| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2014_MD_Imitation_141205 | 164 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "Imitation Game" (w/Major General Buster Howes) (incl reception)
THE IMITATION GAME
Introduction by Major General Buster Howes, Royal Marines, British Defence Attaché, Washington, DC
Benedict Cumberbatch gives a stirring performance as Alan Turing, the British mathematician and cryptologist who led the top-secret team of code-breakers housed at Bletchley Park. His... |
| 2011_MD_Swell_110620 | 119 | AFI Silverdocs 2011 -- "Swell Season" (w/Chris Dapkins, Nick August-Perna, and Bob Boilen)
THE SWELL SEASON:
Chris Dapkins, Carlo Mirabella-Davis, Nick August-Perna 2011
Starring in the 2007 sleeper hit, ONCE, and winning an Academy Award for best original song ("Falling Slowly") was just the beginning of a profound artistic journey for folk-rock musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.... |
| 2014_MD_GBF_Stewart_140517 | 11 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2014) -- David O Stewart ("The Lincoln Deception")
Historical Fiction
David's latest work, "The Lincoln Deception" (Kensington Publishing Corporation), is an historical mystery about the John Wilkes Booth Conspiracy. It was released in late August 2013 to praise from Publishers Weekly, which called it an “impressive debut novel.” After practicing law... |
| 2015_MD_GBF_Stewart_150516 | 4 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2015) -- David O. Stewart ("Madison’s Gift")
David O. Stewart: Madison’s Gift:
David O. Stewart is an award-winning author and the president of The Washington Independent Review of Books. His latest book is "Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships that Built America." He is the author of several acclaimed histories, including "The Summer of 1787: The... |
| 2016_MD_GBF_Reception_160520 | 243 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2016) -- Author Reception @ Asbury Methodist Village |
| 2016_MD_GBF_Stewart_160521 | 4 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2016) -- David O. Stewart ("The Wilson Deception")
David O. Stewart:
David O. Stewart, a former lawyer, is the author of several books, including “The Lincoln Deception;” “The Summer of 1787,” which won the Washington Writing Award for Best Book of 2007; and “Madison’s Gift.” David has also garnered the 2013 History Prize from the Society of the... |
| 2017_MD_GBF_Reception_170519 | 251 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2017) -- Author Reception @ Asbury Methodist Village
Some of the folks shown here, pretty much in sequence, include:
Jud Ashman, Chris Van Dusen, Alex George, Christine Kendall, Jessica B. Harris, Salina Yoon, Phil Bildner, Kim Alexander, Todd Moss, Alison Wilgus, Penelope Bagieu, Booki Vivat, Dave Roman, Christina Kovac, Erin Teagan, Jen Swann Downey,... |
| 2017_MD_GBF_DS_BS_170520 | 11 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2017) -- David O. Stewart, Burt Solomon (w/Jennifer B. Yacovissi)
(3) David O. Stewart and Burt Solomon, moderated by Jennifer B. Yacovissi
David O. Stewart
“The Babe Ruth Deception”
Genre: F Speaking: 11:15 Location: DH
David O. Stewart has written three novels and four books of American history: “The Summer of 1787;” “Impeached;” “American Emperor” and... |
| 2019_MD_GBF_Reception_190517 | 245 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2019) -- Author Reception @ Asbury Methodist Village
Some of the folks shown here, pretty much in sequence, include:
Jud Ashman, Fred Bowen, Dave Roman, Jonathan Roth, Russell Ginns, Randon Noble, Wade Hudson, Cheryl Hudson, Maya Motayne, Julie Langsdorf, Andrea Bartz, Jannifer Yacovissi, Garrett Peck, James Swanson, Minh Le, Alan Gratz, Jackie Craven,... |
| 2019_MD_GBF_Mustich_190518 | 8 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2019) -- James Mustich ("1,000 Books to Read Before You Die") (In conversation with David O. Stewart)
James Mustich, David O. Stewart -- Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that's as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the 1,000-plus titles it recommends.
James Mustich
Latest Title: 1,000 Books to Read... |
| 2022_MD_GBF_Reception_220520 | 334 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2022) -- Author Reception @ Asbury Methodist Village
Some of the folks shown here, pretty much in sequence, include:
Jud Ashman, Eugene Meyer, Peter H. Reynolds, Mark Huffman, Courtney LeBlanc, Andrea Mosqueda, M. Chris Fabricant, Margaret Rodenberg, Luther Jett, Charly Palmer, Nathaniel Ian Miller, John DeKakis, Amanda McCrina, Ira Shapiro, John... |
| 2022_MD_GBF_Stewart_220521 | 8 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2022) -- David O. Stewart ("The New Land")
David Stewart
Fiction
F. Scott Fitzgerald Pavilion
David Stewart, one of our foremost historians, speaks about his new historical fiction, "The New Land," a historical saga of family, love, war and struggle, set in Maine in 1753.
