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Taylor Branch: 'The Clinton Tapes'

Usually when someone "makes it big," old friends come crawling out of the woodwork like termites, scrambling for a nibble of fame. It worked a little differently for Taylor Branch and Bill Clinton. The two were friends but had lost touch after college, until Clinton was elected president when Clinton called Branch. Clinton wanted to build a vivid archive of records so future historians could fully capture the reality of his administration. As a result, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Branch conducted 78 informal but confidential White House "diary sessions" with Clinton between 1993 and 2001. Clinton spoke spontaneously and candidly on contemporary events, and afterward, Branch recorded his own take on the sessions. The result is The Clinton Tapes, a rare look at a young president and the pressures of his job. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store.