pleasure to introduce our concluding session today james macgregor burns with susan dunn and michael beschloss. there are not be a question and answer period at the end i am certain divided ranging discussion will provide more than enough food for thought. alike $2 a presence of our friends from c-span who were here and we appreciate their support of terrorists about reading festival and a good work they do bring it into the homes of those who cannot come to hyde park in person. franklin roosevelt, a greatseve collector book and amateur historian once wrote books are always faithful friends and every cheerful companions. the same could be said of the three gaston sage today.jame james macgregor burns couldle be called the dean of roosevelt biographers. pulitzer prize-winning scientist and historian bit -- historian was aand pioneer in leadership studies devoted to the entire professional life to the study of leadership and all forms.re and no wonder he turned to franklin roosevelt as a focus.sev he won the pulitzer prize of the national book award for the landmark study of fdr, and also the au