Relationships between the writers and offers a valuable look at postcivil war west coast and provides the kind of perfect medium for the development of bohemia. It is a rich feast of history that really unwinds many different threads. Both of the writers and the city that helped host their exploits. Ben is the author of another book, the counterfeiters paradise, which is published by penguin press, and his writing has also appeared in the San Francisco chronicle, and hes worked at lathams quarterly. It is a delight and a pleasure to have him with us. Welcome, ben tarnoff. [applause] thank you for that introduction. And thank you all for coming out tonight. I should tell you, i have a little bit of a flu, so if i get a little warm or if my voice gets a little froggy, youll have to forgive me. Mark twain, when he was here in the 1860s in San Francisco wrote a very funny sketch called how to cure a cold, and one of the cures was to rub mustard all over your chest. So if things get to that
He helped me understand the tragedy that happened in the judicial process and theres no way anyone can give a through understanding of what has happened. But they were explaining thhey s with the stock market and i thought, what a story. So became a book in any magazine piece. But the real thing was this young man who is part of this entire Financial System. Host we have jim frystem. Host we have jim from dubuque, iowa. Caller thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. Theres an obvious manipulation of the gold and silver market where they are following this on behalf of possibly the government. This is certainly a local market system. Guest first responses i have no idea, but the second response is theres an observation, as one who has been watching the commodities market and the Foreign Exchange market over the last five or six years, and that is that it is amazing how much manipulative activity has been going on or accusations of it. And it raises the question. Has this a
I think the question is for you. [laughter] which one was it for . I dont honestly know. Sounds like something he would have said. If you missed not just the fight against White Supremacy but how it is shaped so much the modern world and our economy and nation say, so forth, others have allowed us to see just how deep it cuts. And dubois of course was part of that. He said many times in many context that the problem is the problem of the color line. That is using you dont understand the 20th century. There are things you can understand and i suppose a lot of blues in beethoven. But in general as you try to understand the social world, it just seems to me its sort of a nonstarter, and the sentry i was looking. Now, one should say that, you know, there are moves forward, steps forward and steps backwards but clearly it isnt bending the word justice. I think it is Getting Better over the long haul and they get worse in various ways. Dubois also had this in mind, a question have been wrest
I thank you all for your conversation. Thank you for joining us. [inaudible conversations] [applause] this event was part of the harlem book festival. For more information visit us online at qbr. Com. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Here are some programs the lookout for this weekend. At 1 30 p. M. Eastern, booktv brings you the 20th annual collegiate summit here from several authors, including Stanley Kurtz and ryan anderson. For a complete schedule, please visit us online at booktv. Org. Tomorrow at noon, is your chance to talk to ben carson. Doctor ben carson is alive on sunday to answer your emails, calls, and tweets. Watch booktv all weekend long. For complete schedule visit booktv. Org. Welcome. Mark twain wrote about virginias territorial enterprise. Finally, welcome to the city that served as the headquarters of the virginia railroad. From 1869 through 1950 the railroad ram. Welcome to carson city on booktv. With the help of our Charter Communications cable partners, we brin
Silver was already going to the union cause because nevada was a territory. The oldest communities in nevada dating back to the first settlement, october 1851 in utah territorys valley. Welcome to the town of the Great American writers Samuel Clemens took the pen name mark twain in january 1863 while riding for the territorial enterprise. And, finally, welcome to the city that served as headquarters of the Virginia Railroad one of the countrys most famous short line railroads from 18691950. Welcome to carson city on booktv. With help of our Charter Communications cable partners, we bring you the capital of nevada, nestled in the valley of the sierra mountains. For the next 90 minutes we explore the history of the superstate with local authors and historians, beginning with guy rocha on Samuel Clemens, and his time in the nevada territory. Mark twain was a very young man when he was here in carson city. He arrived in 1861, 25, 26 years old. Very formative period in his life. And has the