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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information call: Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745
The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
will present an author talk
and book signing with
Chief White House Correspondent
for U.S. News & World Report
Kenneth T. Walsh
author of ULTIMATE INSIDERS:
WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHERS
AND HOW THEY SHAPE HISTORY
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will present an author talk and book signing with
Chief White House Correspondent for U.S. News & World Report
Kenneth T. Walsh
, author of ULTIMATE INSIDERS: WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND HOW THEY SHAPE HISTORY, on Wednesday, November 8, 2017. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. Following the presentation, Walsh will be available to sign copies of his book.
This is a free public event but registration is required. Visit www.fdrlibrary.org or
to register.
Virtually unknown to the public or historians, White House photographers have developed amazing access to the presidents of the United States over the past half-century. In
ULTIMATE INSIDERS: WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND HOW THEY SHAPE HISTORY, long-time White House correspondent Kenneth T. Walsh tells their stories, emphasizing observations about the presidents the photographers got to know so well along with other key figures close to those presidents -- including the first ladies, members of Congress, and important world leaders.
This book shows how official White House photographers have morphed into ultimate insiders within the American presidency, allowed to observe and take pictures of nearly everything Chief Executives do related to their job. The "photogs" have often become close friends with the presidents they have served. Acting not only as image makers but as visual historians, they have built pictorial chronicles of the presidency -- intimate narratives of America's leaders in public and private, showing how they dealt with everyday life as well as moments of great crisis and opportunity. From children playing in the Oval Office to decisions to send troops into harm's way, images created by White House photographers can make or break a presidential administration as well as define an era.
Kenneth T. Walsh has been White House correspondent for
U.S. News & World Report since 1986. He writes a weekly column, "The Presidency," and a daily blog, "Ken Walsh's Washington," both for
U.S. News & World Report. He is one of the longest-serving White House correspondents in history and is the former president of The White House Correspondents' Association. Walsh appears frequently on television and radio, and gives many speeches around the country and abroad, and has taught at American University's School of Communication. This is his eighth book. Previous books include CELEBRITY IN CHIEF: A HISTORY OF THE PRESIDENTS AND THE CULTURE OF STARDOM and PRISONERS OF THE WHITE HOUSE: THE ISOLATION OF AMERICA'S PRESIDENTS AND THE CRISIS OF LEADERSHIP.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit www.fdrlibrary.org.
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