james monroe, nobody's done the book on james monroe, even a third term he oversaw the era of good feelings. obviously with john quincy adams it's a lot that can be done with manuel and nobody has a big popular biography of him. in modern context and make us there's a big biography on cesar chavez. highways, national monument, everything and yet nobody is invested in the life and times of cesar chavez. those are examples of how you think about how it opened unintimidated so much. i would have to do and take off like george washington at valley forge, what is an american memory at peace with them because i'm not so good in the revolutionary war. even though i wish i was. >> can i say some pain and see if you all agree. soup to not order a piece of it. i think the biggest threat and i don't want to drag you all into it, but what we do is netflix. let me explain. tv is now so good it's a case of deregulation working. you broke the monopoly of the network, technology, it turns out yes there's an enormous amount of talent that needs to be unleashed. my sense is since i try to write books, it's m

talks about founding fathers john adams, thomas jefferson, james madison, and james monroe and their legacies as president. this talk was part of a series on the founders hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida. >> good morning. welcome. thatxcited and honored after twice turning me down, richard norton smith finally said yes. he is the foremost expert on the presidency and everything related to the presidency. we needed him to start the 2018 series. after graduating magna cum laude from harvard, he worked as a white house intern. one might conclude that is where his interest in the subject of the present -- presidents began. he told me he has been interested since he was a child. president'sed every grave site and the first one was when he was nine years old. he is the former head of six presidential libraries. said of richard norton smith's fabulous book, -- we think of the washington administration at the golden age of patriotism, which is is. it also had negative campaigning, leaks to the press, and confrontations with congress, and scandal. richard norton s

but james monroe, nobody has done the big book on james monroe, our fifth president. e could have won a third term. oversaw era of good feelings. obviously with john quincy adams the monroe doctrine it is a lot that can be done with monroe and nobody's done a big, popular biography of him. in modern context i'm aghast there is not a big biography on caesar chavez. there are sees a chavez boulevards, parks, highways, national monuments, his name, nobody invested in the life around times of caesar chavez. those are examples how you think sometimes, wow, that is wide open. or forget it. i will do somebody i want to do. i would love to write on george washington, i'm intimidated. there is so much. what i'm doing with space and margaret did with china i would take off like george washington at valley forge, just what is valley forge in american memory, a piece of them. because i'm not apt, i'm not so good if the revolutionary war period even though i wish i was. >> can i say something about stray observation, see if you all agree because doug's talking about it, you know, s

>> my favorite letter, james monroe and james madison were talking about this gentleman who happenedo be andrew jackson. they were afraid that he might be the ruination of their careful plans to carry on their ideology with the american public. >> the next big find? this rare copy of george washington's last will and testament, printed in 1800, right after washington's death. >> at the time, we knew there were only 13 existing copies. >> make that 14. >> it was in a plastic bag filled with other things, and it very well could've been thrown out without anybody ever knowing about it. >> by july 2010, john and lisa's strange inheritance is cataloged and ready for sale. they've invested a year and a lot of money in it. how much had john spent getting ready for this big auction? >> it was around $225,000. >> whoa! >> i hope we get enough out of this to pay for what we've discovered. >> will they? >> sold at $1,000. >> that's next. >> here's another quiz question for you. when andrew green was new york city's comptroller, the brooklyn bridge was partially financed by renting what? apartme

madison had won the ratification debate in the virginia ratification convention , henry convinced james monroe, who was one of the best friends, coinvestors in some real estate in upstate new york. they were almost like brothers. close to being brothers with jefferson. henry convinced monroe, who had moderately opposed ratification, to run against madison any gerrymandered district, which included anti-federal districts including the one monroe was from. so in the race between the two of them that followed, it's astonishing monroe did this, but he did. it is a very hard-fought bitter winter when they would get these long speeches in the freezing cold. madison used to tell stories about this when he got frostbite on his nose fighting back any type to point to the tip of his nose. so monroe supporters made public argument that madison believed the constitution was as perfect as any human creation never any claim he said this in the virginia ratifying in that the records hadn't yet been published. he had never been said that his constitution was the best one that humans and it was the sort of a m

talks about founding fathers john adams, thomas jefferson, james madison, and james monroe and their legacies as president. this talk was part of a series on the founders hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida.