Lynne Olson Speaks to the SWCSO

May 9, 2013
Lynne Olson, acclaimed author of Troublesome Young Men (the tale of the young Parliamentarian rebels who struggled to convince their colleagues that Churchill was needed) and Citizens of London (the story of Americans Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman and Gil Winant in wartime London), came to Ottawa to speak to the SWCSO about her newest book, Those Angry Days. In that personalized history, she dissected the pre-Pearl Harbor interventionist vs. non-interventionist conflict in the United States. The protagonists were the two most popular Americans of the day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and aviator Charles Lindbergh. The tale she wove captivated the audience at the Residence of the American Ambassador and Mrs. Jacobson.

Lynne Olson outside the Residence of the American Ambassador - I

Lynne Olson outside the Residence of the American Ambassador - II

Ambassador David Jacobson welcomes the guests

SWCSO President Ron Cohen introduced the speaker

Lynne Olson's address

Lynne Olson speaking, Ambassador Jacobson, and SWCSO members Wendy Cohen, Jack Kepper, Paul Durand and LGen (ret'd) Andrew Leslie

SWCSO Director Charlotte Gray thanking the speaker

Ambassador Jacobson inviting guests to purchase Lynne Olson's books and enjoy the continuing American hospitality

Lynne Olson signing books for Sarah Jennings and SWCSO members LGen (ret'd) Andrew Leslie, Ellen Wright, Charlotte Gray and Colin Smith

SWCSO member Pierre Poilievre, M.P., Ambassador Jacobson and SWCSO President Ron Cohen

Lynne Olson with Ambassador David Jacobson and Mrs. Julie Jacobson - I

Lynne Olson with Ambassador David Jacobson and Mrs. Julie Jacobson - II