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Jackie oh , nancy reagan and her 2013 release, let freedom ring stanley tericks Iconic Images of the march on washington. Host author kitty kelley, how did you get into the unauthorized biography business . Guest with both feet. With both feet. I was a researcher for the editorial page the Washington Post years and years ago. When i left the post i thought it would be absolutely wonderful way to make a living. At that time i went to the editorial page conferences every day, and provided research for the writers. And i thought, this would be a great way to live the rest of your life. It would be like going to school every day. And then i realized that writing articles would be hard to make a living. So i was asked to do a book, my first book, the very first book, the one i thought would make me for ever was an investigative look at the beauty spots in america. There were only 12 at the time. Only 12. This was back in 1978, and i thought this is fascinating. So i would go to every spa, s
Editorial page conferences every day, and provided research for the writers. And i thought, this would be a great way to live the rest of your life. It would be like going to school every day. And then i realized that writing articles would be hard to make a living. So i was asked to do a book, my first book, the very first book, the one i thought would make me for ever was an investigative look at the beauty spots in america. There were only 12 at the time. Only 12. This was back in 1978, and i thought this is fascinating. So i would go to every spa, state week and i would write a chapter about what they were really like inside. I thought, this is it. Its it sold 14 copies. My mother my mother bought 14 and that was it. But i remember when i went to one place, it was called the hot springs. I would arrive on sunday and stay for the whole week and put that in the chapter. I arrived, and the woman at the desk said sit down, please. Weve had a problem here. We have some writer coming fro
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 that, it was really the major change was just boiling it down and then adding those cursed quick notes. You acquired in 2009, how long did you work on the book . About three years. Going to show you video. Out of context. Out of the chronology of the book. But it shows some oratory of a couple of famous senators. The first is going to be huey long. Before we show the video, when was huey long in the senate and what impact did he have . He had a huge impact on the senate. In the senate for a short period of time, from the early 1930s until he was assassinated in 1935. But he, you know, decided that he was going to use the filibuster as a as a major legislative tool. He did it almost like no one befor