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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV 20131007

Certainly is. I am talking about a master of a mountain which had just come out in paperback. And that dont think i can do any better than to quote my colleague, jonathan yardley, who placed the book on his best books of 2012 list, so here is his castle description of the book and the controversy that it set off. A fine book that fits no precise category, master of the mountain , Thomas Jefferson and his lifes. The devastating picture of the slavocracy maintained by the author of the declaration of independence of his plantations at monticello and elsewhere. The complexities of race in america have preoccupied when sec for years and have now produced three exceptional books. The others by the harrison, an American Family in black and white, and an imperfect god, George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of am ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV 20130105

This evening we have cspan here. Is the microphone working back there . We have just one microphone here to ask questions. Cell if you need access to this microphone, if you are sitting over there you can go back there. I want to welcome Lilly Ledbetter who has come this evening to talk about his new book grace and grit. This is the first time Lilly Ledbetter has been to politics and prose. He is from montana which is why think he has written many books. Including the song of the dodo which expects a medal for Natural History writing. He holds honorary degrees from Colorado College in Montana State university where he serves as prof. Of western american studies. He has won the
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