America shared these concerns. Because i got letters by the sackful from people giving me advice on how to avoid bear attack while hacking. Here the basic advice seems to be to go hiking with someone who cant run as fast as you can. [laughter] but there was one letter i got from a lady in New Hampshire that pleased me. When you go hiking out west in grizzly bear country. Two things they tell you you should do whenever you go. First, you should wear bells on the clothing. Because this alerts the bears youre coming and dont overtake them by surprise. The second thing they tell you you should do everywhere you go look on the ground in front of you for grizzly bear dung. The way you can recognize it has bells in it. [laughter] its one other story i want to tell you. Its on my mind. When i say im happy to be back in america. Im happy for all kinds of reasons. But one of them because its the world series. Its the playoffs of the world sugary series. I know, its slightly a touchy issue in atl
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We close the year by remembering some of the people we lost in 2013. They lead lives of purpose and consequence and enriched our culture through their inventions, art, and enterprise. All of them left an impact on the world where we live. Here is a look back at some of those conversations. It was clearly time to take care of the rest of life. We were moving to paris. That book was six years in the making. You move to paris and do what . Do exactly what you had not been doing, Pay Attention to the rest of life and do not think about politics and dont worry about whose bill is up for a hearing today and whose sister is in trouble in idaho. What did you do there . Did you write . I did not drink as good of wine. I drank a lot of wine, smoked some good cigars. Did you love france . I came to love paris. But you did not in the beginning . When you write a book as long as that one was, your interpersonal skills are gone. All of a sudde
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Quickly close the year by remembering some of the people we lost in 2013. They lead lives of purpose and consequence and enriched our culture through their inventions, art, and enterprise. All of them left an impact on the world where we live. Here is a look back at some of those conversations. It was clearly time to take care of the rest of life. Paris. Moving to that book was six years in the making. . Ou moved to paris and do what do exactly what you had not been doing, Pay Attention to the rest of life and do not think about politics and dont worry about who is bill is up for a hearing today and whose sister is in trouble in idaho. What did you do there . Did you write . Good of not drink as wine. I drank a lot of wine, smoke some good cigars. Did you love france . I came to love paris. I did not but you did not in the beginning . Longen you write a book as as that one was, your interpersonal skills are gone. All of a sudden,
[applause] to i would say half of the rating and a big chunk of the research i did while i had a fellowship for jefferson studies. I want to think andrew for that and my good friend for many acts of friendship does the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation chair at the university of virginia. I want to think mary Scott Fleming for keeping the trains running on time for this presentation and to Christopher Oliver assistance to a range of this. And managing the fellowship that i so have profitably and so spent here. Also might sister and her brother traveling here for connecticut also alan taylor one of the leaders of the of escape from the virginia plantation during the war of 1812. Since it is monticello lets begin with Thomas Jefferson and this is a that comes from a letter that he wrote in response to his former secretary. He wrote this letter August August 251814 which is a low point in the United States will recall the war of 1,812th. If you know, of the occupation and the partial b
But somebody needs to carve it out. And he died short shortly there after and oxford turned to me and said, how would you like to be the guy to carve it out. Thats how i got involve in this project. How much did you have to write yourself . About 20 of the book. He had 250,000 words. My job, all they wanted was 150,000. I boiled it down to 120,000 of his words and added 30,000 of my own words as well as, what, 1400 footnotes and extensive bibliography and, you know, i knew what i was getting into for three years down the road. And, indeed, its been every bit as challenging as i thought it would be. Great fun and very satisfying. Give us a specific on something that you thought had to be changed . Overall, writer for 30 years for Time Magazine. He had kind of a Time Magazine style. Some inverted sentences. Things that really didnt ring terribly well in a general book of this nature. So throughout, ive been out throughout the book, i went and kind of changed that a bit. And other than th