Nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by americas Cable Television companies of the Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Beginning now on booktv we will spend time with the late author and columnist William F Buckley. This is part of our summer bins watch series which features one wellknown author. He found the National Review and help to the political Debate Program firing line for several years, also the author of 50 books which included his thoughts on politics, religion, culture, literature and other topics. He appeared on booktv and cspan at 45, we will share those programs with you. First up tonight, in 1993 Mister Buckley sat down to discuss the collection of his essays from his book happy days were here again. Here he is on cspans Interview Program from 1993 book notes. Cspan on the cover of your book it says reflections of a libertarian journalist. You always call yourself a libertarian . Guest as of course you know, something called the
what in the world has happened to johnny depp? i don t know alcohol probably drugs bad divorce case, you know, it s a i worry about him ben. you know that his he s hit a hit apart, but he keeps acting and keeps going but i m not in regular touch with him anymore, but he s how well i know him very well. you write a book with him. no, are we edited a book on witty guthrie together? we found a long lost manuscript of woody guthrie. and we called the house of earth. and it was a bit of a literary find and actually i found it, but we were trying to get money for the guthrie s music for kids for after school music programs. so johnny s involvement with it allowed my publisher harper collins to put some money into it and went to this school fund and the bookcare number 10 on the best seller list of for fiction in the new york times when he got through he s been dead forever. so it had a little bit of a nice run. i wrote a cover story of depth for vanity fair where i m attributing ed
conversation which focuses on actor johnny depp, stuntman evil can, and vice president, kamala harris. what s in the world has happened to johnny depp? i don t know. alcohol, probably. drugs, a bed divorce case. you know. i worry about him. he has hit a he keeps acting and keeps going. i m not in regular touch with him anymore. how well did you know him? i know him very well. i spoke to him. no, we edited a book on woody gum free together. we found a long lost manuscript of woody gun three. we called it the house of earth. it was a bit of a literary find. i actually found it. but we are trying to get money for the music for kids for after school music programs. johnny s involvement with it allowed my publisher, harper collins, to put some money into it and it went to the school fund. the book came number 10 on the backs seller list on the new york times, when he has been dead for ever. it had a little bit of a nice run. i wrote a cover story of depp for vanity f
Of american freedom. He was asking lawmakers to help him pass this legislation. President johnson even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. What happened in selma is part of a Larger Movement that reaches into every section and state of america. It is the effort of american ne groes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American Life. Their cause must be our cause too. Because its not just negroes but really it is all of us must overcome crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome. [applause] scarlet you must look at that with mixed emotions. On the one hand, a proud moment for him and the country. Not easy. On the other hand, then came vietnam and all that suggested and perhaps limited what he might have achieved otherwise in building society. Doris no question. I think about those years when i knew him, the last year of his presidency. He was so sad during that time. He knew better than anyone that his legacy had been cut into by the war in
President johnson even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. What happened in selma is part of a Larger Movement that reaches into every section and state of america. It is the effort of american negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American Life. Their cause must be our cause, too. Because its not just negroes but really it is all of us that must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome. [applause] charlie you must look at that with mixed emotions. On the one hand, a proud moment for him and the country. Not easy. On the other hand, then came vietnam and all that suggested and perhaps limited what he might have achieved otherwise in building society. Doris no question. I think about those years when i knew him, the last year of his presidency. He was so sad during that time. He knew better than anyone that his legacy had been cut into by the war in vietnam. How i wished he was alive now. You know what produced the Vot