come to this kind of high office and i think that there are ramifications that are interesting and that i explored this time book. did she assist in the book or did she participate? no, no. it s independent. thank you very much. noel webster at the age of 25 has this bestseller and he s very brash and he always thinks he knows sometimes and sometimes he really does. in 1785 he decides what s wrong with america and he was spot-on. the problem, he says, is that under the articles of confederation, the federal government didn t have enough power. so he writes this pamphlet called skechers of american policy and when webster has an idea, he does something. and he takes it to mount vernon and he takes it to george washington. and washington was not a college guy. now, webster was a yale man. madison was a princeton man. john adams was a harvard man. washington wasn t a college guy. he s very impressed by webster. he said that s a very interesting idea. and he s a great del
not permitted. today s program will be broadcast live on c-span2 s booktv. if there is time that the end for questions we ask you to use the microphone in the middle of the room so the whole viewing audience can hear your question. if you like to watch this program again our coverage will be aired again tonight at 11:00 p.m.. please welcome carolyn curiel and oscar hijuelos, author of thoughts without cigarettes . [applause] thank you. we are thrilled to be here today. those of you who know oscar hijuelos know him best from one of his novels which won a pulitzer prize, the first for latino writer. he has had many milestones since then, has written the most beautiful fiction and now has written about himself in a nonfiction way. oscar hijuelos, thrilled that you are here. why now? why a memoir now? there is a short answer and a long answer. the long answer is in my first novel which was called our house in the last world, i talked about the influence on my life when i w
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