Nashville Public Library Foundation and Nashville Public Library honored Doris Kearns Goodwin as the 2009 NPL Literary Award recipient, an award made possible by a gift from the Ingram Book Company. Presenting sponsors for the 2009 Literary Award and Gala events were the Robert A. Frist Family, Judy and Steve Turner, together with Laura Turner ,and Barbara and Gary Haugen.
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a Pulitzer Prize winning biographer and historian. She was a White House Fellow and Presidential assistant during the Johnson administration. Ms. Goodwin taught at Harvard University. She was the first female journalist to enter the Red Sox locker room, and consulted on and appeared in Ken Burns' documentary, Baseball.
The Literary Award weekend began on November 6th with a Patrons Party, hosted by Jack and Barbara Bovender and Margaret Ann Robinson, at the home of Margaret Ann Robinson. NPLF's Patrons enjoyed a unique opportunity to be part of an intimate conversation about her work between Ms. Goodwin and John Seigenthaler.
The Literary Award Public Lecture was held on Saturday, November 7th at 10:00 a.m. at the Downtown Nashville Library. Over 650 people attended filling the library's viewing areas to capacity. Special thanks to the volunteers and library staff who made the event go smoothly.
The evening of November 7th held the beautiful Literary Award Gala at the Main Library on Church Street. The evening began with cocktails in Ingram Hall, followed by dinner and remarks by Ms. Goodwin in the Beautiful Grand Reading Room.
2009 Silent AuctionThanks to Co-Chairs Elizabeth Fox and Elizabeth Papel - First Editions: The Complete works of Doris Kearns Goodwin
- The World on a String! Private Puppet Show
- A Presidential Trip
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game in honor of Doris Kearns Goodwin's
Memoir Wait Till Next Year - A Week in Historical Presidential Country
- Presidential Campaign Collection
- Civil Rights Conversation & Dinner With David Maraniss, Author of Rome 1960, and Ed Temple, Coach of the Tigerbelle
- Hunt Slonem painting of Abraham Lincoln
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