Festival. One of the favorite things we do here and we dont get to do very often, we ask what our reading and we want to hear from you on the tablet. 202 is the area code. 202 7488001 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zone. If you cant get through on the phone line and want to make comments, 20274880903 is the text number. Include your first name, city, the name of the book and perhaps the reason why the book has gotten your attention. Big crowds here at the National Book festival, they have a will area full of authors from different areas of the country, book signings, book sales. In about 20 minutes, the library of congress is joining us here on the set to make a special announcement about 20 minutes. Youve probably noticed on the screen there is a 25th anniversary on the right side of your screen. Book tv 25th anniversary. September 12, 1998 will be our 20th anniversary and cspan best 25th anniversary on the. We are pleased about that. In those 25 years we have been on the air over 1300 weekends, 92000 hours, over 22000 offers, 16000vents, cities that hosted book to be events, 871 and book tv over thebo yrs has been through 875 festival. Hopefully more to come but in the meantime, what are you reading on the screen . We wil take those calls and a minute. First we want to show you little bit of last night National Book festival Opening Ceremony missus alder graham, bestseller be made into a movie, recent book called the wager, here is david graham. It happened in 2004 i was hired as a writer and behind on the contract are ready to produce, most people know i am very slow. Might lose the coveted job and i was calling everybody. I called a friend, why dont you look for the giant squid might only image was from 20000 leagues under the sea i thought it was a myth. After i got off the phone, a real preacher eyes the size of a human. No scientist had ever seen it how are you going to tell that i did a little more digging in their giant squid hunters, they tell you about that growing up. I had to try to become the first to document one of these creatures i. Perhaps the most successful giant squid hundred of all, a man in new zealand and he had come up a novel scheme tried to capture the big calamari as he put it. [laughter] he wouldte try to capture the by the size of cricket and grow into captivity. There was a certain mad genius to scheme because hypothetically there should be more babies so i called him a and said im going on an expedition and we will make history. I rushed to my editors and in my desperation i may have committed that and would oversell a story. I showed them squid migrations and assured them we would be the first to document a baby squid and get them a photograph. It was quite expensive but they said godspeed and send them off. What when i arrived i realized these were amiss, turned out to be an outward motor. [laughter] my preacher, this was all he had, it turned out to be a graduate student and myself ready to quit the work and he turned to me and said i should warn you, theres a wee bit of a cyclone coming our way. [laughter] is not exaggerating, theres a cyclone coming our way, nationaa emergency and i said thats not a problem, we just wait it out. He said no, no, no. Apparently got to go now or we will lose opportunity. We get into his car and we drive down and get to launching the boat in the water. Its getting dark. K. He said giant squid rise in the water column at night, we have to go at night so we get off and set off into the water and my squid hundred was back from diving accident law he points to a buoy in the distance and said what color is that . I said to speak, cant you see . He said im not just that, i am also colorblind. [laughter] then he begins to aim between the rocks of the whole ocean and it seems to be following through and had a flashlight and pointed in front of me and theres a mountain of water about 20 feet high and all i can see is another mouth and the boat is going like this and he turns to says you wont find us in new york, will you, make . [laughter] was that moment i began to wonder whether the command would but somehow this peerless termination we begin to put the traps in the work and into the water they go and im no longer an observer and we do this hour after hour to no avail and they do it the next night and the next night to no avail and finally one time about 3 00 a. M. We pull up traps says strange. He puts his to the tank and says it looks like argie, only about this big, i could see a big guy and you have to understand we were really tired and exhausted and had to transfer this into another tank so we transferred to this other tank and where did it go . Gone. He took a freak catastrophe, he might have sworn. [laughter] fell back in his chair and he had a look on his face like i had neveri seen. You know what i was thinking . I am completely dead. I promised i would come out here and get the baby in custody and we lost it. I go, ill have a story. It was only after the expedition is always going in right despair this is a story about a man who devoted his whole life had lost so much more interesting, i fitting my imagination and if so, shall about the nature of freddie lori you have to keep your eyes open to this story and have to be careful about your blinders and preconceptions or bias, you have to recognize reality. You can see that in its entirety on our website, booktv. Org. Now we are turning our to you and what youre reading. We want to hear from a guest of georgia. Whats on your reading list these days . Caller high. Im reading race in america, matthew desmond, and mustafa, i think is a pronunciation of his name. And its what im already aware of, but what i found most interesting so far i have quite completed the book, is the discussion of Cultural Capital and what role it plays in the progress, the development, the possible that have availed youngsters as they navigate academia, in living, and thats what i found most interesting about it. I