death of jostling. i m very honored today to present these authors on this panel which by the way is sponsored by the university of arizona press so thanks to them. here s our format. we are going to introduce our speakers and they re each going to speak terry briefly about how their book deals with the drug issue if it does, and in what way and then we are going to go into questions. out that a lot of you have questions. i have got a bunch of questions, but then we will cut off my questions and we will get you guys going. we only have one hour and it s one hour sharp. we don t have the information yet but i do want to find out where you can find these authors selling their books afterwards. where is it? 10b and we hope there is an escort to leave them there and perhaps you will want to buy their books. okay so we will get started right away. we have peter laufer to my left. he is a journalist, broadcaster and documentary film make or who is now a james wallace chair in journ
washington. calexico is a study of life on the california/mexico border, while no animals were harmed looks at the fine line between animal entertainment and animal abuse. this is about 5 minutes. 45 minutes. [applause] it is terrific to be back here at village books and to be here in bellingham which is just such a spectacular city. freezing today, but gorgeous. the sun was just remarkable, the clouds you have to realize, i come up from eugene where as many of you may know, most of the year it is gray down to the what would be the grass and the river. not really. but not sparkling like it was here today in bellingham. and this is a special place for me, and i have to tell you why before i talk about the books. and it s really a great evening for me because two books came out of mine this season, and that s a rare occurrence. they re very different books in many respects, and i ve been thinking about it to be talking about it with you today, thinking about how it coul
had, a lot. is the answer. i should say, also, that the officers in the navy were nonpolitical. they kept out of politics. they agreed with washington and adams that the officers in uniform had no business in politics, so it was not a political navy, but the federalists certainly supported them, and the federalists were in new england. big time. yeah. all right. well, thank you very much. you re a great audience. [applause] good questions. in. [applause] and we re going to, i ll be here signing books if you want. okay? [inaudible conversations] this event was hosted by water street bookstore in exeter, new hampshire. for more information visit waterstreetbooks.com. we d like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. and now, peter laufer talks about his two latest books. calexico is a study of life on the california/mexico border while no animals were harmed looks at the way humans interact with animals and the fine line between animal entertainmen
they were sponsors, they were all in a contest themselves which allowed is one of zero contestants to come to us now and i would just like to emphasize that all libraries are living active vibrant organizations. i think our library of congress represents an as each of us are a wonderful student collectors represents. thank you. [applause] well, thank you all very much. it s been one of location. i think in particular carroll, gene, an hour for winners. i think the other sponsors. i look forward to moving ahead with this partnership and let us conclude actually by giving a round of applause to our four winners and, please, meet with them and talk with some of the reception which will be held outside immediately following. it was give them another hand. [applause] the national collegiate book collective contest is hosted by the center for the book and their rare book and special collections division of the library of congress. the fellowship of american bollea willet societ