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>> thats not a rumor. somebody here told me that they thought you had visited every grave of every former president? >> yes, i have. yes, im one of those rare americans who can say that. it was -- it was a hobby as a child, a rather unusual hobby admittedly and sometimes an embarrassing hobby. i contracted heat stroke one day while visiting james k. polk on the grounds of the tennessee state capital in the middle of august. i would not advise viewers to do this. and i almost got arrest...

>> richard norton smith, gordon wood, historian, writes in the april edition of the "american historical association magazine," "the writing of academic history seems to be in crisis. historical monographs pour from the university presses at least 1,200 or so a year and yet have very few readers.""sometimes sales of academic books number only in the hundreds. if it werent for library purchases their sales might be measured in the dozens. most people it seems," says gordon wood, "are ...