Fiction
David O. Stewart
Latest Title: The New Land
After years... |
| 2023_MD_GBF_Cozzens_230520 | 10 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2023) -- Peter Cozzens ("A Brutal Reckoning")
Peter Cozzens
Non-Fiction
Cozzens will present "A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South." He'll be interviewed by David O. Stewart. |
| 2011_DC_Stewart_111206 | 41 | Natl Archives -- David O. Stewart ("American Emperor")
American Emperor: Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America:
David O. Stewart discusses Aaron Burr in his book, American Emperor. With his political career in tatters following his indictment for Alexander Hamilton’s murder, Burr plotted an insurrection and invasion of the Spanish colonies of... |
| 2007_DC_NA1787_070411 | 8 | Natl Archives -- David O. Stewart ("The Summer of 1787")
The Summer of 1787: David O. Stewart. David O. Stewart will discuss his new book, The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution. George Washington presided; James Madison kept the notes; Benjamin Franklin offered words of wisdom at crucial times. The Summer of 1787 traces the struggles... |
| 2017_DC_Stahr_170822 | 41 | Natl Archives -- Walter Stahr ("Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary")
Stanton: Lincoln’s War Secretary
Award-winning author Walter Stahr tells the story of Abraham Lincoln’s indispensable Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. A book signing follows the program.
The speaker was introduced by David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States. |
| 2008_DC_Books_081029 | 69 | Newseum -- First Amendment Center -- Can Our Book Culture Survive?
Topics Of Our Times: Can Our Book Culture Survive? – A Dialogue:
Participants:
* Marie Arana, Book Editor, Washington Post Book World
* Deirdre Donahue, book reviewer & publishing reporter, USA Today
* Robert Weil, Executive Editor, W.W. Norton & Co.
The event was moderated by Shelby Coffey,... |
| 2019_DC_Ranking_190427 | 110 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, Kenneth Ackerman, David Stewart ("Ranking the U.S. Presidents By the Nation’s Leading Historians")
Ranking the U.S. Presidents By the Nation’s Leading Historians
C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb and co-CEO Susan Swain talk about their new book, “The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America’s Best – and Worst – Chief Executives,” which provides a complete ranking of the presidents based on the network’s... |
| 2007_DC_NPC_BookFair_071101 | 46 | NPC -- 30th Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2007)
Authors include: Robert Duvall and Alan Geoffrion, Larry Berman, Robert Edsel, Sebastian Junger and John Prendergast, Jay Winik, Rita Cosby, Meryle Secrest, Charlie Savage, Howard Kurtz. David Stewart, James Reston Jr., Karen Page, David A. Andelman, Paul Dickson, Ralph Baruch, Phoebe Damrosch, Laurence... |
| 2011_DC_NPC_Bookfair_111115 | 94 | NPC -- 34th Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2011)
Authors in sequence:
* John Farrell ("Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned"),
* Richard L. Holm ("The Craft We Chose: My Life in the CIA"),
* John Swenson ("New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans"),
* Lisa Yockelson ("Baking Style: Art, Craft, Recipes"),
*... |
| 2022_DC_Maraniss_220809 | 56 | Politics & Prose -- David Maraniss ("Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe") (w/Sally Jenkins)
David Maraniss — Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe - with Sally Jenkins — at Conn Ave
Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the... |
| 2007_DC_Ackerman_070512 | 51 | Politics & Prose -- Kenneth D. Ackerman ("Young J. Edgar")
Kenneth D. Ackerman, "Young J. Edgar" (Carroll & Graf, $28.95): Attorney General Palmer chose his 24-year-old assistant J. Edgar Hoover to lead a series of nationwide “raids against terrorism” in 1919. Ackerman, a lawyer and writer, explains how Hoover was chosen immediately afterward to head the FBI,... |
| 2011_DC_Afraid_110212 | 87 | Politics & Prose -- Ron Collins and Sam Chaltain ("We Must Not Be Afraid To Be Free")
Ron Collins and Sam Chaltain - We Must Not Be Afraid To Be Free:
This history of free speech in America by Collins, a professor at the Washington College of Law, and Chaltain, former national director of the Forum for Education and Democracy, draws its title from a statement by Justice Hugo Black, who... |
| 2019_DC_Wilentz_190127 | 64 | Politics & Prose -- Sean Wilentz ("No Property in Man")
Sean Wilentz - No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding
Since a number of the nation’s founders were slave-holders, many historians have interpreted the Constitution as not merely tolerating slavery but positively enshrining it. In this revisionist account, Wilentz... |
| 2016_DC_Stewart_160928 | 55 | Politics & Prose @ Busboys Takoma -- David O. Stewart ("The Babe Ruth Deception")
@ BUSBOYS AND POETS TAKOMA - DAVID O. STEWART - THE BABE RUTH DECEPTION
With The Summer of 1787, Impeached, and American Emperor, Stewart, a former lawyer, established himself as a historian. Later, with The Lincoln Deception and The Wilson Deception, he took up historical fiction, spinning credible... |
| 2010_DC_Fischer_100501 | 143 | Reynolds Center & Washington College -- David Hackett Fischer ("Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware")
Historian David Hackett Fischer on Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware
The American Pictures series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture, pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Each American Pictures event features an... |
| 2016_MD_Books_AliveR_160429 | 91 | Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Friday Night -- Opening Reception
Join the DC literary community and successful authors, agents, and publishers from around the country for the 4th Annual Washington Writers Conference. See why this inspiring and instructive two-day conference has quickly become a leading literary event in the DC area.
