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THE ROAD TO PARADISE VALLEY
John Augustine was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, in 1946. His father, an American serviceman married to a French woman, moved the family home to Hebron, Iowa, when he was four. The family moved soon thereafter to Phoenix, Arizona, and John had his first sighting of Paradise Valley in 1951. His extensive interest in horticulture and agriculture are evident in Arizona, where John owns a wholesale tree nursery in Paradise Valley, a cotton farm in Laveen, and a cattle ranch in Young, Arizona. A lifelong student of history, John is an avid collector of Indian art, cowboy gear, and books about the people, places, and history of Arizona in the southwest.
Thank you to all who joined us for this special program on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at Paradise Valley Country Club. To view photos from the evening, click here.
“John Augustine, historian, farmer, rancher and nurseryman. He has gifted us with his history of Paradise Valley, Metro Phoenix, to north Scottsdale. His book is an intriguing and enlightening story you will want to pass on to your grandchildren.”
~ Barry Goldwater, Jr.
Guest Moderator
Barry Goldwater Jr.
Mr. Goldwater is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1969 to 1983. The son of the late U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, he has won several awards, including the Achievement Award from the President's Commission on Employment of the Handicapped.
Presenting Sponsor
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, DEMOCRACY, AND THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
Stuart Graff
President & CEO | Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Frank Lloyd Wright is well-known as the architect of important buildings, including Scottsdale’s Taliesin West, a World Heritage Site. Wright is also the architect of ideas as to how we can better live through connections with nature and other sources of beauty. In the presentation, Stuart Graff explored the origins of Wright’s ideas in American democratic thinking and discussed the lessons of Wright’s work, including alternatives to urbanization and embrace of the landscape to help us create a better, post-pandemic world.
MIRANDA: The Story of America's Right To Remain Silent
Featured
Gary L. Stuart | Author
Judge Redfield Baum | Moderator
LADY LAW
The Story of Arizona Supreme Court Justice Lorna Lockwood
The First Female Chief Justice of a State Supreme Court in the United States
Featured
Sonja White David | Author
Mark Harrison | First Law Clerk
Jerry Hirsch | Former Clerk, Justice Lorna Lockwood
Chris DeRose
The New York Times Bestselling Author
In 1789, James Madison and James Monroe ran against each other for Congress—the only time that two future presidents have contested a congressional seat. This was a race that determined the future of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the very definition of the United States of America.
“One of the Best Political Books of the Year.” ~ The Washington Post
The New York Times featured Founding Rivals in an article on the Congressional Book Club as a book popular with members of Congress.
