. >> in her new book, author phyllis lee levin recounts the formative years of america's president john quincy adams. it's next on booktv. >> so tonight it's a great pleasure to welcome an miles per hour as fellow, friend of the institution, phyllis lee levin. she's a graduate of mount holyoke college, she the reporter, editor and columnist for "the new york times" as well as a writer and editor at "vogue" where a mother ministores with an insightful white house interview with a reclusive pat nixon. i would love to take a look at some point. she's also the author of several books including abigail adams and edith woodrow. she lives in manhattan and is also brave the post-blizzard to join should this evening. let's welcome phyllis. [applause] >> thank you. i'm really very honored to be here. i'm

in her new book author phyllis lee levin recounts the formative years of america's sixth president john quincy adams. it's next on booktv. >> tonight it's a great pleasure to welcome and mhs fellow, friend of institution's phyllis lee levin. she's a graduate of mt. julio college. she's been a reporter or editor and columnist for "the new york times" as well as a writer and editor at vogue were among her many stories was inside the white house interview with a reclusive pat nixon. i would love to take a look at that at some point. she's also the author of several books including abigail adams and edith and woodrow. she lives in manhattan and has also braved the post blizzards to join us here this evening. let's welcome fellas. [applause] >> thank you. i am really very honored to be here and i'm also worried. all of you know a great deal more about this family than i do or at least have a view to work here. i feel like a cousin who has come to tell you about your family, uninvited. [laughter] so we all have our opinions and mine are sincerely all right that even if you don't think i write

tonight it's a great pleasure to welcome an miles per hour as fellow, friend of the institution, phyllis lee levin. she's a graduate of mount holyoke college, she the reporter, editor and columnist for "the new york times" as well as a writer and editor at "vogue" where a mother ministores with an insightful white house interview with a reclusive pat nixon. i would love to take a look at some point. she's also the author of several books including abigail adams and edith woodrow. she lives in manhattan and is also brave the post-blizzard to join should this evening. let's welcome phyllis. [applause] >> thank you. i'm really very honored to be here. i'm also worried, all of you know a great deal more about this family than i do at least half of you do who work year. and if you like a cousins come to tell you about your family, uninvited. so we all have our opinions. my utmost since you arrived at even if you don't think i'm right at all. so i will begin right now. thank you. the question i am asked most often about this book is simply this, why john quincy adams? and my answer is just this. i met i

. >> tonight it's a great pleasure to welcome mhs hello, friend of the institution phyllis lee levin. she has been a reporter, editor and columnist for "the new york times" as well as a writer and editor at "vogue" were among her many stories with an insightful way has interview with a reclusive pat nixon. i would love to take a look at that at some point. she's also the author of several books including abigail adams and edith and woodrow. she lives in manhattan and is also braved the blizzard to join us this evening. let's welcome phyllis. [applause] >> thank you. i'm really very honored to be here. i am also worried. all of you know a great deal more about his family than i do earliest half of you to work your and i feel like a cousin who has come to tell you about your family uninvited. so i'll begin. thank you. the question i am asked most often about this book is simply this. why john quint the add-ons -- why john quit the add-ons? i know you didn't notice aaron with enormous affection -- [inaudible] locally as it may seem, i came to abigail and john adams has just been said by

eastern, phyllis lee levin looks at john quincy adams early years. and from last weekend's savannah book festival we recount the disappearance of former rockafeller's son. and we look at the founding father's fear of government corruption and why it is being realized today. and then wes moore discusses his life from a combat veteran to a whitehouse worker to a social tripoli. and we wrap up with harvard profester who looks at the impact the global cotton trade had on the international economy. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> joe cline is a former chancellor of the new york city public school system. he talks about what the system did to improve the education system and suggests other ways for cities to do the same. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming out this afternoon.