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Author of big, hot, cheap and right, and what america can learn from the strange genius of texas. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im glen, the directer of the school of journalism at the university of texas at austin. I welcome you. Theres two superb authors here to morning to talk about the state of the union where we went wrong. We have 45 minutes, but could spend 45 hours on this. We better get rolling. Ill introduce the writers, ask questions, and i turn it over to you. I want to remind you when the session ends, two authors go to the signing tents, and theres a place to buy copies of the books and take them to the tent and have them signed. Follow us out when we leave. To the left, george packer, staff writer for the new yorker magazine, author of asass sins gate, named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times, written two novels and two Nonfiction Books, a play off broadway, and lives this brooklyn, new york, the new book called the unwinding inner hist
[applause] Doris Kearns Goodwin and scott heard its wonderful to have you here and welcome to miami. This is our premier annual cultural events so its great to have you here. You both have written books about president s who are part of the progressive era. Really, it was really started by eva roosevelt. Of course he was affectionately known as teddy so Doris Kearns Goodwin how did he start the progressive era and what propelled him to act . And what were his successes that are still with us today . I may indeed call him teddy even though he didnt like to be called teddy that but i think he has lost that data with history so Teddy Roosevelt came into power at a time when really the aspects of the Industrial Age had not been dealt with since the civil war. There was no real Workers Compensation. Women and children were exploited in the factories. Huge monopolies were heating up, the gap to train the rich and the poor had grown wider sounded familiar to situations of today. Additional re
Dylan steve will be at the signing tent after if you have additional questions. Those of you been dying to know who i am. I am jessica grogan. I also have a book in the 60s is at the festival this weekend and you can find that in the 10th as well. [applause] [inaudible conversations] where youre at the National Press club with jennifer baumgardner. We are talking about we do . I would say this book is a feelgood book about one of the most frank thinks that have been politically in last couple decades. Now its a done deal. Its considering that momentum is continuing. I dont often have this happy of his tory. Its also a meditation on marriage. Im a feminist writer and i thought a lot about marriage. As a married person. I have a lot of issues with it. I think it has historically a lot of complexity for all of us as people who care about social is, but also value in something i was trying to grapple with in the book. And then theres american leaders as they came to terms with what it mean
In avoiding an even bigger Economic Disaster in the alchemieses. For an extended list and links to 2013 notable book selections, visit booktvs web site, booktv. Org. Next on booktv, eric prince, the founder of blackwater. He talks about the successes of the private mercenary group and the sacrifices that blackwater employees have made in the war on terror. This is about 50 minutes. [applause] well, good morning, everyone. So nice to see so many of you here early on a friday morning. Of course, our special guest is erik prince, and we will be talking with him about his book, civilian warriors, but we will also budget some time for your questions at the end of our interview. So i would encourage you as youre listening to the interview to jot down some questions, perhaps, that you might have for erik toward the end of the program. So with that said, erik, welcome. Thank you. And lets get started. Want to talk to you a little bit about your father. You, as you say in the book, you are your