You know, this is my last campaign and maybe i will run for school board sunday. [laughter] brian your book is called the last campaign. You say in the book that moment got you the title. Why . Anthony i saw that moment in a Political Science budget class in 2003 and decided to write my thesis for that semester on that idea that a president ial library is the president last campaign, not the final electoral contest. And when i finished that paper, my professor said this is a book, you should consider making this into a book. A week later, i got into an rv i had an troubled to all the essential libraries in six weeks, the once i had not been to yet. I came back convinced that maybe there was more than a book in it. For me, going to the president ial libraries was only the beginning of the journey. Because seeing the libraries as a tourist was different from researching in the records and going to the National Archives and seeing how the libraries developed. It was because of what i foun
She also won a place in history books. Not only was she the youngest contestant to make it to the famous pageant, at 15 years old, she is the youngest winner, ever. Hi, katherine. Hi, thank you for having me. Our pleasure. What was it like competing against 50 girls who were quite a bit older than you . Right, well, i see myself as a really mature 15yearold. So, i dont think my age really held me back from having the same experience as everyone else. I made so many friends, and i just had the time of my life. It was so much fun. Now, you grew up in a small town in louisiana. What was that like . I did. Well, living in a small town, i love living in a small town. You know everyone, they are so supportive, and when i won, they just went crazy. Theyre amazing. I love living there. You must be a pretty big celebrity around town. I would say so. You actually started playing softball at three . I did. My sister actually played softball, and my dad wanted me to get involved. And i started pla