And now Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser discusses the life and novels of Laura Ingalls wilder. She explained the differences between actual events in the authors life, the little house on the prairie book series, and the television adaptation. The Jefferson County, Missouri Library hosted this event. Good evening, everybody. We are really thrilled to see you here tonight. This is the third and final program in this series. We kept miss fraser very busy for the last two days and weve had wonderful crowds turned out each time. We sold out of the books. It has been really very satisfying. To have cspan here taping this to show on television is just the icing on the cake. Its such a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. My job tonight. [applause] is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She grew up
My job tonight is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. She grew up in st. Louis and graduated from the university of missouri columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut short her time as a grad student to go to work in the mid 1980s. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post after three years in the newsroom in connecticut, she returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features department for 30 years. She assigns and edits book reviews choosing from 300 or so new books each week. Tonight she will be having a conversation with caroline frazier. Caroline frazier is the editor of the library america edition of Laura Ingalls wilder, the little house books. Her latest book is prairie fires, the American Dreams of Laura Ingalls wilder. It was one of the New York Times ten best books of the year and won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The National Book critics cir
How are you doing, will . Super bowl weekend. Will right here. Good morning to you both. Thats right. Im live here in tampa. Super bowl lv. I know you are very excited about that jedediah. We will get your picks later. We know you will change the chiefs or the punxsutawney. For now a hometown battle in tampa. Hometown bucs look to be pretty popular, pete. Pete whats the feel . You are there on the ground. Its a little bit different everything is a little bit different whats the vibe in tampa . Will its excited because there is a Hometown Team for the first time Playing In Home Stadium for the super bowl. Its tampered by the bittersweet relation what would it be like if it were a normal year. Street packed and cash registers ringing they recognize its a little down from expectations. Pete absolutely. Jedediah i know you are waiting for my pick. Im waiting for yours, will cain. I had a conversation about it yesterday. You know what . Im going to wait and hold my pick and see who will pic
Im emily turner. History was made last night, over Vice President joe biden know president elect and california senator Kamala Harris becoming the first woman to become the first role of Vice President elect as woman. At the white house it has been very quiet, taking their first beaches last night joe biden and Kamala Harris projected unity and optimism. Here is not report from washington. Reporter at a victory celebration in wilmington delaware president elect joe biden said he is ready to get to work for all americans no matter who they voted for. It is time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again. Vice president elect Kamala Harris the first woman, a person of color, to win the vice presidency said she may be the first but she will not be the last. Every little girl watching tonight sees this is a country of possibility. Word of the biden harris projected when smart parties and parades from Southern California to portla
Winds making a comeback. Temperatures have cooled off considerably, mostly 50s and 60s outside. 24hour temperature change shows a big drop into the north bay now. Tomorrow night, north bay hills above 1,000 feet, fire weather watches. May get extended to diablo range tomorrow i think. Stay tuned. Monday evening through wednesday morning. After that, second offshore wind event that looks stronger in wind speeds. For that reason coming up Late Wednesday into friday, could leave to pg e power outage issues. Well be watching closely. Cooler and more wind on the way. Closer look in a few minutes. New at 11 00, close call in benicia, fire got close to apartment building. Fire burning on South Hampton are road near 780. One woman saw smoke, flames, yelled for kids to run to the car. Opened the door and looked left. Flames higher than all the streets. Just engulfed. Got goosebumps, next building, right next door. Sounds terrifying. Fire did damage outside of the apartments and Patio Furniture