Before introduce tonights speakers. Cell phones and other devices should be turned off. Tonight is the sole event, so tonight there is one event, so if i could ask everyone to fold at their chairs at the end and leave them against the closest bookshelf or wall. Last thing is for the q a session after the presentation if i could ask you to step to my left we have a microphone. We record this and cspan is here as well, so for prosperity if we could get this all on recording that would be wonderful. Without further do i would like to introduce tonights author, cate lineberry. Be free or die the amazing story of Robert Smalls escape from slavery to union hero is her second major work. Nominated for the 2014 edgar award for best [inaudible] be free or die chronicles the heroic journey of Robert Smalls who in 1862 sees a confederate steamer and sailed his way from Charleston Harbor to a Union Blockade freeing himself and his family. As all of you will soon see and learn he his mission did no
Like she answered the phone and he said, where is he . She said hes in the bathroom, mr. President. He said isnt there a phone in there . And she said, no. He said, put a phone in there. So i came out and peggy said the president wants a phone in the bathroom. I said forget about it. We forgot about it. Next morning same time, anytime the same place the same call. Some he shouts at peggi, he says i told you to put a phone in there. And he said, yes mr. President yes, mr. President. By the time got out of the bathroom there were two Army Signal Core guys in my office and the phone was installed. That was when he waned you all the time. I just and secondly, he saw he saw things always the way to too something or we needed a law we need some help. Another none of my kids i was in hospital in virginia, in washington. My son joe swallowed a about of as prison and the president called and of course i just ran. I didnt leave a phone number. And finally gets me at the hospital and he said what
Would ultimately learn that in fact, it was the sky as is actually represented in the actual universe. But, by age 11i knew enough about reading books from the library, books my parents bought me for my birthday that by age 11i had an answer, what do you want to be when you grow up. That pretty much shut them up. If you said i want to be a doctor, uncle or aunt betty is a doctor, you say astrophysicist and they walk away. To this day, im a little bit scared for having not known a night sky until i saw one in the hayden planetarium. When i go to majestic sights and i look up at the night sky i say to myself, it reminds me of the hayden planet. [laughter] [applause] we will see you at the year end review in january, have a good night. Here is a lock at some of the staff picks from politics and prose bookstores in washington, d. C. Olivia lang, employers the so solitary lives, the great derangement and argues Climate Change is being ignored. Pulitzer price winner in the gene. Another staf
Of livelihood. I think, i did not really hear what you heard about the ids, but it was an important part of the conversation in terms of veteran experience, being a very important part of the fabric of peoples lives. Yes, i had had not really heard so much about the identity prize for fiction. This is live is live coverage on book tv. Tonights book festival im here as its a tremendous up pleasure to introduce the next speaker, and to think you first of all the library foundation, humanities and all the other sponsors this is probably a good time to remind you to make sure yourself silent. Everybody reaches for their side cell phone immediately. The book festival is asking people to talk about their experiences using the , wi book festival. So wi book fast, all one word. Thus on the other side of this wall. We have a remarkable author with us. You get people who are accomplished as literary authors and people who are accomplishes nonfiction authors and he has actually pulled off major a
Of livelihood. I think, i did not really hear what you heard about the ids, but it was an important part of the conversation in terms of veteran experience, being a very important part of the fabric of peoples lives. Yes, i had had not really heard so much about the identity prize for fiction. This is live is live coverage on book tv. Tonights book festival im here as its a tremendous up pleasure to introduce the next speaker, and to think you first of all the library foundation, humanities and all the other sponsors this is probably a good time to remind you to make sure yourself silent. Everybody reaches for their side cell phone immediately. The book festival is asking people to talk about their experiences using the , wi book festival. So wi book fast, all one word. Thus on the other side of this wall. We have a remarkable author with us. You get people who are accomplished as literary authors and people who are accomplishes nonfiction authors and he has actually pulled off major a