I guess we will just jump right in. We have mr. Wright here today. Instead of giving the cliff notes we will have him talk about it so without further ado. [applause] thank you, philip. I like without further ado. Is ait is an honor for me to participate in this program and this institution committed to protecting and sharing of a rich legacy of the United States navy. And its a particular pleasure for me to be with you today. Im delighted to see veterans and friends and those of you that are curious to learn a little bit more about the vietnam war. I am honored to try to contribute to that process of learning. I do want to talk about my book. That is why im here today and i hope that is why you are here. Maybe the best way to do that is to try to describe why it is i wrote what i was trying to do and why i was trying to do that. Last year, my wife suzanne and i attended a performance of hamilton in new york. Many lines from the play struck me and stayed with me but one kept running th
In a state that has produced some of the nations most revered arteries, howard bar stand among its finest writers of historical fiction. The civil war trilogy the black power, the judas field chronicles the conflict with deep understanding for all those affected by it. Bar is former longtime curator of rover, the home of William Faulkner and vietnam veteran. These two fine gentlemen who you will be introduced to directly. I know that you will know his name he has long been a favorite author of mine especially i love the black hawk down. It is a wonderful film and i think there will be a film made of that. I hope i live long enough to see it. I hope i get to play with that. This book in 1968 will go down in history as one of the Great American war narratives reads like a knowledgeable. It is chilling, and it is engaging. Just a long string of adjectives. It has been will reviewed as you might expect. I did encounter one negative review a writer for the New York Times said that one of th
Life renaissance architect, diplomat, the lives of artists, defines the canon. The visionary, forming the entire history of the field of arts. Give us a sense. The rise and fall of adam and eve. How long would a book like that be with you . About six years ago. Along the way, how hard it is to write an accessible, deeply informed research. Pretty lengthy. What would you say the average is . I dont know. I dont know. We would be doing well for a couple years. Lets stop there. The new president of the ww norton publishing company, those are a few books coming up this fall. Booktv tapes hundreds of other programs throughout the country are your long. Is a look at some of the events we are covering this week. Politics and prose bookstore in washington dc to hear journalist joe tone report on the rise and fall of the zeta drug cartel. The following day back in the Nations Capital where historian john kukla will real life talk about the life of patrick henry. Thursday at busboys and poets in
Good afternoon. My name is william pelfrey, and my book is Billy Welford and and generalfred motors the story of two unique man at a Legendary Company and remarkable time of American History. Before we start this afternoon, i want to emphasize that i especially honored to be talking about my book care of the Renaissance Center General Motors headquarters especially in light of the headlines that everyone is reading across the country today. When i started this book more than two years ago, i had no idea that the timing would be such that it is. Before i begin my but also like to thank a few people that made this event possible. Cspan and book tv, of course, at borders pruett bookstore here in the Renaissance Center, adrienne hecky, i dream coming into the rest of the team at amicom books. Christine durham, the manager here of the Renaissance Center, and finally come ed snider and John Mcdonald of General Motors Corporate Communications who facilitate of all of the audio and visual set
Bookstore here in the Renaissance Center, adrienne hecky, i dream coming into the rest of the team at amicom books. Christine durham, the manager here of the Renaissance Center, and finally come ed snider and John Mcdonald of General Motors Corporate Communications who facilitate of all of the audio and visual set up. As background i but also like to give just a brief summary of my own riding writing credentials. I started writing as a soldier infantryman with a Rifle Company and a heavy order platoon in vietnam. When i came back to the world i wrote the first vietnam lawful posted by a and infantrymen which was nominated for the National Book award and the National Endowment for the arts fellowship. From there, i began writing about vietnam and south asia for the New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly and the new republic. From there somehow ended up in the Foreign Service and was at the embassy is in pakistan and venezuela come and then did another vietnam novel called Hamburger Hill i