NPC Headliners Luncheon: Doris Kearns Goodwin: "Leadership in Turbulent Times"

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On the eve of the 2018 Midterms, world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will share her seventh and latest book, “Leadership in Turbulent Times,” at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon, Monday, November 5.

In “Leadership in Turbulent Times,” Goodwin revisits the four presidents she has studied most closely – Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson – to explore the shared traits, values, and abilities that afforded each of these men the opportunity to sit in the country’s highest office, and provide a modern-day road map for the leaders of the future.

Lunch will be served in the Club’s Ballroom at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1:00 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2:00 p.m. Goodwin will sign copies of her book after the program concludes. Tickets are $25 for Press Club members (Club members may purchase two tickets at this price) and $39 for the general public. When purchasing tickets for this event online, buyers will also have the option of purchasing copies of the book at check-out.

Books will also be available for purchase at the event. Proceeds from book sales will benefit the non-profit affiliate of the Club, the National Press Club Journalism Institute, so we kindly ask that you leave all outside books and memorabilia at home.

For all ticketing-related questions, please email [email protected]. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase.

About the Author:
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s fascination with leadership and the study of presidential history began when she was selected to join the White House Fellows as a 24-year-old graduate student at Harvard. After working for President Johnson in the White House and later assisting with his memoirs, Goodwin penned her first bestselling book “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream.” Goodwin followed with her Pulitzer Prize-winning “No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.” Goodwin also authored her bestselling memoir “Wait Till Next Year,” “The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga,” New York Times bestselling “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism,” and the award-winning “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.” Goodwin graduated magna cum laude from Colby College and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Government from Harvard University, where she taught Government, including a course on the American Presidency.