Celebrated presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will deliver the Idaho Humanities Council’s 13th annual North Idaho Distinguished Humanities Lecture Thursday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m., at The Coeur d’Alene Resort. She will speak about “Leadership Lessons from the White House.”

Tickets are now on sale for the dinner and lecture.

Goodwin is the author of six New York Times bestselling books, including her most recent, "The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism." Winner of the Carnegie Medal, "The Bully Pulpit" is a history of the first decade of the 20th century Progressive era, a time when the nation seemed to be coming apart and reform was in the air. Hollywood director Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Studios has acquired the film rights to the book.

Spielberg and Goodwin previously worked together on the movie "Lincoln," based in part on Goodwin’s award-winning "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," an epic history that illuminates the life of America’s 16th president.

Referred to by New York magazine as “America’s historian-in-chief,” Goodwin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history for "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II," and is the author of the bestsellers "Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir," "Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream," and "The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys," which was adapted into an award-winning TV miniseries.

Well-known for her appearances and commentary on television, Goodwin is seen frequently on NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, and CNN news programs, as well as on "Charlie Rose," "Meet the Press," and many other popular television shows. Goodwin has been interviewed extensively for PBS documentaries on President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Kennedy family, Franklin Roosevelt, Abraham and Mary Lincoln, and in Ken Burns’ "The History of Baseball," and most recently Burns’ "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History."

Tickets are available by visiting http://bit.ly/1ZUTkRg or by calling the Idaho Humanities Council at (208) 345-5346. General tickets are $60 each and general tables of eight are $480. General tickets include dinner, lecture and book signing.

Benefactor tickets are $125, which includes the opportunity to attend a special reception with Kearns Goodwin in a private home prior to the dinner and lecture. Benefactor tables of eight are discounted to $800. Benefactor tickets are limited.

The evening will begin with a no-host reception and silent auction at 6 p.m. at The Coeur d’Alene Resort. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. with Goodwin’s talk to follow. Her books will be available for purchase, and she’ll be available for signing afterward.