He didnt want a biography. He wanted a story of his life of flight. He failed anything that he did any of the astronauts could have done so he wanted them to get equal credit. He was that type of a guy. He never thought of himself as being anything special but he wanted the story of flight told him we were going to do it and when he passed away we had already worked one chapter out and i decided to go ahead because and do the flight because people suddenly they made sense. I looked around mike and all the people from a poll of practically all of them are gone. We have to realize that over half the people on the planet werent even here when he walked on the moon. The other asked it not said jay if you dont do it who else is going to do a quicks jim calls it a great book and adds to neils legacy. We did our level best to try to get this done for the history. We have had a heavy Library Event sale so thats great. We were trying to get neils story in a library for history and hopefully we
Wife. And, of course, they were very guarded, and these were highlevel military wives, and i dont know, you know, i just told them, you know, that i found a great deal of significance in their story and that i wanted to approach it with a lot of integrity, and i think they knew time was of thes essence. Theyre now in their 70s and 80s, and so, you know, they just had to get onboard x they did. Yeah. And they helped each other sort of feel comfortable, you know . Some women wanted to tell all. Maybe theyd been divorced from their astronaut after the Space Program which was pretty prevalent among the group, and they sort of wanted a little bit of revenge, you know . Like the womens heroic tale. Others were still or very proper were still very proper astronaut wives, and, you know, i just let each woman sort of guide how she wanted to tell her story. I now know you brought a bunch. Of pictures, so i dont know if you want to share some of what you brought to give everyone a what it looks l
In new york amid some of the larger publishers . Usually we are right by one of the entrances. Eea and a lot of people come by and either give us a secret signal like we agree with you, we like that book about impeaching obama or whatnot. Other people dance around. This is new york. This is the Publishing Industry and as you know, it is a little leftleaning shall we say and we are kind of funny others died or at least that is the perception. So you know, if people want to talk to us, they might want to talk in a little hideaway in the corners of one or, not out in the open public. Joseph farah, wmd. Com is the website. Great to see you. Always great to see you. Up next on booktv, after words. This week, veterans day scores on it, trant ibanez latest book, Neil Armstrong a life of flight. And at the nbc news man is selling author examines the life of the first man to walk on the moon on the 45th anniversary of disneyland in. The program is about an hour. Hi, i am Michael Neufeld dynamic
Likely the most consequential of his long and consequential career. On wednesday morning at 8 30 a. M. Eastern, the first of two backtoback hearings will begin, and it sounded today as if the president might have given this some thought. Im not going to be watching mueller because you cant take all those bites out of the apple. Robert mueller, i know hes conflicted. Theres a lot of conflicts hes got, including the fact that his best friend is comey. But hes got conflicts with me, too. Hes got big conflicts with me. As you know, he wanted the job of the fbi director. He didnt get it. And we had a business relationship where i said no, and i would say that he wasnt happy. Then all of a sudden he gets this position. But you know what, he still ruled and i respect him for it. He still ruled no collusion, no obstruction. Again, mueller will testify before two committees starting with house judiciary from 8 30 a. M. To 11 30 a. M. Then its the House Intel Committee from noon to about 2 30 in
York. Day 19 of the trump administration, that puts us less than 36 hours away now from what will be Robert Muellers 89th appearance before congress. Likely the most consequential of his long and consequential career. On wednesday morning at 8 30 a. M. Eastern, the first of two backtoback hearings will begin, and it sounded today as if the president might have given this some thought. Im not going to be watching. Probably, maybe i might see a little bit of it. Im not going to be watching mueller because you cant take all those bites out of the apple. Robert mueller, i know hes conflicted. Theres a lot of conflicts hes got, including the fact that his best friend is comey. But hes got conflicts with me, too. Hes got big conflicts with me. As you know, he wanted the job of the fbi director. He didnt get it. And we had a business relationship where i said no, and i would say that he wasnt happy. Then all of a sudden he gets this position. But you know what, he still ruled and i respect hi