Reintegration of the veterans back into society. Such a great book i recommend that you read it. I serve also as cochair of the literacy caucus here in washington. One of the things i encourage everyone to do is read. Honestly were made a lot of boring things here in washington. Papers and policy and all that. Justice on the summer im going to read david baldacci. Im about to book behind every book that he has ever written. Starting with the first one and i have never given up on him. He is a great writer. Also i am going to read jon meacham book on Andrew Jackson. The reason is because Andrew Jackson was the first to hold my congressional seat. And in tennessee where i live they were to folks that i would like to read about. Booktv must know your reading. Send us your Summer Reading list via twitter at twitter. Com booktv or facebook. Com booktv. Booktv on cspan2, television for serious readers. Now Austin Sebastian junger has written a series of books on moore. And one that was menti
Recent book insane clown met iab in depth, your most recent book insane clown president dispatches from the 2016 circus. You write about donald trump, quote, no ordinary conman, he is way above average, the american political system is his easiest mark ever. That was early in the campaign. That was in march 2016. It was around the time he was sewing up the republican nomination and the purpose of that article, this is a compilation of articles to try to explain the trump phenomenon to people who were for the first time having to take it seriously and come to grips that this was happening. I took a different approach to trump and tried to listen to what his supporters were saying and focus on what he was doing. My take on him that he was a Brilliant Media manipulator who was perfectly suited to play on the weaknesses of the american political media and that turned out to be true. I wish i had stuck to my guns. Later on in the book i didnt believe he would be president. Host the day afte
Neighborhood just south. Our live coverage this weekend comes from Jones College prep ice school, you will hear from many others including National Book award winner, professor and pastor mike dyson, lisa neville he, heather thompson, former congressman trey rachel and many more. We will hear from arthur Mary Dearborn lose her book is a biography of Ernest Hemingway. This is live coverage of the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune it fest on booktv on cspan2. Good morning and welcome to the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune printers rowlett fest. I would like to start by giving a special thank you to all of our sponsors. Todays program is broadcast live on cspan2s booktv. We have a few minutes for questions at the end of the presentation. The audience will have to line up at the microphone to the right and let you know when the time comes. Before we begin todays program silence your cell phones and turn off your camera flashes. With that i would like to introduce our moderator, Television Documentar
And were back now live from Jones College Prep High School in chicago and the Chicago Tribunes annual lit fest. Starting now mark bowden talks about his recent book, americas involvement in the vietnam war. Good afternoon. Good afternoon and welcome to the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Id like to give a shout out to our sponsors. This program is being broadcast live on cspan 2s book tv. At this time id like to throw it over to our interview, Chicago Tribune film critic michael phillips. [applaus [applause]. Thank you, thanks for coming out today and its my pleasure to talk with mark bowden about his new book hue 1968. For those of you who dont know his resume, hes a National Correspondent for the atlantic, contributing editor vanity fair, a writer, and author of many books on subjects all over the literally all over the world, from colombia and pablo escobar, an account to dday, to the killing of usama bin laden, many subjects. Probably best known for blackhawk dow
But i like that kind of thing. I have been announced may be my favorite five books. Thank you for coming out here and go read this book. Its fun. Its wise. Do i make myself clear . We have copies for sale here and harry will stick around and sign copies. [inaudible conversations] book tv is live today from chicago for at the printes row lit fest, an annual event featuring author discussions an signings. Our live coverage this weekend comes from Jones College prep high school. Youll hear from many authors, including National Book award winner kennedyy. Michael eric dyson, lisa napoli, and many more. Well kick off the coverage with author mary deash dearborn. Biography of Ernest Hemingway. Good morning and welcome to the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Todays program is being brawled live on cspan2s booktv. Well have a few minutes for questions at the end of the presentation. The audience has to line tip microphone to your right. Well let you know when. Li please make