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Author Talk: ‘You Never Forget Your First’
Presidential historian ALEXIS COE‘s instant New York Times bestselling biography of George Washington, You Never Forget Your First, made every major publication’s Best Books list, including TIME Magazine’s “100 Books To Read” and an NPR Concierge “Best Book of the Year.” Invite Coe for an exploration of American leadership with a focus on George Washington, complete with hilarious myth-busting and engaging storytelling.
Information on book buys and signings is available upon request.
Author Talk: ‘Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis’
Historian ALEXIS COE‘s Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis was described by Bustle as “a gut-wrenching story of love, death, and the dangers of intolerance.” Coe brings listeners into the rich narrative with her exceptional storytelling skills.
Information on book buys and signings is available upon request.
Moderation & Interviews
Presidential historian ALEXIS COE knows the makings of great leaders better than anyone and is ready to unpack that with other leading thinkers. Coe’s deep intelligence, rigorous historicism, and skill in guiding conversations make her an effective facilitator for conversations this election season.
Hidden Histories
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation,” Abigail Adams wrote, and she meant it.
Join New York Times bestselling author and award-winning Presidential Historian ALEXIS COE to learn about Abigail Adams’s quiet revolution. Analyzing Adams and other hidden heroes, Coe opens a window to an enlightening perspective on our shared past.
Case Studies: Building without Breaking
Join New York Times bestselling author and award-winning Presidential Historian ALEXIS COE to learn how the great military statesman, spin doctor, and spy secured America’s place among ancient superpowers. From an exploration of great leaders (and their interpersonal relationships), the development of the free market, Coe shows us what has worked in building this great nation and why.
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Historian and bestselling author ALEXIS COE asks listeners to take a closer look at history and its complexity in new, fresh ways - and have a good time while doing it. In her talks, Coe discusses political history in an engaging, entertaining way that both informs and delights audiences. She is the author of the narrative history book Alice+Freda Forever as well as her latest book, You Never Forget Your First, a New York Times bestselling biography of George Washington that combines Coe’s rigorous research with her signature lively, humorous storytelling. You Never Forget Your First cracked open the scholarship around George Washington and was just named as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Books To Read and Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best History Books of 2020. Coe has also written articles for Smithsonian Magazine.
Alexis is also a consulting producer on Doris Kearns Goodwin's three part George Washington series on the History Channel, hosts No Man's Land from Pineapple, and co-hosts the Presidents Are People Too! podcast, which recasts each of the American Presidents as real-life people, complete with flaws, quirks, triumphs, scandals and bodily ailments.
Coe has given talks sponsored by Hulu, Chanel, and Madewell. She is consistently praised for her engaging discussions, and is frequently asked back by hosts for more talks. As the Enoch Pratt Free Library put it, "Alexis was a delight, and gave us important context for today's events at both of her talks."
Alexis Coe drives historic conversations as moderator and interviewer
While writing her New York Times bestselling biography of George Washington, ALEXIS COE picked up both the knowledge and skills to moderate the conversations shaping America. Coe was invited by the New York Historical Society Museum and Library to moderate a vital discussion as part of their Denise and Bernard Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series: “How Should a President Be? A conversation on Historical Memory and Reckoning.” Coe was selected to moderate this esteemed discussion due to her adeptness at fostering intellectual conversations and her ability to maintain a respectful and engaging atmosphere throughout the engagement.
Watch Alexis Coe conduct an interview at the Brooklyn Historical Society >>
Historian and bestselling author Alexis Coe makes history come alive with her unique (and hilarious) perspective
Presidential historian and New York Times bestselling author ALEXIS COE invites audiences to take a closer look at history – revealing its complexity in new, fresh ways. Coe is the author of Alice+Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis and her instant New York Times bestselling biography of George Washington, You Never Forget Your First – which was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Books To Read and an NPR Concierge “Best Book of the Year.”
Sought after for speaking engagements at Columbia, West Point, Georgetown, NYU, and many others, Coe has also given talks sponsored by Hulu, Chanel, and Madewell – and is frequently asked back by hosts for additional events. In her talks – which are in-demand with startups, businesses, and universities alike – Coe offers a deeply researched and totally delightful lens on political history, making the lessons of the past feel more relevant than ever. As the Enoch Pratt Free Library put it, “Alexis was a delight, and gave us important context for today's events at both of her talks.”
Alexis Coe is a presidential historian, and award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington and Alice+Freda Forever. Her Washington biography was hailed as an "important intervention" by the Times, "genre-expanding" by the Boston Globe, and was a Best Book of 2020 at NPR and many others. She was a consulting producer on the Doris Kearns Goodwin's three part George Washington series on the History Channel, and hosted the podcasts No Man's Land and Presidents Are People Too! from Audible.
She regularly appears on CNN, the History Channel, C-SPAN, and CBS, and lectured at Columbia, West Point, Georgetown, Sarah Lawrence, NYU, the New School, the University of San Francisco, and many others. She has given talks sponsored by Hulu, Chanel, and Madewell.
Her work has been included in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Essays, and she has contributed to the New Yorker, the New York Times' opinion section, the New York Times Magazine, the New Republic, the Paris Review, Elle, and many others.
While in grad school, Alexis was a project-based oral historian at the Brooklyn Historical Society, and after graduating, she was a Research Curator in the Exhibitions Department at the New York Public Library in Bryant Park.
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