Such is the point of clarification. That is black History Month are womens History Month or president s day. We are we are going to talk about my new book, affairs of the state and what i was trying to get at with the book was that rather than just tell stories about president ial history, the book is not just about the whodunit, but who did it and who didnt do it or with whom. I have tried to find a new lens and a new way of setting president ial characters. For example 12 years ago i read a book on the first lady and i thought it would be important to understand the president s from a different angle. That is why not study the person that knew them the best . For example what possibly could i as an historian could should be to the body of knowledge on lincoln or George Washington . Pretty much everything that could be written about linking lincoln or washington probably has been written. The rate historians whose figures point to pouring through the letters and the evidence of a book