Mississippi or their hometown in many instances. They were going overseas to fight for a cause. They were really behind it of the most part all of the ones that i found were willing to go and serve and in some cases people wonder why we had not been there before. I had one letter from an individual who fought with the Canadian Expeditionary forces. He went early went early because he thought it was a just cause. We always read about people saying, what if the south had won the civil war . What my question is, what if we had not entered that war . The world would be a vastly different place. As for its relevance today i would not have know this if id not been researching this book, again i was not aware of the consequences. All of this trouble in the middle east that we are having right now, so so many of those countries involved, involved after world war i. Promises were made after world war i and we do not look up to them. Conflict is still resulting today because of that. So if it is
[inaudible conversations] youre watching booktv on cspan2. Joining us now from chicago and the publishers convention is ron charles who is the editor of Washington Posts book world. Mr. Charles, what do you do for a living . Guest i assign most of the daily reviews in the Washington Post, and every wednesday i write my own review. Host of books . Guest of books, yes. Host how many books a week, seven books a week . Guest we review 20 books a week, and we get about 150 of them. Host about 20 books a week are reviewed in the post. Guest right. Host why isnt there a standalone book section . Guest there is online, but we decided about four years ago to spread the reviews out through the paper to try and see if we could find more readers. It seemed like a disaster at the time to me, but i have had to admit that we do, in fact, have more readers for book reviews now. We just put them in places that people read more. Book world, the old book world, the supplement, was much beloved but tended
Pamela paul is the author of buy the book, her conversation next on booktv. [applause] good morning, everyone, and good morning, everyone whos watching via technology. This mornings panel is going to be fascinating, and i know you all are going to have a great time. Im not used to having this many people show up to see me without a court order [laughter] so im certain this is going to be fabulous. Our Panel Discussion this morning is by the book, our moderator is pamela paul. Joining ms. Paul are authors Anne Patchett, nicholson baker, Francine Prose and Walter Mosley. [applause] ms. Paul is the, is the editor of the New York Times book review of and of the popular interview column, by the book. Her new book by the New York Times book review brings together 65 of the most intriguing and fascinating exchanges over time. Shes joined this morning by Anne Patchett whos the author of six novels as well as the coowner of a bookstore. Yea for bookstores. [applause] her newest book is this is
It feels like youre bereft, that youre going through a bereavement, but without the person actually dying. Good morning. From today were working for longer. The qualifying age for claiming a state pension has gone up to 66. What does that mean for the pockets of workers, and the public purse . Manchester united are the big movers on transfer deadline day. Edinson cavani is the headline act, as they call in the re inforcements. Good morning. Today we are looking at areas of bright spells, some sunshine and a lot of showers. Some of them will merge to give longer spells of rain, and the wind strengthening, particularly in South West England. I will have all the details in ten minutes. Its tuesday, 6th october. Our top story President Donald Trump is back at the white house after leaving the hospital where he was being treated for coronavirus. Mr trump tweeted that he felt really good, even though he will continue taking steroid medication and urged americans not to be afraid of the virus
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