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Transcripts For CSPAN3 History Bookshelf Fergus Bordewich Americas Great Debate 20240713

Today. Great to see so many people out here, hungry for books. Toiling away in front of my moreter, dealing with electronics than live people. Of course im writing about history. The people im writing about our dead. Its nice to see live people. Engrossed in the kinds of things i and other writers here write about. I was fortunate to have grown up in a home that was filled with books. I grew up in yonkers, new york. A suburb of new york city, thousands of books, walls filled with books. As a little kid the sense of myks around me is one of most indelible memories of childhood. Remembering that is a tiny kid starting to climb i thought of the bookshelves which were floortoceiling as mountains i could climb up. My mother would find me five shelves up crying to get down again. Both my parents were fortunately great readers. My father was a self educated working guy. He installed boilers and heating systems. My mother on the other hand, had a degree in classics. She was a poet. A human rig ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 History Bookshelf Fergus Bordewich Americas Great Debate 20240713

Listening toe other speakers and it is a privilege for me to be talking to you today. Great to see so many people out here hungry for books. We are toiling away in front of my computer dealing with more electronics than live people. Of course i am writing about history. All of the people i write about are dead. They cannot talk back. It is nice to see live people. So engrossed in the kind of things i and others write about. I was very fortunate to have grown up in a home that was filled with books. I grew up in yonkers, new york, with thousands of books all filled with books. The sense ofid, books around me is one of my most indelible memories of childhood. Remembering also as a tiny kid, i thoughtlimb about the bookshelves as mountains i could climb up and my mother would find me trying to get down again. Parents were great readers. My father was a self educated working guy in installing heating systems. My mother on the other hand had a degree in classics. She was a poet and seek hum ....

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