Youre reading this summer. You can postit on our facebook page. Up next military historian alan axelrod, aphrodite project anvil intended to stop germanys missile attacks on london. Good evening im tony clark from the carter lie it talks about other autoors, you know, harper lee is releasing the book the second book that harper lee wrote while i wish we had harper lee here, we do have the author, she moved in next door and she where i say about harper lee and getting to know her. The book is called the mockingbird next door thats june 18th. Mark your calendar, july 15th president carter will be signing, just signing a full life here. Later in the year, diana nyad who swam from florida or from cuba to florida. We have a wonderful list of authors. I happen to be one of those who who grew up in oklahoma during the 50s and 60s and got caught up in the Kennedy Campaign and all as a kid coming home from high school, i remember then president kennedy the motorcade going by, he had been to rob
So i have done it seems like i have known you for at least 20 years. But it doesnt feel old. Feel like we are in our living room. Yes it does. Leigh gallagher his life closest friend. Full disclosure. He asked me tough questions. It is not edgy or challenging. It is up to you to ask for challenging questions, the really tough questions. I was very flattered when i was in the middle of the airbnb story when she asked if i would do this tonight. The book is great. We expect you all to read it. I was a big fan of leigh gallaghers first book, the end of the suburb or end of the suburb. The. The end of the suburb. About the movement from the suburbs to the citys of people, companies and money. So this airbnb story was kind of a natural for you as a followup. How natural was it . How did it come along . A lot of people ask me that. Thank you for having me in this lovely room, this lovely setting, thank you for saying that. The way i came to this idea, a big seismic trend in the consumer zeit
All the places to work and hundreds of new businesses being generated just from the sake that they want to be. You are from tempe originally. Yeah, it sounds like it happened pretty rapidly. Whats your ideal scenario for your city . You know, what i think tempe, the city itself, what i think t tempe is want to make the world a better place. Thats the goal of any city, we want our residents to be able to do whatever they want to be able to do. If they want to cure disease, great f they want to open up a popsicle shop, thats good too. After the president ial election, the New York Times suggested six books to help understand Donald Trumps win, first is the unwinding in which new yorker staff writer George Packer argues that people have suffered at the hands of the political system over the last three decades. National book award finalist, profiles conservative americans and reports on their concerns about liberal policies in strangers in their own land. Also on the list is hill billy ide
He was subject to savage criticism but i think he retained a certain amount of popularity with the ordinary confederate citizens. On the three trips that he took to the deep south during the course of the war in december 1862 and again in the fall of 1863 and the fall of 1864, he spoke at a dozen or more venues during those trips almost too large and enthusiastic crowds. So clearly there was some residue of support and even affection for davis among the general population. At the same time that governors, senators, newspaper editors were savagely criticizing him. That doesnt mean he was as popular as lee or Stonewall Jackson by any means but i think he was probably more popular than the popular image with the image we would have of his place in the southern affections would indicate. Host in the record there is some evidence of the behavior for the Common People of confederacy even drilling his common escape. He passed an old woman in a cabin and she held up an infant child and she sai
You are watching booktv, television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see here online at booktv. Org. Now on booktv hugh howard examines the homes of notable civil war era figures which includes the residences of jefferson davis, robert e. Lee clara barton and frederick douglass. This is about one hour. Good evening. Im tony clark from the carter president ial library. Im really glad you guys are here. I have really been looking forward to this because this book, houses of civil war america, is usually faceting. Anybody i think the likes to travel, one of the things, i know i enjoyed is going to places where people lived that have been so tied tight in history. I just think of going to abraham lincolns home and i can still, you almost walk in and some of the dark wallpaper and designs of the time it just kind of seems to take you back into the time and you can to get a sense of the people from the places theyve lived. For more than two deca