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Jeff Malet  > Events > National Book Festival > LOC National Book Festival (2010)
Setting a new attendance record, an estimated 150,000 book-lovers gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C for the 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress.

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Former First Lady Laura Bush speaks at the National Book Festival. She read selections from her memoir, “Spoken From the Heart,” about her eight years in the White House. An Honorary Ambassador for the U.N. Literary Decade, she hosted the first-ever White House Conference on Global Literacy in 2006 to encourage international cooperation and build free societies through literacy. In 2001 she joined with the Library of Congress to launch the first National Book Festival in Washington. As first lady of Texas, Mrs. Bush founded the state wide Texas Book Festival in 1995. She has taught in the Dallas, Houston and Austin public schools. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Former First Lady Laura Bush is introduced by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington at the beginning of the National Book Festival. She read selections from her memoir, “Spoken From the Heart,” about her eight years in the White House. In 2001 she joined with the Library of Congress to launch the first National Book Festival in Washington. As first lady of Texas, Mrs. Bush founded the state wide Texas Book Festival in 1995. She has taught in the Dallas, Houston and Austin public schools. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Former First Lady Laura Bush speaks at the National Book Festival. She read selections from her memoir, “Spoken From the Heart,” about her eight years in the White House. In 2001 she joined with the Library of Congress to launch the first National Book Festival in Washington. As first lady of Texas, Mrs. Bush founded the state wide Texas Book Festival in 1995. She has taught in the Dallas, Houston and Austin public schools. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Former First Lady Laura Bush speaks at the National Book Festival. She read selections from her memoir, “Spoken From the Heart,” about her eight years in the White House. In 2001 she joined with the Library of Congress to launch the first National Book Festival in Washington. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Former First Lady Laura Bush speaks at the National Book Festival. She was introduced by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington (pictured in background). She read selections from her memoir, “Spoken From the Heart,” about her eight years in the White House. In 2001 she joined with the Library of Congress to launch the first National Book Festival in Washington. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Evan Thomas speaks at the National Book Festival. Thomas has been the assistant managing editor of Newsweek since 1991. He is a frequent guest on Washington-based public affairs television programs such as “Inside Washington.” Thomas is the best-selling author of seven works of nonfiction: “Sea of Thunder,” “John Paul Jones,” “Robert Kennedy,” “The Very Best Men,” “The Man to See,” “The Wise Men” and his latest, “The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst and the Rush to Empire” (Little Brown). The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Evan Thomas speaks at the National Book Festival. Thomas has been the assistant managing editor of Newsweek since 1991. He is a frequent guest on Washington-based public affairs television programs such as “Inside Washington.” Thomas is the best-selling author of seven works of nonfiction: “Sea of Thunder,” “John Paul Jones,” “Robert Kennedy,” “The Very Best Men,” “The Man to See,” “The Wise Men” and his latest, “The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst and the Rush to Empire” (Little Brown). The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Richard Rhodes signs books at the National Book Festival. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books, including “The Making of the Atomic Bomb,” which won a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. "The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers and the Prospects of a World Without Nuclear Weapons” (Knopf), has just been published. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Richard Rhodes speaks at the National Book Festival. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books, including “The Making of the Atomic Bomb,” which won a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. "The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers and the Prospects of a World Without Nuclear Weapons” (Knopf), has just been published. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Former First Lady Laura Bush speaks at the National Book Festival. She read selections from her memoir, “Spoken From the Heart,” about her eight years in the White House. An Honorary Ambassador for the U.N. Literary Decade, she hosted the first-ever White House Conference on Global Literacy in 2006 to encourage international cooperation and build free societies through literacy. In 2001 she joined with the Library of Congress to launch the first National Book Festival in Washington. As first lady of Texas, Mrs. Bush founded the state wide Texas Book Festival in 1995. She has taught in the Dallas, Houston and Austin public schools. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Former First Lady Laura Bush speaks at the National Book Festival. She read selections from her memoir, “Spoken From the Heart,” about her eight years in the White House. An Honorary Ambassador for the U.N. Literary Decade, she hosted the first-ever White House Conference on Global Literacy in 2006 to encourage international cooperation and build free societies through literacy. In 2001 she joined with the Library of Congress to launch the first National Book Festival in Washington. As first lady of Texas, Mrs. Bush founded the state wide Texas Book Festival in 1995. She has taught in the Dallas, Houston and Austin public schools. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Former First Lady Laura Bush speaks at the National Book Festival. She read selections from her memoir, “Spoken From the Heart,” about her eight years in the White House. An Honorary Ambassador for the U.N. Literary Decade, she hosted the first-ever White House Conference on Global Literacy in 2006 to encourage international cooperation and build free societies through literacy. In 2001 she joined with the Library of Congress to launch the first National Book Festival in Washington. As first lady of Texas, Mrs. Bush founded the state wide Texas Book Festival in 1995. She has taught in the Dallas, Houston and Austin public schools. The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
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