We have several author panels and call ins for you today. Topics range from fdr to education, women in washington, Guantanamo Bay and many in college sports. For the full schedule of events go to our website, booktv. Org and follow us on twitter to get schedule updates as well at booktv is our twitter handle. We are going to kick off todays live coverage with a conversation about Franklin Delano roosevelt and the environment, this is historian Douglas Brinkley. Booktv live from tucson. Good morning. Welcome to the tucson festival of books, the worlds greatest book festival. [applause] my name is jim cook, executive director of the National Parks association and sponsor of this session. Western National Parks association is the Nonprofit Organization partner of the National Park service. Our purpose is to educate visitors about the history, nature, cultural and recreational opportunities in 67 National Parks in 12 western states. Expose your kids to the best america has to offer. Also t
This street is always quiet. To see that, its shocking everyone else up here. Im shaking. So its bad. Police dont believe any of the victims returned fire. Detectives still dont have a motive for the shooting. Lets check on temperaturesp. We have midlevel clouds streaming from the gulf but nothing that would block anything significant. Temperatures are climbing into the 80s for today. 63 for inverness. It started early this week with temps on the 30s and 40s. Quite a recovery with the southeast flow bringing us another nice day today. Warm temps and low 80s. We have rain on the way for the weekend, timing it out in my next forecast. A quick check on the roads the ramp near Tampa International airport, no problems there. Well check the roads in 15 minutes. Breaking news from tampa. A suspicious house fire just after midnight. Officials say there was no electricity running through the home. They believe it was occupied by squatters. At this hour, they are not ruling out arson as a cause.
Freedom, the Hidden History of the underground railroad. Uncoveredbout how he ,he story of Sidney Howard gay one of the key organizers behind helping escaped slaves in new york city. Good evening. I am happy to be here with my esteemed colleague and friend, eric phonfoner. Some years ago, i was doing some research and as i approached the library desk to retrieve archival material, i saw that the staff was animatedly whispering and pointing, because there had just been a celebrity sighting. Eric foner. [laughter] you when i asked you what are doing, i got a modest, oh just checking out some things about the underground railroad. Book,e have is gateways to freedom. I look forward to interacting with you later this evening. Eric, you tell your readers that the story of the underground railroad is a jigsaw puzzle with many pieces missing. Usually, historians think of a question and go in search of documents. Sometimes we find extraordinary documents and let questions emerge. Why dont you t
Was animatedly whispering and pointing because there had been a celebrity sighting. Foner, of course. Doing,asked what you are i got a modest, checking things out about the underground railroad. Now of course, we have his magnificent book, gateway to freedom, about the underground railroad. You tell your readers of the story of the underground railroad, it is like a jigsaw puzzle with many pieces missing. Usually historians think of a question and go in search of documents to answer that question, but sometimes we find extraordinary documents and then left questions emerge from those documents. Why dont you tell us about the documents you found and the questions that it raised for you . Eric is this on . First of all, thank you to the museum for inviting me here. Thank you to martha for interrogating me. It is like being back in my oral exams from years ago. Yes, i have written a good number of books. Do you choosew what to write about . There is somet historical question that interest
See i dont look quite that young anymore. A little bit harrier. Someone had mentioned to me theres a henry george tree in central park. I said i did not know that and five days later im walking through central park, which, remember its 840 acres, its bigger than monaco, its a large piece of land i reached down to tie my shoe, and there im not kidding you, tied my shoe next to the henry george tree, i dont really believe in these cosmic signs but this was a cosmic sign of some sort, im on the right track i better do it. And we happened to have a camera with us, too which is kind of funny. Ive been working on it so long that one of my daughters who is now 25 used to ask me, daddy when are you going to finish that, or have you finished your book on Curious George . So it has been a while. Its been a bit of an odyssey. I will not tell you any of the details except life is what happens when you make firm plans. So, my first book is now out as my fourth book and its thrilling to have it out