Fox & Friends Host To Sign Copies Of His Newest Book In Doylestown

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Brian Kilmeade, host of Fox & Friends and New York Times best-selling author, returns to Doylestown on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. for a book discussion and signing.

In his eighth book, Kilmeade turns to two more heroes of the nation, Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington, in "Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality."

Kilmeade is the author of "George Washington's Secret Six," "Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates," "Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans," "Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers," and "The President and the Freedom Fighter," all New York Times bestsellers.

Kilmeade cohosts Fox News Channel's morning show Fox & Friends and hosts the daily national radio show, The Brian Kilmeade Show, and the Fox Nation series, "What Made America Great." He lives on Long Island.

About the book

When President Theodore Roosevelt welcomed the country’s most visible Black man, Booker T. Washington, into his circle of counselors in 1901, the two confronted a shocking and violent wave of racist outrage. In the previous decade, Jim Crow laws had legalized discrimination in the South, eroding social and economic gains for former slaves. Lynching was on the rise, and Black Americans faced new barriers to voting.

Slavery had been abolished, but if newly freed citizens were condemned to lives as share croppers, how much improvement would their lives really see?

In "Teddy and Booker T.," Kilmeade tells the story of how two wildly different Americans faced the challenge of keeping America moving toward the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Theodore Roosevelt was white, born into incredible wealth and privilege in New York City. Booker T. Washington was Black, born on a plantation without even a last name. But both men embodied the rugged, pioneering spirit of America.

Kilmeade takes the reader to San Juan Hill, where Roosevelt led his Rough Riders to a thrilling victory that set the stage for a legendary presidency, and to a small town in Alabama, where Washington founded the first university for African Americans, paving the way for the Civil Rights
Movement.

Both men abhorred the decadence and moral rot the nation had fallen into, believed that improvement through careful collaboration was possible, and trusted that the American ideals of individual liberty and hard work could propel the neediest toward success, if only those holding them back would step aside.

As he did in "George Washington's Secret Six," Kilmeade has transformed this nearly forgotten slice of history into a dramatic story that will keep readers \turning the pages to find out how these two heroes, through their principles and courage, not only changed each other, but helped lay the groundwork for true equality.

If You Go

• DATE: Wednesday, December 13 at 7 p.m.
• LOCATION: Salem United Church of Christ, 186 East Court Street, Doylestown 18901
• TIME: Doors open at 6 p.m. The event will start at 7 p.m.
• TICKETS: Each ticket costs $35, admits one person, and will include one hardcover copy of the book, "Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality."
• No substitutions.
• Books will be available for pick-up at the venue on the day of the event.
• Additional books will be available for sale at the event.
• Brian will sign and personalize books with your first name only, no messages. He will not be able to sign any posters, bookmarks, scraps of paper, etc.
• Tickets may be purchased at www.doylestownbookshop.com.