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We are thrilled to have, as our speaker today. Debby applegate she is a graduate of Amherst College and has her ph. D. In american studies from Yale University. She is a historian her previous was the most famous man in america a biography of Henry Ward Beecher and he was a minister sort of a progress administer. But in her acknowledgments she talked about how interesting it was to move from a minister to a madam who is ran a number of houses of prostitution in new york. So her latest book is the biography of polly adler, icon of the jazz age. It won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography, and ...

[wendy davis] you know what i do have. I have a Memorabilia Book of the filibuster. And i think it might be one of those up there. I just treasure it, and of course ill be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. We put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, Supreme Court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. And we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. But here we are still without acce...

[wendy davis] you know what i do have. I have a Memorabilia Book of the filibuster. And i think it might be one of those up there. I just treasure it, and of course ill be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. We put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, Supreme Court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. And we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. But here we are still without acce...

Time, kitty, another time, maybe who is it, grab him, mansur, whats the matter, dont twitch, where did you take me, where i need to go, be careful captain, sinbat, that was the last straw, you drank all the elixir of luck that we bought from a merchant in alexandria, dont be upset, guys, it was overdue anyway, it was the last hope, in a year we didnt capture a single ship, well, well. What kind of pirates are you after this, like not a single one, and a month ago, so i captured a ship, it was fishing boat, remember, they had no food and we gave them a couple of flatbreads, well, of course we d...

One of the favorite thicks that we f do here at tv and we dont do very often is ask you and we want to hear from you what book is on your bedside table and on your tablet and why its attracted you 202 is the area 7488200 if you live in east time zones. Big crowds here at the National Book festival. Nathey have a whole area full of authors from different areas for of the country, book signings, book sales, i want to let you know that in about 20 minutes the librarian of congress is rejoining us here on your book tv set to make a special announcement. So thats coming up in about 20 minutes. Youv...