think its a textbook but i found it amazing and lightning come even though it affirms a lot of what ive already known. Thanks. Host whats the name of the book again . Caller race in america. Thank you for calling in. John, louisiana. Good afternoon too you. Whats on your reading list . Caller i am reading fine to me by philo davis and i want you to know it is a magnificent read. Host why . Caller because she describes her life from the beginning until where she is now pick animal halfway through the book, but the issues around poverty, being hungry and racism are really very prevalent in her life. I think its a wonderful read and everybody should read it. Host thank you for calling in. Cleveland, ohio, what is on your reading list . Caller good afternoon. The revolutionary biography of samuel adams. It takes place in the 1760s, and very enlightening book. It shows i believe a disconnect between those in authority, those who have power with the people who they serve. I dont [inaudible] i would say the people he put in power in place they seem to be a disconnect to typically with samuel adams, the people of boston. And [inaudible] she seems to be, she seems to also recognize that the patriots here in america, there were not necessarily the nicest people you will meet. If you disagreed with them, they made quite clear that you are one oft them. My second book is back to the classics. Im reading dante, not the inferno. That of course is his most popular of the trilogy. I am on purgatory. Yeah, and thank god for footnotes. You would have to be a scholar without these footnotes [inaudible] and those of my two that host thank you for calling in. We appreciate it. William in hammond louisiana tax, im currently reading the fiction thriller hammerhead, the first in the Nick Bradshaw series by jason garble. Its an amazing week. I cant put it down. Its about the u. S. Sending special operations in mexico to confront the cartels. Again that is called hammerhead by Nick Bradshaw. Now we been trying to drink the segment show you some scenes from around the National Book festival here. You can see big crowdsyo upstai. There are pavilions for each state. Each estate has authors here. Theres a library of congress prevailed in. There are booksignings. There are book sales, and a just a few minutes we are going to show you something very special that were going to announce, a partnership between the library of congress and cspan, and we will show you that in just a few minutes. First though, we want to show you this video from the new series. This fall joint cspan for literary journey featuring books by american authors that a provoke thought, controversy and change the router countries history. And are still talked about today. Join us as we trace American History and explore who we have become through the books that shaped america. Startinga. In 1776, before we we these United States, thomas paine argued it was common sense to break away from great britain. As the new nation if all advocates of a strong federal government waged a print campaign to ratify the constitution. In the early 1800s the Young Country pushed west to the pacific and an expedition under the command of captain lewis and clarke explored the lens of the recent louisiana purchase. In 1845, five, slavery still divided the country but former slave Frederick Douglass is autoworker very furthered thede cause ofut abolition. And as a nation matured books and ideas continue to shape our national identity, from Mark Twain Huckleberry finn to the harlem renaissance to Milton Friedmans freemarket principles, to cesar chavez fight foror labor rights. These are the ideas and movements that shaped america. So join in a conversation with your calls and comments at cspan and the library of Congress Look at books that are landmarks of american politics andla law. Books that export race relations, books that take you down the Mississippi River to the open prairies of nebraska and to the pacific coast. Books that examine freemarket capitalism and workers rights. Looks that r shaped america. Live for ten weeks monday nights at nine eastern on cspan, cspan. Org, andnd cspan radio starting september 18. Host carla hayden, books that shaped america. You realize this new series that we just promoted is inspired by the library of congress. Guest yes, in 2013 a the library of congress developed a list of 100 books that shaped america. And it was so popular and so this series werees hoping that everybody is going to join us to think about not only the ten books that are going to be featured, but to get some suggestions. It will be interesting to see. Host i know youre not with the library at the time, but talking to people there, how did they narrow it to 100 books and well talk about how we narrowed it to can as well. They thought about what with the books and the 200 so years of American History that more people were reading that were shaping some events like when you think about common sense by thomas paine, 1776. You know what was going on. So here were all of these people. It was a bestseller were reading this treatise basically about selfgovernance, what it means to be free, all of those things. The curators and the librarians went through history and said okay, what areib the books that quite a few people read, and even talk about later in their lives about the influence those books and on them like the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, when you think about that book and you think about hemingway say that this, that what were those books . And there were more. Host we want to very quickly give you the list of books thatv narrowed from library of Congress List. Hes the dennd heres the schedule beginning monday, emr 18. These will all be like programs 9 p. M. On monday nights. Onense by thomas paine. Theedalist f b monday october 2 history of the expedition under the command of captains lewis and clarke. October 9, narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, anamicans