Author timothy eagan. This is live coverage of the tucson book festival. Good morning, welcome, im going to be moderating this conversation this morning with timothy eagan. I want to expand thanks to cspan tv and book tv for sponsoring and will last approximately one hour, including questions and answers till the end of the panel immediately following the session tim will be autographing books at the bookstore, thats 153 by the university bookstores. Because youre enjoying the festival and im sure you all are, please consider joining the festival of the tucson festival of books. So become a friend by visiting the Student Union ballroom or go into our website. Out of respect for the author, please turn off your cell phones, now, if you would. This morning its our pleasure to have timothy eagan. The worst hard time and the National Best seller the big burn. Tims current book just released last week is entitled to immore eat irishman who became an american hero, a biography of thomas mar.
Please consider joining the friends of the tucsonoi festival of books. Your taxdeductibleyour taxdeductible contribution allows us to offer festival programming free of charge to the public and support critical literacy programs in the community. Out of respect for the author, please turn off your cell phones. This morning it is our pleasure to have with us timothy egan, pulitzer prizewinning New York Times columnist and author of seven books including the National Book awardwinning worst hard time. The National Bestseller the big burn. Tims current boat just released last week is entitled the immortal irishman, the Irish Revolutionary you became an American Hero and biography of thomas mark. I would like to begin by asking tim, may not be a household word, but there was a time when his name was a household word, both here and in ireland, but he has sadly been largely forgotten crowd, thank you. It is great to be here in this lovely arizona morning, huge crowd, cant believe it. People
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