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So with us today, first, we have congressman jimmy duncan. He was a u. S. Congressman from the Second District of tennessee, from 1988 until 2019. In book that he has written from bat boy to congressman duncan taps a journalistic flair to provide a series of anecdotes from his storied life as a lawyer, a judge and a congressman. Congressman, welcome. Well, nathan, thank you very much. I have written a book. I was a lawyer and a judge for 16 years. And then i was the u. S. House for 30 years. And all through that 46 year career, i had many strange funny, unusual things happen. So ive written this book. About half of it is serious. About half of it is is kind of humorous. Senator hair and ask me to start off this program and tell two or three of my little stories. Theres 203. The books about 160 pages. But its 203 vignettes from my life. And i tell about my early jobs and and then some of my cases as a lawyer, some of my cases as a judge. I tried the attempted murder, james earl ray. My
So with us today, first, we have congressman jimmy duncan. He was a u. S. Congressman from the Second District of tennessee, from 1988 until 2019. In book that he has written from bat boy to congressman duncan taps a journalistic flair to provide a series of anecdotes from his storied life as a lawyer, a judge and a congressman. Congressman, welcome. Well, nathan, thank you very much. I have written a book. I was a lawyer and a judge for 16 years. And then i was the u. S. House for 30 years. And all through that 46 year career, i had many strange funny, unusual things happen. So ive written this book. About half of it is serious. About half of it is is kind of humorous. Senator hair and ask me to start off this program and tell two or three of my little stories. Theres 203. The books about 160 pages. But its 203 vignettes from my life. And i tell about my early jobs and and then some of my cases as a lawyer, some of my cases as a judge. I tried the attempted murder, james earl ray. My
Taps a journalistic flair to provide a series of anecdotes from his storied life as a lawyer, a judge and a congressman. Congressman, welcome. Well, nathan, thank you very much. I have written a book. I was a lawyer and a judge for 16 years. And then i was the u. S. House for 30 years. And all through that 46 year career, i had many strange funny, unusual things happen. So ive written this book. About half of it is serious. About half of it is is kind of humorous. Senator hair and ask me to start off this program and tell two or three of my little stories. Theres 203. The books about 160 pages. But its 203 vignettes from my life. And i tell about my early jobs and and then some of my cases as a lawyer, some of my cases as a judge. I tried the attempted murder, james earl ray. My court was the only court he ever testified in. I tell stories about most of it is about my 30 years in the congress and at one example would be i was flying on air force one one time with the second george bush
So with us today, first, we have congressman jimmy duncan. He was a u. S. Congressman from the Second District of tennessee, from 1988 until 2019. In book that he has written from bat boy to congressman duncan taps a journalistic flair to provide a series of anecdotes from his storied life as a lawyer, a judge and a congressman. Congressman, welcome. Well, nathan, thank you very much. I have written a book. I was a lawyer and a judge for 16 years. And then i was the u. S. House for 30 years. And all through that 46 year career, i had many strange funny, unusual things happen. So ive written this book. About half of it is serious. About half of it is is kind of humorous. Senator hair and ask me to start off this program and tell two or three of my little stories. Theres 203. The books about 160 pages. But its 203 vignettes from my life. And i tell about my early jobs and and then some of my cases as a lawyer, some of my cases as a judge. I tried the attempted murder, james earl ray. My