three auto biographies. Eommon law by Oliver Wendell holmes follows that. Adventur Huckleberry Finn b looking at the impact thatat book had in 1884 when it was written. My antonia, 1918. Their eyes were watching god,. Free too choose, a personal atent by re friedman came out in and the words of cesar chavez, 2002. So those were02 the ten that booktv took from the library of Congress List and i will tell you, it took a couple of months to come up with that because i had 14 lists myself that i 14 different lists creating this. Host and you public y different books at different times in your life. Thats what happens. A book that meant something to you in this period of your life been something a book that really hope people understand things like thend autobiographyf the narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass. His chapter about literacy and who here we are at thecy book festival, booktv. When he said once i learn to read, i was forever free. And what that meant to him, but it also helped the abolitionists movement to have Frederick Douglass have this narrative that he wrote, and that more people read about slavery. That was a seminal book in terms of the abolitionist movement. Hod the cause. Ms. Hayden yes and he was so striking as well. To have him rating and other people reading it at the same time. Thats the thing about books that shape america. You have people reading the same thing at the same time. We are looking at this list and as always, on all cspan programs, we want to hear from you. What books do you think impacted america . What books shaped america . You saw the list of 10 books we came up with. We will show you where you can go if you search books shaped America Library of congress, that list will come up. The library has put it up on blog post so you can see it immediately. You can see the books on their original list. Start dialing and, if you have a book you think shaped america, impacted america, helped create what we are today, we want to hear from you. The numbers are divided by regions. If you sent a text message with your idea, please include your first name, your city, and why you think that book was important. When we developed this list, we look for various points of view, various perspectives. It looks like the library did the same thing. Ms. Hayden of course, because you have such diversity of thought in this country. There are certain authors that appeal to people for different reasons. When you look at the impacts of those books, the federalist, thats a term that you hear. What was going on . These are those essays. James madison and Alexander Hamilton in fact. All of those people at that time were writing about their ideas about government. There were divisions. Even at the start of this country. It started with the parties. Host upstairs at the National Book festival is a display. Heres what it looks like. Books that shaped america display. If you go inside, you can see the you can record what book you think shaped or impacted america. We might use that on the air. This display you are seeing now will also be over the library of congress throughout this series and we are very pleased with that. On top of that, we have the website cspan. Org books that shaped america. The route, we detail the 10 books we will be talking about. On the main page, you will see fewer input. If you click, you can send a video directly to cspan. We want to hear from you as always what books shaped america. Our partner is the library of congress. If you look at this list of 10 books dr. Hayden, the library has an infinite amount of material about these books. That will be added to the blog and the website. And the program. We will be showing some of the artifacts. The library has the papers of Oliver Wendell holmes. We will be able to show his personal correspondence and the movie the magnificent yankee at the end, he says im getting my papers to the library of congress and its like oh boy. We will be able to bring out first editions of these books but everything that companies them. Its an exciting series. The exciting part is that we want to know what the viewers are thinking. What will you say . Our librarians and curators are excited. Will you be updating the list as well . Hacks yes. We will keep and coordinate with you about whats coming in and revealing it, talking about it. It will be a way to get people to think about the importance of reading and getting ideas and sharing them as a collective. Host before we end this segment, we will show you the list of 10 books we chose. The ones we didnt choose include ben franklin, dr. Seuss, margaret sanger, alex haley. Those are some of the names on the list of books that shaped america created by the library of congress that we did not choose necessarily for perhaps season one in this series. Our producers were up at the library and your curators put out some of the artifacts. They talked about the Oliver Wendell holmes, hurston papers, and the mass from the lewis and clark expedition. I guess there is a map of the United States that in the middle it basically says to be determined or to be discovered. Thats whats so wonderful when you think about that expedition and the fact that the library of congress has the Worlds Largest collection of maps. We have some of the maps that were used on the expedition. Then the diaries of the expedition. You get to see in realtime as that discovery was being made. What were people thinking . What were they writing down . How are they describing it . Its time when we are thinking about our environment and the things that have changed, to have realtime descriptions of a new world basically. Host you are a bit of a diplomat so you probably wont answer this, but what is the book we left off our list of 10 that you would have put on . Ms. Hayden probably black boy by Richard Wright. That was, its a long time between that and Frederick Douglass. What Richard Wright did was bring some of the same emotions, fee