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media, has written a number of books. we met about a year ago at a a conference that was put on by the berkeley program at yale, and i can see that at the time she has a real affinity for trying to understand the connection between the communications world and the media world on the one hand, and different elements of the conservative movement on theun other. so this is a natural kind of outgrowth of her previous work looking at that general area. open to debate is the book. heather has watched not maybe every single one of 33 yearss with the firing line episodes but pretty close to it i think. she is probably the reigning expert now on all things related to firing line. so please help a welcome heather hindershot to the podium. [applause] thanks so much. it s really great to be here, h, particularly here at the hooverr institution because the hoover was so important to the research i did on the book. i was out of stanford all the papers are and, of course, they p ....
but i know what you re talking about. i was standing in the back and someone whispered in my ear, they said i always liked him because he was smart and funny. now i also know that he is a beautiful human being. so i want to thank you very, very much, for this remarkable event. thank you for being here tonight. thank you. [applause] i also want to thank bob weisberg for a remarkable conversation as well. thank you, bob. [applause] this is booktv on c-span two, television for ear juice readers serious readers. we have astrophysicist kneel degrass tyson lead as discussion on the universe. mit professor heather hendershot, remembers william f. buckley s firing line. we wrap up the lineup at 11:45, with author courtney martin, she talks about her latest book, the new better off. reinventing the american dream. that all happens tonight on c-span2 s booktv. welcome to the hoover institution s washington, d.c. office. my name is mike franc. i m the director here. ....
worth of firing line episodes but critics. close to it so she s probably the reigning expert on all things related to the fire line. please welcome heather hendershot to the podium. [applause] thanks so much. it s really great to be here particularly here at the hoover institution because the hoover was so important in the research i did on the.rtant to i was at stanford where the papers are and of course theyrs have preserved all the episodes but the papers and transcripts i really could not have done it without without the who bringser addition great to be here. the ers keeping keeping up to blast me about the book is why did he write it? that people askt this book is why did you write it. the short, quick answer in part is this guy, i have been working on the book since 2011, about a year and half ago it became more urgent as our level of discourse seem to be deteriorating in the shouting matches be increase. it seemed like an important time to be talking about a s ....
thank you all for coming out tonight. it s great to have such a terrific crowd. book tv is here, c-span. so, yeah. let s hear it for book tv. we don t have an applause light so patty is going to wave her hat during the lecture at which point you burst into applause. you guys on the balcony will get confetti and you can throw it out at odd intervals and convey the whole spirit of this event. and people at home watching this on book tv will know how wonderful this lecture is. that would be excellent. as usual with william cody the best way to start is with the story. in the spring of 1883 william buffalo bill cody a one-time buffalo hunter and army scout, already a well known performer, held the first dress rehearsal for what would become buffalo bill s wild west show in nebraska. according to an eyewitness when the deadwood stagecoach trundld into the arena buffalo bill invited the town council wlug the mayor, a beloved but notorious blusterer to ride in the coach. for ....
actor, entrepreneur, and congressional medal of honor winner. next on history book shelf louis warren discusses the public image of the famous and controversial figure in his biography buffalo bill s america, william cody and the wild west show. this is recorded at the center of the american west in boulder, colorado in 2005. it s about an hour. [applause] thank you all for coming out tonight. it s great to have such a terrific crowd. book tv is here, c-span. so, yeah. let s hear it for book tv. we don t have an applause light up there so patty is going to wave her hat during the lecture at which point you burst into applause. you guys on the balcony will get confetti and you can throw it out at odd intervals and convey the whole spirit of this event. and people at home watching this on book tv will know how wonderful this lecture is. that would be excellent. [applause] as usual with william cody the best way to start is with the story. in the spring of 1883 william ....