And he was running around saying he needed to be replaced. Madison started writing letters to the baptists, as they should have. They recognized that he was the one that would be best for office. One of the most important relationships to the founding was madisons relationship with jefferson. It was a complex relationship and a political relationship and piggy backing on your comment, when jefferson needed something in congress he went to madison. He asked him to do a, b and c. Could you talk about this relationship between jefferson and madison . I think its one of the greatest stories of all american history. They first met when madison went to wark on the council and then jefferson became governor. From that time this wonderful friendship developed. They also lived in the same boarding house in connection with kitty. You could just imagine their conversations in that boarding house. I think that each of them was probably the brightest person that the other had ever known or would ev
Let me also again acknowledge gay and david, molly, donna marie and the entire team at the society for the four arts for hosting this magnificent five part series. Thank you. And most importantly, id like to thank dr. Cheney for coming here and sharing her views on president and mrs. Madison. Thank you. Okay. Well revisit a couple the issues that discussed. Lets jump right into your writing style. Tell us a little bit about how you pick your topics and how you approach the research process. Well, during the writing of the book madison, i was entranced with the notion as gay pointed out that for the first 36 years of the republic, the virginians were in charge for 32. And i was interested not only in how this came about and thats a good story, but in the interaction between them and the personal interactions. I wont give away too much. But there are some surprises there. Yeah. And how i write. You know, i was teacher of freshman english for quite a while. I was getting my phd. And i jus
Eats 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Every weekend, book tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Heres whats coming up this weekend. Saturday at 5 45 p. M. Eastern, photographer Matthew Christopher tells the stories behind his series of photos of abandoned schools, factories, zoos and Beach Front Properties across the u. S. Abandoned america, dismantling the dream. At 8 00 p. M. Joseph book talks about his book, my father and attius finch. About 1930s alabama. He spoke at the 28th southern festival of books in nashville. At 10 00 p. M. , professor ellen silvergeld looks at farming methods and technology and the impact on the environment and workers on her latest book chickenizing farms and food how industrial meat production endangers workers, animals and consumers. Professor silvergeld is interviewed by former u. S. Secretary of agriculture dan glickman. Most people in america havent really been on a farm. Maybe they go to the county fair but they dont know what it is to
It took a village. Dr. Watt sop h dr. Watson has published more than 40 books, and scholarly t articles and encyclopedias and essays. He has coconvened National Conferences on the modern presidency, and moderated political debate and delivered more than 1,000 keynote addresses. He has founded three nonprofit think takes dedicated to political reform. He is a frequent media commentator on cnn, and foxs special report with brit hume, and nbc, usa today, New York Times and the bbc. Dr. Watson has lectured at the four arts numerous time, and he will do so again in the future. We welcome him as he is working the image wick the formidable historians. There you go. Okay. Everybody hear met all right . Most importantly, i have a signed copy. Well, thank you again, molly, dr. Brennamen and the entire team at the society and congratulations on yet another important and successful and exciting program. Id also like to thank cspan as mentioned earlier for covering the program, and jay gaines and t
Thank you. It took a village. Dr. Watson has published more than 40 books, hundreds of scholarly articles, and encyclopedia referenced essays. He has coconvened National Conferences on the american presidency, moderated political debate, and delivered within 1000 keynote addresses. He has founded three nonprofit think tanks dedicated to civic education, political reform. He is a frequent media commentator on cnn, foxs special report with britt hume, msnbc, usa today, the new york times, and the bbc. Dr. Watson has lectured at the four arts numerous times and will do so in the future. We again welcome him as he works his magic with our formidable historians. There you go. [applause] dr. Watson can everybody hear me now right . Most importantly i have my coffee. Thank you, again, molly, dr. Brenneman, and the entire team at the society. And congratulations on yet another important and successful and exciting program. I would also like to thank cspan as was mentioned earlier, for covering