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Ye Olde Bloggens are re-posts of old blogs
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The following post was originally posted on one of
Bridget Eileen’s old blogs: In the Pines,
Neophyte
Poetics, Bridget
Eileen’s Commonplace Book, Dreaming
Bridge Designs or A Vegetarian
Notebook. They aren’t all fancy with photos and subheadings and search
descriptions, or even that much content, sometimes. They’re here for posterity,
because it’s fun to read the archives!
I watched a little C-SPAN Book TV today. Here is what was featured:
Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker
Stacy Cordery was at the Politics and Prose bookstore talking about her book and taking some very smart questions from a rather astute audience. Although, what would one expect from people who went to a bookstore called "Politics and Prose" to hear about book about the daughter of a president. Imagine, though, if some gum chewing idiot girl were to get up and say, "Um, [chomp, chomp, chomp], like, she was, like, kind of a f*cking rebel, huh? Totally. But whatev. That's hot."
That wouldn't happen on C-SPAN.
So, who was Alice Roosevelt Longworth? From what I learned in the 45 minutes I spent watching the talk today, she was a behind the scenes political ... hmm ... political person? Not a good enough noun but it will have to do. She was also very independent - a given with the last name Roosevelt. She read everything, knew everything, talked to everyone, etc. etc. and was known for her "erudite conversations."
Here is the C-SPAN link, though I think you might have to pay to view the episode.