Also the birthplace of american railroading. Railroading began in 1827. The b o was in Continuous Operation until 1986 and is a legacy now. Its track is basically formed with csx today. The museum is 40 acres and five buildings. The 1884 roundhouse is the jewel. Inside the round house are some of the most significant pieces in our collection. We have a Rolling Stock locomotive collection of approximately 180 pieces. Bays inside the roundhouse is filled with some of the most unique, worldclass, oneofakind locomotives you are ever going to find anywhere. Railroading began in the United States in maryland, the baltimore and ohio was the first common carrier, the first to carry passengers and freight on a regular schedule. The baltimore and ohio was basically formed because of the canal craze in the 1820s. The success of the erie canal lead people in washington to led people in washington to propose the idea of the chesapeake and ohio canal, which would leave baltimore out of the loop. Bus
Program. This is our special your fiction on in depth. Youll see authors this month we are pleased to have Colson Whitehead as our guests. His most recent book is the underground railroad. Whats the appropriate response when its praised by oprah, president obama, was the appropriate response . Guest this book is taken off in a way thats unexpected and wonderful. Mostly i thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better, im in a better mood generally i try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Host what is up regina better food . Ive been writing for 20 some years. Sometimes you read a book and people understand and sometimes you write it and nobody cares. And it disappears. So ive the pride and thinking i did a good job with the book. The bonus of other people liking it as well. Host your first book was intuition us. How do you sell a book like that . Guest exactly. With that book either when i send it to my age in either you dig the concept of the two groups or you dont. Further along
My name is kristin king and im the manager here and i want to thank you all for joining us this evening. A couple notes before we begin. First and foremost, the book is available for purchase in the bookstore and will be available after the event and in addition there will be a signing. Second, we have a really fantastic fall lineup coming at all six of our busboys and books location this fall. Theres an event signup list being passed around on a clipboard, so feel free to add your name and email address. Thank you again for joining us and without further ado join me in welcoming and he and doctor ibram kendi. [applause]. Think you. Pleasure to have you all here on this rainy afternoon. Although, compared to whats happening in houston our hearts and minds go to the people they are. I want to welcome all of you for being here and let you know that independent bookstores are dropped dying breed. They can only make a comeback if you support them and buy support them i dont mean to say its
Patrol car was towed away. I want to show you guys some video, i believe we have video from earlier when we were here on the scene. Now, according to chp theyre saying this patrol car got into a collision at around 3 15 a. M. , thats when this area was shut down. As mike mentioned as a result folks were being diverted off of whipple and back on to woodside. So really this can pose a pretty big issue for folks as this commute picks up. Back out here live, you can see investigators still on the scene here at 101 southbound. We will continue to monitor this issue all morning and tell you more importantly when this all clears up. Back to you in the newsroom. Thank you, pete. Now to developing news out of las vegas this morning, a shadow hangs over the city days after that shooting massacre took the lives of 58 people. This is a live look at the Mandalay Bay Hotel this morning. Overnight more solemn moments for dozens of victims. Across the nation people are coming together to remember the
Julian malvo, steve forbes and nobel prizewinning economist joseph stiglitz. Of this is a topic that interests you go to our website at booktv. Org and in the search bar type economics book and you will find a large archive of authors and materials would all of these are available to watch online. Host welcome to nashville and the southern festival of books. He will hear from many offers throughout the weekend including National Book Award Finalist Patricia Bell scott and nancy maclean, talk radio host eric erickson, basilica other liza monday and many others. For complete schedule visit booktv. Org or follow along on social media sites on facebook, twitter and instagram at booktv. We are kicking off todays coverage with biographer jonathan i on the life and politics of mohammed ali. This is live coverage on cspan2. [silence bracket good morning, everyone, thank you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce jon