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The next arthur you will see at the National Book festival will be New York Times columnist thomas friedman. Thank you for being late, thank you for being late an optimists guide to thriving in the age of accelerations is the name of his most recent book. In the meantime we are pleased to be joined at the Washington Convention center by historian David Mccullough whose most recent book is the american spirit, who we are and what we stand for. 202 is area code, 7488200, east and central time zones, 2027488201, for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. You are familiar with his books. Jo...

Something people are curious about. I get asked how my mom is doing, she is doing really well. Host not married but living in ohio. She has been clean for a long time and mom may not be ready to play this role so i wont foist it up on her, she is a really good example what can happen when even after 5 or 6 times you get knocked off the horse of addiction and back into relapse it is still possible to climb back out, find the right support and make another go about it. She is incredibly tenacious. [applause] host does she now have a Business Card that says j. D. Vances mother . Guest she does no...

Mobility. I look up to him a lot. Their cousin, jackie has a cold but she says she still has a hard time walking. Neighbors say it is the 3rd time in three years that a car hit someone at this intersection. The city just repaved the restriped fruitville avenue. There will be a Pedestrian Crossing signal here like this one. It will alert drivers to stop for pedestrians. The hope is to have it in place in the next few months. I see the motorcycle officers going down the street and giving people tickets for speeding. I want to make sure it doesnt happen again because no one deserves this emotiona...

Thank you. [applause] guest thank you. Host David Mcculloughs most recent book is called the american spirit who we are and what we stand for. 202 is the area code, 7488200, east and central time zones and want to talk to David Mccullough, 2027488201 for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. You are familiar with his work and all his books, john adams, harry truman, johnstown flood, the wright brothers, that is just a couple of the books he has written. American in paris. That is just a few of the books, we want to facilitate the conversation. Jeanette in sarasota, florida, you are on ...

There is a few of the books, we are here to facilitate that conversation. Jeanette in sarasota, you are on booktv with historian David Mccullough. Caller hello. Guest good afternoon. Caller i love your work, in bradenton i want you to autograph my john adams book but i couldnt get a ticket. Here is my question, writing about Abigail Adams and we all know john adamss wife was the most liberal lady in america but when she was in england and went to see a fellow, she said some things had prejudice in her she didnt know was there, talked about the blackest man she had ever seen. And a fellow was t...