It kicks off on Friday, April 29,... |
| 2016_MD_Books_AliveP05_160430 | 80 | Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Lunch w/Lifetime Achievement Award to Kitty Kelley, and Keynote speaker: Bob Woodward
Join the DC literary community and successful authors, agents, and publishers from around the country for the 4th Annual Washington Writers Conference. See why this inspiring and instructive two-day conference has quickly become a leading literary event in the DC area.
Lifetime Achievement Award to... |
| 2016_MD_Books_AliveM_160430 | 60 | Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Miscellaneous
Join the DC literary community and successful authors, agents, and publishers from around the country for the 4th Annual Washington Writers Conference. See why this inspiring and instructive two-day conference has quickly become a leading literary event in the DC area. |
| 2016_MD_Books_AliveP09_160430 | 24 | Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Panel: Historical Nonfiction – How to Build the Narrative (w/John Ross, Dina Gold, James Swanson, and David Stewart)
Join the DC literary community and successful authors, agents, and publishers from around the country for the 4th Annual Washington Writers Conference. See why this inspiring and instructive two-day conference has quickly become a leading literary event in the DC area.
Historical Nonfiction – How to... |
| 2016_MD_Books_AliveP04_160430 | 21 | Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Panel: The Plot Thickens: Conspiracy Theory in Fact and Fiction
Join the DC literary community and successful authors, agents, and publishers from around the country for the 4th Annual Washington Writers Conference. See why this inspiring and instructive two-day conference has quickly become a leading literary event in the DC area.
The Plot Thickens: Conspiracy... |
| 2016_MD_Books_AliveP02_160430 | 29 | Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Panel: Welcome and Books and Books: Industry Overview
Join the DC literary community and successful authors, agents, and publishers from around the country for the 4th Annual Washington Writers Conference. See why this inspiring and instructive two-day conference has quickly become a leading literary event in the DC area.
Welcome
David O. Stewart,... |
| 2018_MD_WWC_P05_180505 | 70 | Washington Writers Conference (2018) -- Saturday -- Lunch w/Bob Schieffer
Panel 5: Lunch
Keynote speaker: Veteran broadcast journalist and author Bob Schieffer (introduced by Gene Meyer) |
| 2018_MD_WWC_P03_180505 | 34 | Washington Writers Conference (2018) -- Saturday -- Panel: Tools of the Trade
Panel 3:
Tools of the Trade (“Seasoned Authors Share Their Secrets”)
* David O. Stewart, moderator, author of Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships that Built America
* Peter Cozzens, author of The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
* Paul Dickson, author of Leo... |
| 2023_MD_WWC_R_230512 | 43 | Washington Writers Conference (2023) -- Friday Night -- Opening Reception |
| 2023_MD_WWC_P11_230513 | 93 | Washington Writers Conference (2023) -- Saturday -- Lunch: Award to David O. Stewart, Dolen Perkins-Valdez in Conversation with Bethanne Patrick
Lifetime Achievement Award presented to David O. Stewart
David O. Stewart to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
We’re pleased to announce that David O. Stewart will receive the Independent’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2023 Washington Writers Conference! Bestselling biographer.
Stewart is... |
| 2023_MD_WWC_M_230513 | 64 | Washington Writers Conference (2023) -- Saturday -- Miscellaneous
Folks shown here include:
Jenny Yacovissi, Jud Ashman, Alma Katsu, E.A. Aymar, Bob Levey, James Percoco, Sarah Trembath, Anjili Babbar, S.A. Cosby, Alma Katsu, Martha Anne Toll, Mary Kay Zuravleff, David O. Stewart, Michael B. Tager, Myna Chang, Melanie S. Hatter, Tara Campbell, Louis Bayard, and... |
| 2023_MD_WWC_P09_230513 | 10 | Washington Writers Conference (2023) -- Saturday -- Panel: Historical Fiction: In Living Memory
Historical Fiction: In Living Memory
To write novels about historical events that are still within memory of the living poses particular challenges. In their most recent books, our panelists make a shift in genre, subject, or voice by turning for inspiration to family stories or our 20th-century past.... |
| 2023_MD_WWC_P05_230513 | 11 | Washington Writers Conference (2023) -- Saturday -- Panel: Politics and History: Event Non-Fiction Needs a "Story"
Politics and History: Even Nonfiction Needs a “Story”
How do you choose the “story” you want to tell in your nonfiction? Finding the right framing and through-line is crucial to make a nonfiction project cohere and keep it focused. Moderator Gene Meyer, a longtime writer and editor at the Washington... |
| 2018_DC_OToole_180508 | 39 | Wilson Center -- Patricia O'Toole ("The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made")
The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made
The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made is a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson. In domestic affairs, Wilson was a progressive who enjoyed unprecedented... |
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