Thank you for being with us organizing todays event in my Live Audience here in San Francisco you can always visit us at www. Commonwealth club. Org and with the upcoming schedule. With cohost of morning edition of npr with jesse and john fremont thank you for coming. [applause] thank you everyone im delighted you could come this afternoon one of the most beautiful cities in the world San Francisco and to talk about jesse and john fremont to had some issue with the creation of california as we know it is so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. And then on the july a delayed flight from los angeles and then to be picked up by a car and driven by a car the thing about live radio but with San Francisco traffic but really you will not make your exact time. [laughter] but 8 00 a. M. Pacific time and still on the road creeping up the freeway seven or 9 miles an hour but looking out the right side San Francisco bay is out there and the Southern Suburbs with the hills i
Attracted you. Call the number on your screen. Please include your first name, your city, the name of the book and perhaps a reason why that book has attracted your attention. Big crowds here at the National Book festival. They have a whole area for love authors from different areas of the country. It book signings, book sales. In 20 minutes, the librarian of congress is rejoining us to make a special announcement. That is coming up in about 20 minutes. You probably noticed as well on the screen that there is a 25th anniversary sliver on the right side of your screen. This is book tv 25th anniversary. September 12, 1998 will be our 20 for anniversary an hour cspan bags all have 20 for the on them as do our cspan book tv mugs. We are pleased about that. In the 25 years, we have been on their over 1300 weekends, 92,000 hours of programming which is all ailable online. Covered over 22,000 authors, 16,000 event cities that have hted book tv events 871 it book tv over the years has been to
These books and read them. You can find the entire schedule at book tv. Org. We want to ask you what you are reading. We want to hear from you what book is on your bedside table or on your tablet and why it has attracted you. Call the number on your screen. Please include your first name, your city, the name of the book and perhaps a reason why that book has attracted your attention. Big crowds here at the National Book festival. They have a whole area for love authors from different areas of the country. It book signings, book sales. In 20 minutes, the librarian of congress is rejoining us to make a special announcement. That is coming up in about 20 minutes. You probably noticed as well on the screen that there is a 25th anniversary sliver on the right side of your screen. This is book tv 25th anniversary. September 12, 1998 will be our 20 for anniversary an hour cspan bags all have 20 for the on them as do our cspan book tv mugs. We are pleased about that. In the 25 years, we have b
Kevin my name is kevin butterfield. It is my great pleasure to introduce you that todays speakers. Our center is one of the sponsors we are proud to bring americas most beloved writers to this room. We want to welcome everyone joining us live on cspan. Our next panels records of survival escaping genocide and human trafficking. His new book is waiting to be arrested at night. A memoir of chinas genocide. The founder and director of resilience force. His book is titled the great escape, a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams. He is a lecturer in princeton. Our moderator writes for the Washington Post opinion section and is the author of prisoner, my 544 days in an iranian prison, solitary confinement, and the extraordinary efforts it took to get me out. Join me in welcoming them. [applause] i want to thank everybody for being here today and for watching me at home. This is an extraordinary honor and privilege for me. Over the last couple of weeks i have got to know him intima
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