some of these authors have or will be appearing on book tv. you can also watch them on a website book tv.org. here is his book. it s called another day in the death of america. mister young, november 23, 2013 why is that date significant. mister young, november 23, 2013 why is that date significant. it s not. that s the whole point. it s a day after the 50th anniversary of the assassination. for me it was a random day that i chose in order to make the statistic real. seven children and teens inis america i want to find out who these kids were. what they wanted to be. you basically just picked it out of a hat.a syst in order for the book to work there had to be seven in the past that day. me on that. if i wanted a higher numbers i would ve gone through the summer. more children die because they re out in the summer. in your book you write that firearms are the leading source of death among black children under the age of 19. the second leading cause of death of all children in
the statistic is every day, on average, seven children and teens in america shot dead. i wanted to pick a day, a random day and find that who these kids were, what they wanted to be and in what circumstances did they die and that was a random day id chose. host: he basically picked it out of a hat or did you have a system? guest: will come in order for the book to work, there had to be seven fatalities that day. so with more likely to be a weekend day so that was about. beyond that it was, if i wanted a higher number i would ve gone into some of your summer is little more children die because they are out. is when more chile because they are out. this was the weekend before thanksgiving and the first day i could do. host: in your book you write firearms are the leading source of death among black children under the age of is 19. the second leading cause of death for all children in the same age group after car accidents. is this a book about gun control? guest: no, it
this is live coverage of the 22nd annual los angeles times festival of the brooks on the campus of the university of southern california. in about half an hour or so, a panel on history. you will hear from annie jacobson annie jacobson talking about her book phenomena, jeff quinn talking about the road to james town. that is coming up in half an hour. we pleased to be joined by journalist and author gary younge. here is his book called another day in the death of america: a chronicle of ten short lives. mr. younge, november 23rd, 2013 why is that date significant? its not. that is the whole point. it is the day after the 50th anniversary of jfk s assassination but it was a day i chose to make the statistic real and that is on average seven teens and children are killed every day in the united states. i wanted to pick a random day and find out who these kids were, who they wanted to be, in what circumstances did they die and that was the day i chose. you picked it out
.. .. [inaudible conversations] you are watching booktv. this is live coverage of the 22nd annual los angeles times festival of the brooks on the campus of the university of southern california. in about half an hour or so, a panel on history. you will hear from annie jacobson annie jacobson talking about her book phenomena, jeff quinn talking about the road to james town. that is coming up in half an hour. we pleased to be joined by journalist and author gary younge. here is his book called another day in the death of america: a chronicle of ten short lives. mr. younge, november 23rd, 2013 why is that date significant? its not. that is the whole point. it is the day after the 50th anniversary of jfk s assassination but it was a day i chose to make the statistic real and that is on average seven teens and children are killed every day in the united states. i wanted to pick a random day and find out who these kids were, who they wanted to be, in what circumstances di