Californian disaster. You dont think about alaska unless perhaps youre an earthquake specialist or some trivia master. But alaska is exactly where the great quake happened on march 27, 1964, at 9. 2 on the Richter Scale. It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in north america and the second most powerful in world history. Does anyone know the most powerful . [inaudible] the answer is chile in 1960, and that when registered 9. 5. The white and alaska lasted more than four minutes which is an incredibly long time for an earthquake. The human tragedy and physical damage of it all are dramatically and vividly captured by henry in his book, but the impact on people, on structures and on the landscape is only part of the story that henry tales. His book also is a story about how a major Natural Disaster ended up spurring scientific inquiries. And that part of the story centers around one individual in particular, a geologist with u. S. Geological survey named george plastered. He wasnt
Look for these titles in bookstores is coming week and watch for the authors in the near future book tv and this is book tv live coverage of the 2016 Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Over the next seven hours you will hear from several authors including eric larson, Kenneth C Davis and brian burrow. We began todays coverage with a discussion on politics featuring former pres. Obama adviser David Axelrod, author of axelrod, author of believer, and nationally syndicated columnist Clarence Page, author of culture, lawyer. This is live coverage from chicago on book tv. [inaudible conversations] all right. Welcome to the 31st annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. My name is tom for scholars. Before we get started i would like to send a special thank you to our sponsors. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2 book tv. At this time there will be a q a session and we ask that you line up in front of the microphone so that the home viewing audience can hear your question
Look for these titles in bookstores is coming week and watch for the authors in the near future book tv and this is book tv live coverage of the 2016 Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Over the next seven hours you will hear from several authors including eric larson, Kenneth C Davis and brian burrow. We began todays coverage with a discussion on politics featuring former pres. Obama adviser David Axelrod, author of axelrod, author of believer, and nationally syndicated columnist Clarence Page, author of culture, lawyer. This is live coverage from chicago on book tv. [inaudible conversations] all right. Welcome to the 31st annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. My name is tom for scholars. Before we get started i would like to send a special thank you to our sponsors. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2 book tv. At this time there will be a q a session and we ask that you line up in front of the microphone so that the home viewing audience can hear your question
Village in steel. Ng im not going to concentrate much on the book. T my editor, jerry kern, is a huge fan of the book. He has specific questions. Im goingdi to talk more about int a sense the process. Sense. You are now in what you call the dark country of no ideas. That is a term i didnt come up with. My good friend and publicist came up with it when i am looking for a period to describe my next book. When i finish a book i have no other idea on my plate and start from scratch. It is a longish process taking about a year before starting the next project during which i am unpleasant and snappish and pissy. That process do you sort of read not indiscriminate and go from there . I wish i had a way to distill the process. It is mostly chance. I do things that i hope will try to jog things lose in my mind. I will walk through the stacks in my Favorite Library in seattle and just pull books at random and just read to see what the book is about as a way to expose myself to new things and boo
Money toward the new stadium the raiders have committed 500 million bank of america will finance the rest to the tune of 650 million mark carpenter is live in phoenix at the nfl owners meeting. Whats the word out there mark . The nightmare scenario Oakland Raiders fans have been dreading for months became a reality monday morning. As nfl owners, with an overwhelming 311 tally, voted to send the silver and black to las vegas. My father used to say that the greatness of the raiders is in its future and the opportunity to build a world class stadium in the entertainment capital of the world is one opportunity that will give us the ability to achieve that greatness. And it didnt take long for mark davis to get the greenlight to move to sin city. Nfl owners opened mondays meeting at about 830 in the morning, two 1 2 hours later, the vote came down. Ultimately, the leagues top executives could not walk away from 750million dollars of nevada public money. And as far as oakland is concerned, c