Robert Mann is the author of 10 books on US and Louisiana political history. He was a senior aide to US senators Russell Long and John Breaux and Louisiana governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco. He served on the faculty of LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication for 18 years before retiring in 2024. He lives in Baton Rouge.

Schedule

2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor, Auditorium
Stone and Story: Biographies of American Monuments
Matthew Davis, Biography of a Mountain: The Making of Mount Rushmore
Brian Jay Jones, The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building
with moderator Robert Mann

Noon to 12:45 pm
Outside Museum, North Tent
Killing the Kingfish: The Huey Long Assassination
Jack B. McGuire with moderator Robert Mann

Moderator