Joining us on booktv is Alan Crawford, here is his book how not to get rich the financial misadventures of mark twain. Mr. Crawford, what you want people to learn if they pick up your book and read it . I wrote it in part as a spoof of books about successful people. And how if you just do what they did then you too can be a Great Success in life because having read a lot of these books i find them all woefully useless. There is even one you mightve heard of called the art of the deal, terrible book. Keke barnum wrote a book called the art of money getting and he made a Great Fortune at this point but was like mark twain went broke. He wrote the art of money while he was broke and the sales of that book enabled him to rebuild his fortunes and go on to be pt barnum chapter 2. 0. Its fascinating that mark twain was so good at so many things. Bestselling author of this time. He made more money on the lecture circuit that he did even as an author, he thought he could do anything. So from ch
Readers. Joining us on book tv is Alan Crawford, here is his book, how not to get rich, the financial misadventures of mark twain, richard crawford, what do you want people to learn if they pick up your book and read it . I wrote a and part of the book about successful people. And how if you just do what they did, then you two can be a Great Success in life, because having read a lot of these books, i find them all useless, even when you might have read heard of ia terrible book. In the art of money getting, he made a Great Fortune at this point but mark twain wrote the art of money getting while he was broke and the sales of the book enabled him to rebuild his fortune and going to be 2. 0. I think its fascinating with mark twain who is so good and so in deep of the bustling author of the time who made more money on the lecture circuit they needed as an author thought he could do anything. His great obsession and life was to make a Great Fortune and as a teenager before he was even mar
Viewing on cspan which has been a supporter from the first year. We appreciate them very much, im with goodwin with the Mississippi Department of archives, if youve not already done so please silence your cell phones. Our panel this morning isa spotlight on mississippi civil rights. We thank bradley both cummings from sponsoring it, theyve also been withthe w book festival since the beginning, where grateful for that early support and for their sticking with us. We are in this room today, thanks to foreman watkins law efirm. We appreciate their support. Our panelists are Natalie Adams, Michelle Purdy and hezekiah watkins. Purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times our authors will be signing in your programs. We will hear from our panelists forabout 40 minutes, and open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium in the center of the room to ask your questions. Be carefulof the ramp, dont trip. Now let me welcome our moderator, pamela said dc j
Day three and a four and a five. I have removed the icon. On this image. I dont want you to focus on the centerline. 99 times out of 100 the storm does not hit her the centerline is. But the range of possibility. Category three hurricane making landfall somewhere south of miami. All the way north to north of jacksonville by savannah georgia. There is a wide range of possibilities for the landfall of the storm sometime sunday or monday which will be labor day. It encompasses the entire east coast of florida. Category two or three hurricane heading toward florida the next couple days. The storm did not we can over pottery go. Good news for puerto rico. A stronger storm heading to the southeastern coast of the u. S. Is coming up this holiday weekend. Our local forecast is coming up. 14yearold boy is under arrest for a police chase in santa cruz county. That left a car full of teenagers injured. Chp said officers tried to pull the driver over earlier this morning in capitola. A short pursu
Mark also worked with ben cramer on joe dimaggio, published in 2000. Since 1989, he produced, directed, and has written many awardwinning programs for pbs spanning a rich friday of subjects such as battle of the bulge, the pilgrimage of jesse theon, mount rushmore, Transcontinental Railroad, and jesse james. He has received the dupont columbia award, the George Foster peabody award, the Writers Guild award, and the prize from the japan foundation. Was producer and writer for the four hour pbs history of the United States supreme court, which was awarded the International Documentary associations award for Outstanding Limited series. Also the American Bar Association and the Parents Choice gold award. Mark was also nominated for a primetime emmys in the category of Outstanding Achievement, in nonfiction filmmaking and Outstanding Achievement in writing for his pbs program on walt whitman. Hes also the author of will you miss me when im gone . , which came out in 2002. It was one of the