c-span.org/localcontent. next on booktv, justin martin recounts the life of frederick law olmsted. reports on his numerous designs which include the u.s. capitol ground, new york city at central park and emerald necklace and is work as an abolitionist. this is an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] i ran prospect park for 30 years. i thought i read everything there was to know about frederick law olmstead until i read justin martin s book. is a fun book to read and i was pleased to ask him a few questions about olmstead. i learned so much in this book. i learned a lot about the history of that time period which is a fascinating time. that time from before the civil war, what was happening in this country and all the things that happened afterwards. i am not sure we could produce the genius of place. justin martin is a highly praised biographer who has written two great biographies. one about alan greenspan and one about ralph nader. he lives in forest hills gardens in a beaut
ransoms which may other senior officials have been accused of taking. i think he has been partially effective. ewl is not a piracy area. he has sent flat board trucks. ewl is no longer a pirate base. they moved south they move all over the place. it s like a game of whacamole and you have to make it difficult for a pirate to launch a mission. host: jay bahadur thanks very much for the issue. i think the book is well worth everybody reading also important for policymakers to begin to start to think about this. you deserve a lot of praise for your courage and for getting this done. thanks very much. guest: thank you. .. frederick law olmstead. mr. trained to report on mr. olmstead s numerous designs which include new york city s central park in boston s emerald necklace and also, mr. olmstead s experience as a journalist and abolitionist. this is about an hour and 20. [applause] thank you very much. this is great fun for me. i ran classic park for 20 years than i though
this is about an hour and 20. [applause] thank you very much. this is great fun for me. i ran classic park for 20 years than i thought i had read everything there was to know about frederick law olmstead until i read justin s boat. it is a very, very fabulous and fun book to read. i was very pleased that justin asked me to come and ask him a few questions about olmstead because i learned so much in this book. plus i learned a lot about the history of that time period, which is a fascinating time. the time before the civil war, what is happening in this country, all the things that can happen afterwards moved so fast, just like today. but i m not sure we can still produce this genius of place. but anyway, justin is a highly praised has written two great biographies, one about alan greenspan and what about ralph nader. he lives in forest hills gardens in a beautiful place in queens. and was designed by olmstead said. which one? will be more casual. not charlie. anyway, s
i thought i had read everything about olmstead and to read his book. it is a fabulous and fun book to read and i was pleased justin asked me to ask him a few questions about olmstead. i learned so much in this book and i learned a lot about the history of that time period which is a fascinating time. before the civil war, was happening in this country and happened after words. i am not sure we could still produce this genius of place but justin martin has written two biographies. one about alan greenspan and one about ralph nader. he lives in forest hills gardens in a beautiful place in queens and was designed by olmstead s sun. frederick law olmstead junior. difficult to be more casual. not charlie. anyway, it is fun to be here and write off the bat i was a little surprised to see that you were had written these books about ralph nader and alan greenspan who are controversial in their day and time and still alive and kicking. then you pick olmstead who was pretty wel