Up next p of the series with the librarian of congress and an author and historian. Brinkley good evening, and welcome to live at the library, and a preview of the new library of congress cspan series, books that shaped america. My name is peter, and i am with cspans book tv. About 150 years ago, when i was young, my parents were a little worried that my brother and i about what my brother and i were reading about. They consulted marian, the principal at our grade school, glenwood elementary, in fort wayne indiana, and she had two pieces of advice for us. Let them read anything they want. The back of a cereal box. The words on a television commercial. Go to the library regularly and check out books. The second piece of advice was for bedtime. Let them stay up a halfhour later as long as that halfhour was devoted to reading. Well, for some reason, that advice stuck. From reading cereal boxes the book tv to interview authors, and our new series, books that shaped america. We will begin t
Up next p of the series with the librarian of congress and an author and historian. Brinkley good evening, and welcome to live at the library, and a preview of the new library of congress cspan series, books that shaped america. My name is peter, and i am with cspans book tv. About 150 years ago, when i was young, my parents were a little worried that my brother and i about what my brother and i were reading about. They consulted marian, the principal at our grade school, glenwood elementary, in fort wayne indiana, and she had two pieces of advice for us. Let them read anything they want. The back of a cereal box. The words on a television commercial. Go to the library regularly and check out books. The second piece of advice was for bedtime. Let them stay up a halfhour later as long as that halfhour was devoted to reading. Well, for some reason, that advice stuck. From reading cereal boxes the book tv to interview authors, and our new series, books that shaped america. We will begin t
Up next p of the series with the librarian of congress and an author and historian. Brinkley good evening, and welcome to live at the library, and a preview of the new library of congress cspan series, books that shaped america. My name is peter, and i am with cspans book tv. About 150 years ago, when i was young, my parents were a little worried that my brother and i about what my brother and i were reading about. They consulted marian, the principal at our grade school, glenwood elementary, in fort wayne indiana, and she had two pieces of advice for us. Let them read anything they want. The back of a cereal box. The words on a television commercial. Go to the library regularly and check out books. The second piece of advice was for bedtime. Let them stay up a halfhour later as long as that halfhour was devoted to reading. Well, for some reason, that advice stuck. From reading cereal boxes the book tv to interview authors, and our new series, books that shaped america. We will begin t
That are going to keep me reading. And now, i am delighted to introduce tonights author, robert p. Watson as the professor, historian, novelist, columnist and media commentator whose recent books include the president s wife, affairs of the state in americas first crisis, which received the 2014 gold medal in history from the independent publishers association. Sunday columnist for the sun sentinel for many years and is currently the political analyst for wp t. Five and nbc affiliate in florida. His latest book, tran 11 tran 11 tran 11 recounts the surreal stories following the ss cap corona, a luxury ocean liner builtin night june 27 whose scale rivaled the titanic. In fact, he stood in a sub one propaganda film. In catholic the collapse of the third reich and devastation of the holocaust and astonishing and disturbing ways. Columbus dispatch writes a sub one titanic the nazi titanic telling the story of its passengers sitting in the context of the chaotic and horrifying end of the wa
Titanic the incredible untold story of a doomed ship in world war ii recounts the littleknown tragic and sometimes surreal stories surrounding the cap corona, a luxury ocean liner built in 1927 scale rivaled the titanic. In fact, it does it in a propaganda film. The story of the ship encapsulates the collapse of the third right from the devastation of the holocaust and astonishing and disturbing ways. Columbus dispatch writes that the titanic what compelling book tells the story of the ship and its passengers sitting in the context of the chaotic and horrifying end of the war and almost forgotten subject well worth bringing to light. We are very pleased to welcome the author. Please join me in welcoming robert p. Watt then. [applause] thank you for coming, everyone. Its conclusion of my remarks will be happy to take questions from the book or anything else to talk about. We tend to think we know all there is we need to know about history when it comes to momentous events like world war