definitely a rare opportunity to see a lot of history all in one room. host: never counted how many were in the same room? guest: no. i would like to know that. very special. host: back to george h. w. and barbara bush, one of barbara bush with her camera. guest: a really good spot where she would photograph me with president george h. w. bush and president george w. bush and send me the photo in record time. she was amazing. and this was election evening, 2004, very late at night. might have been early in the morning and we had just learned that president bush was ahead mathematically to win the election and so the family decided it was time to celebrate. host: how often were you alone with the family, just you and george bush family? a lot. especially family gatherings, holidays, every christmas i was invited to camp david to photograph the family, the best thing was my wife was with me at the same time so she could be with me and i could enjoy the holidays with
it s a pleasure to be here. this is a story that has deep roots all across the united states, but has a special meeting for cle. so it s fun for me to be here, in fact that both of my books have seattle, seattle exhibits this week is particularly fun. so what i would like to do is just introduced the book by reading the first couple of pages from the prologue in which i landed on planet earth. did you know that wyatt earp was buried in a jewish cemetery? just hearing his name through back to my childhood in the city sprawled on the floor in front of a black and white television watching westerns with my big brother, joey, dressed up in his special shirt with braided trim and snazzy snap buttons and black cowboy hat and shiny guns and a faux leather holster swung around to see. joey and i tuned in and pretended to walk the streets of tombstone every week together with millions of americans, young and old. joey was my hero, and marshall perp was his. brave, courageous, bold and
roots across the united states but has a special meaning for seattle so it s a lot of fun to be here d the fact that both of my books have seattle exhibits this week is particularly fun. what i would like to do is to introduce the book i reading the first couple of pages from the prologue in which i land on did you know that wyatt earp was buried in a jewish cemetery? just hearing his name brought me back to my childhood in jackson heights new york city as i rolled on the floor in front of black-and-white television to watch westerns with my big rather chilly dressed up in a special shirt with braided trim and snapped buttons and a black cowboy hat and shiny gun and the full leather holster slung around his hips. joey and i tuned it and pretended to walk the streets of tombstone every week together with millions of americans young and old. joey was my hero and marshall earp was his. brave, courageous, bold and jewish. jewish? that s how it all started, a question from a fri
for west. he is the author of johnny appleseed: the man, the myth, the american story . he spoke at urbana university in ohio for 45 minutes. i am the director of the johnny appleseed society. we are located for this program in the johnny appleseed educational center and museum at historic bailey hall at the university. we are here to listen to howard means talk about his brand new book, he has written a biography of john chapman and is here to tell us all about it. the name of the book is johnny appleseed: the man, the myth, the american story . so i welcome howard. [applause] thank you very much. my book was published only five days ago. since then i have done some taping sessions with nationally syndicated radio shows that this is the first live event for johnny appleseed and couldn t happen in a more appropriate place not only because we re in the newly renovated johnny appleseed educational center and museum. joe was one of the first people i contacted agreed to pu
speaking of money, did any of you put a bid in on the billy the kid picture here in denver? i think it was two and a half million dollars. william coke bought it. a lot of big bidding going on. yes? one more question. let s let this lady come over here. sir, you did say something about up of the question. i hope that i can ask one. you and i come from very near the same place. i was bought born in st. louis. very much appreciate your presentation. the question comment combination. i have been a listener for some time. i heard it this morning and heard you. you seemed set apply your talent to some pretty real people. you disparage some rightly. the hollywood fictionalizing of some of these people. i am a person who is very depressed with the way that our country is going. i just wonder if you could throw your astute observation about people and our politicians and our economy and the situation we are facing today. if you were ted say 50 or 100 years from now how would