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This author appeared at the 2009 festival. Please view the list of authors appearing at this year's festival or see our suggestions for similar authors below.
 Taylor BranchA groundbreaking book about the modern presidency, The Clinton Tapes invites readers into private dialogue with a gifted, tormented President of the United States. Revered historian Taylor Branch's The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President rests upon a secret project, initiated by Clinton, to preserve for future historians an unfiltered record of presidential experience. During his eight years in office, between 1993 and 2001, Clinton answered questions and told stories in the White House, usually late at night. His friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch recorded 79 of these dialogues to compile a trove of raw information about a presidency as it happened. Branch recorded his own detailed recollections immediately after each session, covering not only the subjects discussed but also the look and feel of each evening with the president. The Clinton Tapes highlights major events of Clinton's two terms, including the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the failure of health care reform, peace initiatives on three continents, and titanic political struggles from Whitewater to America's second presidential impeachment trial. Branch's firsthand narrative is confessional, unsparing, and personal. The author admits straying at times from his primary role – to collect raw material for future historians – because his discussions with Clinton were unpredictable and intense. Branch's masterly account opens a new window on a controversial era and Clinton's eventual place among our chief executives. Branch is the bestselling author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 (which won the Pulitzer Prize), Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65, and At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968. Branch is a former staff member of Washington Monthly, Harper's, and Esquire. He lives in Baltimore. His appearance at the Festival is co-presented with the LBJ Library.
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