NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL

摘要

Setting a new attendance record, the 10th annual National Book Festival drew an estimated 150,000 book-lovers to the National Mall on Sept. 25, 2010. This year's festival marked "A Decade of Words and Wonder." In May, David M. Ruben-stein, co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group, announced his intention to donate $5 million over the next five years to support the annual event. The festival has drawn 1 million people since its inception in 2001.