Author timothy eagan. This is live coverage of the tucson book festival. Good morning, welcome, im going to be moderating this conversation this morning with timothy eagan. I want to expand thanks to cspan tv and book tv for sponsoring and will last approximately one hour, including questions and answers till the end of the panel immediately following the session tim will be autographing books at the bookstore, thats 153 by the university bookstores. Because youre enjoying the festival and im sure you all are, please consider joining the festival of the tucson festival of books. So become a friend by visiting the Student Union ballroom or go into our website. Out of respect for the author, please turn off your cell phones, now, if you would. This morning its our pleasure to have timothy eagan. The worst hard time and the National Best seller the big burn. Tims current book just released last week is entitled to immore eat irishman who became an american hero, a biography of thomas mar.
Typical teenager behavior can often be the sleeping patterns are eating habits. It is very difficult to tell that is why as parents we cannot operate under the delusion to have that we love entrust with their health and ability to make good decisions that someone we love it may be struggling with lifeanddeath fox and working very hard to hide them from us and that will change the way we parent and interact. That is a question people have is why . Why did dylan do this . You talk in the book lots of theories what are your thoughts on the question . The likelihood they will take part in the School Shooting the chances are one in millions so it is not be everyday occurrence that every parent should be concerned about that the child will become a school will shooter but the far more dangerous how many have thoughts of suicide itself harm. If we look at their murdersuicide as columbine that is a small subset perhaps water two will result in the killing of someone else. In two prevent them.
Were irish who fought on the other side, including the very people who were the kids of his best friends. Also i have a scene in the book where they fight the irish couldnt get into new york, philadelphia, baltimore, would continue going, and they came in through new orleans. New orleans was one of the main ports, later for italianamericans as well, but one of the main ports for irish entry. They had a little unit called the fighting tigers which wasnt formally an irish brigade, but an irish confederate unit. Its just handonhand combat of the irish Brigade Fighting the irish tigers and meagher wondering why the hell arent we directing all this energy against england. Anyone else . Any questions i think we have a gentleman coming down the way here. There we go. Timothy, i want to ask about you. How does a person make the transition from a very good local newspaper reporter into a pulitzer prizewinning author . And what made you think you would make a living at it . [laughter] the last p
Author timothy eagan. This is live coverage of the tucson book festival. Good morning, welcome, im going to be moderating this conversation this morning with timothy eagan. I want to expand thanks to cspan tv and book tv for sponsoring and will last approximately one hour, including questions and answers till the end of the panel immediately following the session tim will be autographing books at the bookstore, thats 153 by the university bookstores. Because youre enjoying the festival and im sure you all are, please consider joining the festival of the tucson festival of books. So become a friend by visiting the Student Union ballroom or go into our website. Out of respect for the author, please turn off your cell phones, now, if you would. This morning its our pleasure to have timothy eagan. The worst hard time and the National Best seller the big burn. Tims current book just released last week is entitled to immore eat irishman who became an american hero, a biography of thomas mar.
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