Tucson Festival of Books

America 250: Past, Present and Future


How do the echoes of the “times that try men’s souls” in 1776 ring today? What can one whistleblower’s journey through justice tell us about the judicial branch? And will understanding the forces shaping election financing and the marketplace of ideas help us move closer to a more perfect union?


Panelists
Edward Larson

Edward J. Larson is the recipient of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book "Summer for the Gods." Some of his other books include "Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory," and "Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution....

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Jacob Silverman

Jacob Silverman is an independent journalist in New York. He's the co-author of The New York Times best seller “Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud," and the author of “Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection....

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Reality Winner

A brilliant linguist, devout patriot, voracious reader and fitness and yoga instructor from south Texas, Reality Winner was 25 and a U.S. Air Force veteran working at NSA when she leaked a classified document that indicated that Russia had interfered with the 2016 U....

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Books:
Declaring Independence
Why 1776 Matters
Edward Larson
History / Biography
W. W. Norton, Incorporated
November 2025
ISBN 9781324078975
240 pages
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Gilded Rage
Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley
Jacob Silverman
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Bloomsbury USA
October 2025
ISBN 9781399419987
288 pages
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I Am Not Your Enemy
A Memoir
Reality Winner
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Spiegel & Grau LLC
September 2025
ISBN 9781954118843
336 pages
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