Television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see online at booktv. Org. Historian and political strategist examines the civil war through five president s. John tyler, martin v. Martin v. In, marking the endearing, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan. The author recounts the president s thoughts on the war and the collective criticisms of the successor Abraham Lincoln. This is a little over an hour. [applause] thanks to all of you for being here tonight. This is the time for the rating on the president for six american president s and the civil war that divided them. You need to come back tuesday at 7 30. First of all thanks to changing hands of this is the third events weve been together over the past three years. I did my official book launch for both of my books finding novels and congress and lincoln and thanks so much to cspan book tv i think its amazing you can turn on the tv on the weekend and watch tv with offers talking about books. That is fa
Beyrle full circle. So, what is your next book going to be . Right now im doing two things. Im working on what might be potential movies about teddy and taft. They bought the rights for the bully pulpit maybe even a miniseries. [applause] im trying to think about muckrakers as a miniseries. A ida tarbell is my favorite character in the idea of this great female investigative journalist and then the relationship between teddy and taft but for a book at this stage of my life i dont think i can afford 10 years on Millard Fillmore or franklin pearce. Theres no big person to go back too easily so im bringing all my guys in the room at the same time and im going to write about leadership. Thats really what i care about underneath it all. [applause] oh thank you. I just started it. After you finish that book i hope you will do a Great Service for america by running ask froml over the country some questions of doris. Are you ready . Host this is the tvs live coverage of the 14th National Book
Be fine. He goes to europe and it comes back on the titanic and he dies. For taft it was yet another blow. He said every time i look in the room im missing every single moment. Those letters are an absolute treasure and he felt especially betrayed with teddy running against him. To me the most poignant part of the book is taft and roosevelt were enemies. After the election wilson as president. Taft and roosevelt dont talk about. Taft tried to talk to roosevelt and roosevelt ignores him. Finally they came by happenstance in a hotel. What happened . What happened was when i finish the book i didnt want to end it. It was such of the trail but i didnt know so i followed them in 1913 and 14 and 15. Ut i didny know what the relationship had been like past that. I followed them in 1914, 15 and 16. People brought them together but taft says it was like an armed neutrality. In 1918 teddy was in the hospital with an operation that taft had once undergone any work undergone any wrote them a lette
What happened when teddy was president , what he understood, the one in taft didnt understand, which is the president the past had he defined the word, a bully pulpit to educate the country in the most power in a way the president has and he was brilliant at it. I mean, you would take train rides around the country. Six weeks in the spring and fall and he talked about simple language. He said the Harvard Audis think i talk into folksy language, but i know i reached them. Speak softly and carry a big stick. It summed up his entire administration. He then gave Maxwell House a slogan, good until the very next stop. He was able with his relationship, but he was so interesting. He had a mida shave. When the barbarous shaving hand, he is answering their questions and they say the barber has to keep up with him as hes moving around. He understood the press was an important channel for him to reach the public and so he would read their articles ahead of time. Investigative reporters would be a
What happened than . I was so happy this happen. What happened is when i finished the book up to 1912 i did not want it ended with a sense of betrayal but i didnt really know what the relationship had been like past that. I followed them in 1914, 15 and 16. People brought them together but taft says it was like an armed neutrality. In 1918 teddy was in the hospital with an operation that taft had once undergone any work undergone any wrote them a letter saying i know how painful this is an teddy wrote him back. Its often things a little bit so it just happened than some months later by happenstance they were both at the Blackstone Hotel in chicago and when taft checked in the elevator operator told him roosevelt was in the restroom restaurant eating alone. Taft said bring me down immediately. He walked over to roosevelt and the whole room, 100 people dining in a broom and he says im so glad to see you. They throw their arms around each other and teddy says please sit down and the entir