History buff but unlike a lot of people who make that claim the history buff in my family was not my father. It was my mother and of her four children i seem to have been the only one she passed that gene onto. She took advantage of that one day we were driving into the city from westchester and she pointed out a big building up on a hill. She told me that was the bronx va hospital and then she said something that i have never forgotten. She said there were still men in that hospital who had never recovered from being gassed in the First World War. And this made quite an impression on a seven or 8yearold me. Even though i was a small child i knew enough about world war i to know that it happened a really really long time ago. 60 years at that point and it really struck me that there were men who had lived entire lifetime since then still frail from what they had endured in that war. I didnt know very much about the war at all. I knew what it was about. Pretty much i knew that snape u.
Well, he lived up fairly selfish life. He became a drug addict when he was about 17. See, he had such an incredible well that he was able to still continue to master the saxophone and master the art of playing jazz. From there he was actually able to find his own way to go. So powerful that he and flaws lot of others. And we have been talking with stanley crouch, columnist for the New York Daily News and author of this book coming up in september, kansas city lightning the rise and times of charlie parker. This is book tv on cspan2. Book tv continues with richard rubin. Richard rubin presents a collection of interviews conducted with menus served in the American Expeditionary forces and world war i. This is a little over an hour. [applause] thank you. That was a wonderful introduction. I started this book back in 2003. So it has been at 10year odyssey, but the seed for this book was actually planted many years earlier. It was back in the mid1970s when i was seven or eight years old. An
[applause] thank you. That was a wonderful introduction. I started this book back in 2003 so its been a a tenyear odyssey but the seed for this book was actually planted many years earlier. It was back in the mid1970s when i was seven or eight years old. There was a day till i grew up in Westchester County new york a suburb just west of the city and the son of a history buff but unlike a lot of people who make that claim the history buff in my family is not my father. Its my mother and of her four children i seem to be the only one she passed the gene onto. She took advantage of that one day we were driving into the city from westchester and she pointed at a big building up on a hill. She told me that was the bronx va hospital and then she said something i have never forgotten. She said that there were still men in that hospital who had never recovered from being gassed in the First World War. This made quite an impression on the seven or 8yearold even though i was a small child. I kno
As he sees it, there are too many guns in america, and too much killing. He and his staff are working very hard to see what more they can do to stop it. Governor Martin Omalley says the tragedy in connecticut has made it clear to him that the time has come to eliminate access to the sort of military style gone adam blanda is believed to have used. Adam relenzalanza is believed to have used. No bill has yet been drafted but the governor says a gun control package will join others already being proposed by senators in next months legislative session. We need to find a way to try to rescue some good for the future, this irreplaceable loss that these moms and dads have suffered in connecticut. Among the opinions we sampled today, we found none who disagree. Is just too dangerous and not necessary to teach bridgette to protect yourself. I own a handgun but i think anything beyond that as a little bit too much. Since it always gets in the wrong hands. It seems it always gets into the wrong h
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