Were suddenly stripped of our 20th century conditioning and plummeted back to mississippi in 1860 we would doubtless take for granted our world over slaves. Thats human nature im saying in effect has not changed. So an astonishing historical achievement like this century i just mentioned really matters an astonishing historical event that really matters, the outlawing of slavery in the new world and then globally represents a crucial landmark of moral progress that we should never forget. Thats the way i ended the book. [applause] hector tobar is another National Book critics circle award nominee. He tells the story of a 33 chilean miners in his book deep down dark. The ceremony will be on march 122015 march 12, 2015,behin in new york city. Ly y i dont know if you can see the wind blowing but because offwid the wind we moved from outdoor set and were on the cspan bus. Hector tobar is our guest. Here is the book, kind of hardou to see the title but it is deepkind k down dark title, but
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He dies under robert elys command and this is a devastating a devastating impact. He feels this loss very sharply. I am just curious how do they compare with characters today in washington . [laughter]. So i think he would find that interesting and i will take a pass on the question because it is just too hard because the civil war is just the meet period we can all agree that the country never has to undergo that again thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] host and thanks for watching booktv, 48 hours of Nonfiction Authors and books every weekend on cspan2. And today we are live on the campus of the university of Southern California home of the Los Angeles Times festival of books. Today there are several author panels ahead on the plushing industry biographies Publishing Industry, biographies of World Leaders and science, and well also sit down with tom hayden, travels smiley and hugh hewitt among others while they take your calls. You can get sched
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Celebration of Life for Peter Weisbrod this SaturdayA celebration of life will be held for Laguna resident Peter Weisbrod this Saturday, Feb. 3. Weisbrod was part of several town committees over the years, as well as helping start the AYSO in this region. The memorial will be held on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of Laguna Beach, 286 St. Ann’s Drive.