91 this friday. Yeah. You look too young to be 90s. What is the secret . Having a good wife, a good wife and a Good Relationship with her. That helps tremendously. She kept me with good food. How long have you been married to her . It will be 66 years on june 17th. You are an endangered species here. Okay. Married for 66 years. Where were you born . I was born in the state of washington, pasco, washington, in 1926. And tell me about your family when you were growing up . Well, my dad worked for the North Pacific railroad and we originally came from north carolina, so i grew up a lot in north carolina. Ive been in two states mostly. How about schools you went through . Went to bonnily high school. Would you spell it . Bonlonlee and its in bonlee. Bonlee. Bonlonleebonlee. Its been torn down. Its gone. In the state of washington . No. It was in north carolina. When did you graduate . 1945. So and i since you were born in 1926, you went through this Great Depression . Yes. You were 4 years
Afternoon everyone. I have the honor of serving as the conference and id like to welcome both of you to the 2000 16 National Book festival to the biography state which is sponsored by wells fargo. We at the library of congress are thrilled to be presenting National Book festival for the 16th time. This terrific event would not be possible without the friends that we have to recording us. Like wells fargo and theyre very appreciative of that. Here, but for readers like all of you who support the authors, are interested in them and come out, so we are extremely excited. Thank you so much for being here today. [applause]. This years festival is inspired by journeys. The idea that a book is a voyage unto itself, taking us to places that we might not be able to see in person, but we can visit by reading about it. It to gives us the opportunity to better understand our world and in particular why we are here today celebrating histories and biography so reading to us is an ideal form of trave
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. I had the honor of serving that as deputy to the library. Welcome to the 2016 National Book festival. Generously sponsored by wells fargo. We at the library of congress are extremely thrilled to be presenting the National Book festival where the 16th time. This event would not be possible without the friends that we have supporting us, generously supporting like wells fargo and we are very appreciative of that. More important, we would not be here, but for readers like all of you who support the authors, are interested in them and come out, so we are extremely excited. Thank you so much for being here today. [applause]. This years festival is inspired by journeys. The idea that a book is a voyage unto itself, taking us to places that we might not be able to see in person, but we can visit by reading about it. It to gives us the opportunity to better understand our world and in particular why we are here today celebrating histories and biography
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. I had the honor of serving that as deputy to the library. Welcome to the 2016 National Book festival. Generously sponsored by wells fargo. We at the library of congress are extremely thrilled to be presenting the National Book festival where the 16th time. This event would not be possible without the friends that we have supporting us, generously supporting like wells fargo and we are very appreciative of that. More important, we would not be here, but for readers like all of you who support the authors, are interested in them and come out, so we are extremely excited. Thank you so much for being here today. [applause]. This years festival is inspired by journeys. The idea that a book is a voyage unto itself, taking us to places that we might not be able to see in person, but we can visit by reading about it. It to gives us the opportunity to better understand our world and in particular why we are here today celebrating histories and biography
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