With more than 100 authors at the 2008 Fall for the Book, it's no surprise that festival-goers couldn't make it to each event throughout the week. But the good news is that select events have been recorded for broadcast elsewhere, making it easy to catch up on some of the big programs you may have missed.
C-Span recorded the second of Fall for the Book's panels celebrating the upcoming bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The panel featured three members of the advisory committee for the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Michael Beschloss, author of nine books on American presidents including Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989; Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness (standing at the podium above); and James L. Swanson, author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. The program was moderated by presidential historian Richard Norton Smith.
C-Span will air this program on their main channel on Saturday, October 4, at 8 p.m. as part of its monthly Lincoln programming leading up to next year's bicentennial.
Additionally, with economic issues making daily (and dire) headlines, Fall for the Book was pleased to offer some insider perspectives through a collaboration with the Business Alliance of George Mason University. The panel discussion "The Economy, The Election, and Your Business" featured Peter Coy, economics editor at BusinessWeek; Keith Hall, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor; and John F. Sacco, associate professor of public and international affairs at George Mason.
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