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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV 20131006

That. I was raised overseas. My father was with a. I. D. In east asia so actually grew up in asia. Really didnt spend any time in the state states until i can gea Good High School as a teenager. I think having, with that background, the idea of having a conventional career and based in the United States was little hard to imagine. With my brother, also, jon lee anderson. We both tried to figure it how we could get back overseas and stumbled into journalism as a way to do that. John lee and i get two books together, inside the league which sherman mentioned, and war zone which was an oral history from five different wars taking place around the world in the mid 1980s. And in the years since then, along with writing books, both nonfiction and novels, ive written i write primary for the New York Times magazine. Usually in ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion On End Of Days 20131230

Theater. I want to welcome you to the special event. A talk with james l. Swanson. End of dais assassination of john f kennedy. Sam donlson has won numerous awards for excellence in journalism including broadcaster of the year from the National Press federation and best White House Correspondent. Sam is a 42year abc news cell phone, who served two appointment of chief White House Correspondent for abc news covering president s carter, reagan, and clinton. He coanchored prime time live. And abc news sunday morning broadcast this week with sam donlson. He continues to work on many freelance projects. We are thrilled to have him back for the discussion. James swanson is the ed the 12day chase for lincolns killer. In 2006 they named it one the best books of the year. And claimed crime writer patricia co ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV 20131019

That background, the idea of having a conventional career, um, and basing in the United States was a little hard to imagine and with my brother also, john lee anderson. So we both immediately tried to figure out how we could get back overseas and stumbled into journalism as a way to do that. We, john lee and i did two books together, inside the league which sherman mentioned and war zones which was a oral history from five different worlds taking place in the mid 1980s around the world. And in the years since then, ive, along with writing books, both nonfiction books and novels, ive run, i write primarily for the New York Times magazine, long feature articles. Usually in war zones, but almost always internationally. From the time ive spent in the middle east, what comes up when you ever have a really involved conversation with somebody in the middle east, invariably you go bac ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion On Authorisms 20140512

Of times hair and mccain once said about words that words arent simply a piece of communication and element of communication. Just because its not in the dictionary doesnt mean its not a word. That is to say you dont need a pedigree to be a dog. Thats sort of the way to look at it but one thing that i find this interesting is a lot of writers especially contemporary writers love to create their own words. My favorite example is Calvin Trillin the humorist and new yorker writer. He actually created a couple of words which i give them full credit for. Wonky as one and the other is the buffalo chicken wings which were called before that spicy chicken wings and when he wrote the book called alice let eat they become buffalo chicken wings because he had them in buffalo new york when he was on a pilgrimage about food. The guy that is funny to me is when i was doing research on the book i found
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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV 20130928

If he would look up a scholarship and he was not qualified he would give it to me. He wouldnt be upset. We helped each other. We were in college. We were trying to get a so we could register for the next semester. We came up with creative stories every semester. [laughter] we get on a payment plan. We were real resourceful and did whatever it took to continue. It was tough. It was so tough that if a young person asked me today how would how did you do it . I couldnt you have to pray. You have to use the resources and tools and people around you. Go for it. Have faith its going work out. You have to let people see what youre trying to do and take the first step. It will come. It happened for all three of us which is phenomena which is we made it through with no money. Yeah. Continue watching booktv all weekend long for more nonfiction authors and books. Youre watching booktv on cspan2. Here is our prime time lineup for tonight. Visit booktv. Org for more of this weekends television sche ....

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