Is threatening sanctions against companies building the pipeline and moscow expels to german diplomats in a tit for tat move over the murder of a Chechen Rebel commander here in berlin earlier this year. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome in just under 2 hours the polls will close in the u. K. General election it is an election a campaign that has been overshadowed by brecks at the most divisive issue in british politics in living memory conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson cast his vote earlier today he is hoping to secure a majority to get his plans parliament its the opposition labor leader germy corben also voted today his party gaining ground in the final week of the campaign and despite early predictions that johnson would secure a majority recent polls suggest that the result is simply too close to call. One. Of the women. Hammering his point home Prime Minister Boris Johnson canvassing for last minute votes in this brea
This was a true labor of love. I researched my topic for three years and spent a yearplus writing it. It is hummabling and gratifying to see it so well received, and to be following walter isakson, robert caro, and tony. [applause] i came to develop a strong interest in Paul Jennings when i was director of education at James Madisons month peelier in virginia. I was familiar with jennings memoir considered by the White House Historical association to be the first memoir of life in the white house. It was titled a colored mans rem innocences of James Madison, and as the title implies, its really more about the socalled great man than it was about the author himself. My interest was in Paul Jennings. I set out to discover elements of his own biography to uncover the circumstances behind the original publication of the memoir in 1865 and to find an interview living direct descendents. A slave in the white house, Paul Jennings and the madisons is the story of Paul Jennings unique journey f
In the 1930. You can visit us online for this weekends schedule. Booktv continues with paul dickson. He takes a look at the creation of words but by authors. This is about 50 minutes. Thank you, barbara. This is a special treat with you here today. Thank you. We actually did invent an authorism for our 450th birthday, 450th anniversary, and i did that by going to the editorinchief at merriamwebster, and they got the staff to come up with a name. Whether that makes it in the dictionary or not, at least it made it in my book, and now its on it will be shown elsewhere. This business of what gets in and what doesnt get in is a fascinating subject because a lot aaron mckeon once said words are simply a piece of communication, an element of communication and just because its not in the dictionary doesnt mean its not a word. She used to say you dont need a pedigree to be a dog. And so thats sort of the way to look at it. One thing i find thats really interesting is a lot of writers, especiall
Of times hair and mccain once said about words that words arent simply a piece of communication and element of communication. Just because its not in the dictionary doesnt mean its not a word. That is to say you dont need a pedigree to be a dog. Thats sort of the way to look at it but one thing that i find this interesting is a lot of writers especially contemporary writers love to create their own words. My favorite example is Calvin Trillin the humorist and new yorker writer. He actually created a couple of words which i give them full credit for. Wonky as one and the other is the buffalo chicken wings which were called before that spicy chicken wings and when he wrote the book called alice let eat they become buffalo chicken wings because he had them in buffalo new york when he was on a pilgrimage about food. The guy that is funny to me is when i was doing research on the book i found Sinclair Lewis would invent words and send off letters to merriamwebster. The letters are in files
Also in march, the virginia us rulebooks it features several authors as well. Does the booktv. Org for more on the television schedule. Military historian Patrick Odonnell recounts the u. S. Army at second ranger battalion d co. A. K. A. Dog company. The group was composed of 68 men whose military campaigns during world war ii included landing on the beaches of normandy and the s and to Pointe Du Hoc. It is about 40 minutes and starts right now on booktv. It is great to see so many friends here. This is a situation where things of come full cycle, but today is the anniversary of the battle of Volusia Fallujah where i was embedded as a combat historian. We went through an aid station that was an al qaeda aid station. There was blood on the floor, cots, quite a situation that was interesting. I will never forget i look on the side of the wall and the light had changed. There was obviously a person who was running next to me on the other side of the wall. I had this sense of foreboding. S