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john seigenthaler, author of james k. polk, howd they talk you into doing a biography on this president? john seigenthaler sr. arthur schlesinger called me on the phone and said, youre a tennessean. polk was a tennessean. why dont you write a biography for this series that times books is doing on the presidents? and i said, arthur, i dont have time. im retired. he said, i want you to do one thing. he said, alan nevins (ph) has done a paperback that excerpts his diary, his presidential diary. just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. and i read the excerpts from the diary, and i couldnt say no. i was fascinated by the man. did you know much about him before you started on this? you know, i knew he was a tennessean. im a tennessean. i knew that his grave is behind the capitol. there is no marker in nashville, except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. his old home place in columbia is preserved, and id been there many times and have been there since.
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