Mohamed bin Laden started as a bricklayer for an American oil company in the 1930s; he went on to build a family fortune as the official construction company of the Saudi Royal family. He also fathered 54 children, one of whom is Osama bin Laden. Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Coll writes about the rags-to-riches bin Laden story in a new book, The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century.

Event: Steve Coll will be speaking and signing books
Wednesday, April 2 at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble
1972 Broadway (at 66th Street)