Fight for Peace with his
wife, Margaret Hoover, the host of PBS’
“Firing Line with Margaret Hoover,” a public affairs, multi-platform
program.
Lincoln
and the Fight for Peace is a groundbreaking, revelatory history
of Abraham Lincoln’s plan to secure
a just and lasting peace after the Civil War—a vision that inspired future
presidents as well as the world’s most famous peacemakers, including Nelson
Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a story of war and
peace, race and reconciliation.
John Avlon is a
senior political analyst and anchor at CNN. He is an award-winning columnist
and also the author of Independent Nation, Wingnuts, Washington’s Farewell.
Previously, he was the editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast
and served as chief speechwriter for the Mayor of New York during the attacks
of 9/11. He lives with his wife Margaret Hoover and their two children in New
York.
Our
moderator, Margaret Hoover, host of
PBS’ “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover,” is also a CNN contributor. Ms. Hoover
has served in The White House under President George W. Bush, in the Department
of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill and on two presidential campaigns. She is
the President of American Unity Fund, a political organization focused on
achieving full freedom and equality for LGBT Americans. A bestselling author,
her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The
New York Daily News, The Daily Beast, CNN.com and others.
We
look forward to this fascinating event and to seeing you there!
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