I had the determination to be a professional tennis player. I had some qualifying tournaments and had some success, but i came to the conclusion i couldnt be great, and that was important to me, so i had to let go of it. It was a very, very difficult thing to do, but it helped me in ways i couldnt foresee at the time when i was thinking about selling my oil and Gas Exploration basis, that was difficult too. Id done it once before or and survive ised that, so it was a great enthusiasm of mine to be able to go take some time off and learn about things i didnt know about. Host whered you grow up . Guest i was born in oak park, illinois, but i spent most of my time if dallas. My parents are from oklahoma, but moved to dallas in 1960. I was educated there, went to several different colleges and, ultimately, built my Business Career working out of dallas. Host when did you get interested in art and history . Guest ive always been interested in history, but i really didnt know much about art.
Booktvs after words. Historian harlow under recounts how George Washington transform the office of the president. All this and more on booktv on cspan2 this weekend. The full schedule is available at booktv. Org. Most people dont understand how it works. A lot of people write books and spend the next two years trying to get somebody to publish their books. I have never experienced that. People say how do you get a book published . I say look, but i finally felt i had something. Write books for the purpose of writing books. The first three, four books actually i did with a cowriter. Basically i would dictate them to a tape recorder and sent them the tapes and they would transcribe things. I did myself with my wife, she did a lot of research and helped with editing and of course she is quick to point out this is the first one that hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list. I enjoy working with my wife so certainly i will be doing that from now on. Fortunately it does tend to c
Art, and in some cases that makes it more difficult. There are nazi inventory card codes that do evidence the acquiring of these works of art, theft. Theyre not a legal ownership title, but they document how these works of art are acquired, photographed, inventoried, codes assigned to the families indicating what number of object it is from the families, and those documents were found by the Monuments Men and were used at the nuremberg trials ask very, very important in helping to return these object toss the people they were stolen from. Liz terry, please go ahead with your question or comment for jeff bezos. Caller i was wondering if you had any opinion on the art work and obvious destruction that the Catholic Church has perpetrated over the centuries to art works and if they should be held accountable . Peter we have more immediate problems in places like syria where we seek works of art, these things belong to all of us and should be a concern for all of us about seeing them destro
Thank you very much. [applause] you will be willing to sign books . Yes. [silence] welcome to booktv, 40 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on cspan2. Here is a look at some of the programs you will see this weekend on booktv. Peter mansoor robert edsel author of the Monuments Men takes your emails for an hour live on booktv. Steven jimenez argues the killing of Matthew Shepard in 1998 was not an antigay hate crime bill was the result of a drugrelated robbery gone wrong. Phyllis says lawyer describes her experience as a jewish woman in afghanistan married to a muslim fundamentalist. Richard benjamin to talk about down to the crossroads civil rights, black power and the march against fear on booktvs afterwards. This and much more on booktv on cspan2. The full schedule is available at booktv. Org. Here is a look at the top 10 bestselling nonfiction books according to indy bounds. Number one on the list is everything i need to know i learned from a little golden book. Sec
Start just about a halfhour to the north of the here in dundee, ill. It also features a lawyer by the name of Abraham Lincoln who i also understand came to prominence here in illinois. I will give you the plot in a nut shell. The year is 1861. Lincoln has been elected president and it turns out that there was a period in our nations history when president ial elections had a divisive and polarizing effect on the population. Very unlike the perfect harmony and stability of our present day. So over the period of 13 days as lincoln is making his way by train to his home in springfield, ill. Washington d. C. For his inauguration as president the air is filled with rumors of an assassination plot. In maryland where his train will pass below the masondixon line, there are rumors that he will be shot or stabbed to or his train will be blown up at a whistle stop appearance in baltimore. Allan pinkerton of the legendary Pinkerton Detective agency is on the scene, he is already there in baltimor