He wrote a book not as many people know about. It is a short book and i think it is about the role of religion in america. I read polks diaries. He sat down and must have with a quill pin, this was 1840s, and he wrote sometimes lengthy notes, probably 1011 at night. Something like senator houston showed up at 9 p. M. For an interview. Took a long time but where read it all the way through. I dont know of any president who has written such detailed diaries. What is counterly on your reading list . I am reading a book at robert nole wrote. It is the biography of alex haley. He was a tennessee man and he is in the news because this is the 40th anniversary of roots which people may have forgotten was the best watched Television Show ever. About 85 of the American Television sets watched some part of roots in 1977. Alex haleys book is about slavery really told it in su such in terms that had not been presented before. When that was combined with the movie it just jolted the country. And it
You can watch previous episodes on our website. Senator lamar alexander, if somebody asked you for a recommendation about tennessee or tennessee history what would you recommend . I would recommend alex stewart by john rise erwin. Stewart was a clipper who is a barrel maker and lived in hancock county, a remote county. John rice erwin is the creator ofhe museum of appalachian. He could make anything. He could pull teeth, catch a squirrel and skin it, fry it and eat it. He was so interesting he was invited to washington to be part of the smithsonian folk life festival one time. If you want to get a sense of how some Mountain People lived totally off the land, alex stewart by john rice erwin. Host a lot of famous politicians from tennessee. Poke, a couple president s like jackson and johnson. I mentioned two, john meechamp best book. He wrote a book not as many people know about. It is a short book and i think it is about the role of religion in america. I read polks diaries. He sat down
To the editor:
As we approach the 70th anniversary of the execution of the Atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on June 19, it is noteworthy to remember the Bronx connection to the case.