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Join Montclair Public Library’s live webcast of our popular series featuring Peter Baker and Susan Glasser in conversation with journalist Jonathan Alter about their new book, “The Man Who Ran Washington.”

Join Montclair Public Library’s live webcast featuring journalist and author Jonathan Alter talking about his latest book, “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” with Jim Axelrod of CBS News. Participate in a virtual Q&A session with Jonathan after the discussion.

Join Jonathan Alter, New York Times Bestseller as he discusses his new book ā€œHis Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Lifeā€ with Mary Alice Williams, award-winning, pioneering television journalist on Tuesday, Oct 6, 2020 @ 7:30 PM. ā€œHis Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Lifeā€. Alter will provide his analysis of the state of the Presidential Election, the Trump administration and what we can learn from Jimmy Carter.

From one of Americaā€™s most-respected journalists and modern historians comes the first full-length biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and Nobel Prizeā€“winning humanitarian.

This event, hosted by Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, is free and open to the Public.

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After Party, Virtual Book Signing:

With your purchase of ā€œHis Very Best, Jimmy Carter, a Lifeā€ you will be invited to a virtual Book Signing with Jonathan Alter after the interview. Your autographed copy of the Book will be available at the Watchung Booksellers starting Sept 29, 2020.

October 1 / 2020 / 7:00 PM ET

In conversation with author, historian and professor Evan Kutzler, Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of Jimmy Carter, an enigmatic man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy to global icon. Alter paints an intimate and surprising portrait of the only president since Thomas Jefferson who can fairly be called a Renaissance Man.

Watch recording on Youtube

September 30 / 2020 / 11:35 PM ET

New Episode (Season 5, Episode 175)

John Lithgow; Jonathan Alter
CBS

September 30 / 2020 / 9:00 AM ET

Panel: Jonathan Alter,Ā  Andrew Young, Former Ambassador to the United Nations
Moderator: Mark Updegrove, President & CEO of the LBJ Foundation

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