a. scott berg was born in norwalk, connecticut to a mother who listed f. scott fitzgerald among her favorite authors and gave her son his name. in high school a. scott berg researched the great gatsby's creator and read all of his books. in 1971 he entered princeton, fitzgerald's alma mater. his senior thesis was expanded into a full-length biography on editor maxwell perkins which won him the national book award in 1978. his charles lindbergh biography published in 1998 won a pulitzer prize for biography. this afternoon we look forward to a. scott berg discussing how woodrow wilson really read defines presidential power and was determined to make the world place safe for democracy. please welcome a. scott berg. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you for being here. thank you for that very kind introduction. what i will try to do is spend much of the next hour talking about woodrow wilson, but i was also told by the festival people that you would like to hear a little about my other most favored subject and that would be me. so you are goin

a. scott berg was born in norwalk, connecticut to a mother who listed f. cott fitzgerald among her favorite authors and gave her son his name. in high school a. scott berg researched the great gatsby's creator and read all of his books. in 1971 he entered princeton, fitzgerald's alma mater. his senior thesis was expanded into a full-length biography on editor maxwell perkins which won him the national book award in 1978. his charles lindbergh biography published in 1998 won a pulitzer prize for biography. this afternoon we look forward to a. scott berg discussing how woodrow wilson really read defines presidential power and was determined to make the world place safe for democracy. please welcome a. scott berg. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you for being here. thank you for that very kind introduction. what i will try to do is spend much of the next hour talking about woodrow wilson, but i was also told by the festival people that you would like to hear a little about my other most favored subject and that would be me. so you are going

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