but it was very cathartic in that way. i mean it was really powerful. i mean, personally i am the proudest of this of anything i ve written. and i set out with that in mind. even though these are not fiction stories, i said you know, the nunn in my head said, this is literature. .. a lot of times authors have to drag them out of the barn, but with me, they ve got to try to cool my jets because i want to get out there, and i want to talk to people, and i want to share this with people of the country i live in. here comes trouble, out in fall 2011. thank you. up next on book tv, michael wallis recalls the life of frontiersman and politician, david crockett. he reports on his childhood in east tennessee. it s about an hour. thank you, so much. it s great to be with you, and it s wonderful to come into a city with there s rain. [laughter] i live in and my wife, suzanne, who is with me here, have lived in tulsa, oklahoma where there s lots of water and woods and it s a g