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Wednesday 4–4:45 pm

Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre
Wednesday 4–4:45 pm
The Best U.S. Presidents Jack London Room
H.W. Brands, Douglas Brinkley and Jon Meacham A corpse, a spy, fake news and an elaborate plan to
Wednesday 4–4:45 pm cover up the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Johan
John Steinbeck Room Sorensen and Ben Macintyre will take us through
this fantastic and risky plan code named Operation
Abraham Lincoln remains America’s best president, if the opinion of presidential historians is anything to go by.
In C-SPAN’s latest survey of presidential leadership, which polled 91 presidential historians, Lincoln retained Mincemeat. Macintyre will share recently released
“top billing” as the country’s most esteemed leader. James Buchanan came in last place, beating out William MI5 material that involved a cast of characters
Henry Harrison, who only served for 31 days. Our panel of highly respected presidential historians will weigh in including Winston Churchill and Ian Fleming,
on their favorites. Join H.W. Brands, Douglas Brinkley, Jon Meacham and moderator Geoff Cowan. creator of James Bond.

“In love and war, adultery and
espionage, deceit can only succeed
if the deceived party is willing, in
some way, to be deceived.”

— Ben Macintyre, Operation Mincemeat

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