And recount the stories of each men from cradle to grave literally. And tracked parallel histories. Both corrupt on the frontier and both came from rough circumstances, both reviewed in their own tribe, both became superstars, husbands, fathers, sons, warriors, shared a bloodied history, they were enemies for quite some time until they hooked up in Buffalo Bills wild west show. And president s in general sought his advice. His friends included Frederick Remington and mark twain, bronc busters who could drink him under the table and might have even been better writers. Ranch cooks who needed a job. He was open to all. He had no airs. What you saw was what you got. Even if what you saw was sometimes a mirage. He was the simplest of men, as annie oakley would say at the end of his life, as comfortable with cowboys as with kings. Before the term was forever linked to his name, william f. Cody grew up in the wild, wild west. Once he was a boy, not a superstar not named for the animal he wou
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the Second World War and greece that i always kept close to my heart. The first was in 1940 when Benito Mussolini italys Prime Minister asked the greek Prime Minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3 00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. It was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. It prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest figure of the 20th c
We have a board of directors consisting of judges who sit in three divisions of the Eastern District the ox andrea and north which division and we have attorneys to serve on the board as well. By tying the story of the Historical Society is a story of really some very key people that help society get started in 2006 and i would like to think the specific individuals. The first is u. S. District judge james spencer. He was the chief judge for the same district in 2006 and instrumental in helping our society get it started. There were several judges involved in the project that we will hear about today the society itself but there are a couple that deserve no. U. S. District judge Claude Hilton who sits in the Alexandria Division was sentimental and judge henry martin junior who sits in the Northern District in u. S. Bank Bank Bankruptcy judge just as the thais who retired in 2013 was a bankruptcy judge in richmond. Last but not least on the stage u. S. District judge henry hutson. Judge
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Rebecca frankel is the author of war dogs. Ms. Frankel, whats on the cover of your book . So this is a handler and his dog, and theyre doing a Training Exercise for a mission that they might have to do in afghanistan or iraq which does include a drop from a helicopter. What sparked you to write about war dogs . My job in foreign policy, weve been writing about the iraq war for as long as its been going on and i really love dogs. So as i was looking at photos coming in off the wire, i saw this one photo that sort of stood out as different in afghanistan, and it was because there were these marines and their bombsniffing dogs, and they were just hanging out, and everyone looked very happy. Theres a very strong contrast to the unfortunate photos that are more gritty and more gory. So tom suggested that we partner in [inaudible] and i did that for about four years an
Published as the president but a lot of stuff i didnt publish. One thing corry told me was the diary and write down the stuff that is interesting to you. So i did and i thought it was so important. When young doctors and aspiring writers asked me how do you get started . I say you have to record your reflections. I had been in school for 19 years. 19 years after graduating from high school. I had that quantum dot detour. So i was just ready to be done, and reap some rewards for all that all those sleepless nights and what i found was that doctors were very unhappy, and when youre in training, the focus is on the physiology and learning about the heart. Its not really about the culture of practice. So i was largely blinded to that. And then i took on my first role and im talking to doctors and i find theyre very unhappy with medical practice today. And it wasnt just about the stresses we all know. It upabout the paperwork and the malpractice fears and so on. It was a deeper problem. The