That was great. Thank you. Can i get a round of applause for will . Thank you very much. One thing about fun for me to be here tonight come its always good to do these things in st. Louis. And i have some wonderful people that shaped my life. My second grade teacher is here, please help me to welcome pat. Thank you. [cheers] [applause] i know that this book can have that kind of impact on one persons life that happen my other teachers had on me, this will be a very successful book. So i would like to thank you very much for being here. I am going to begin the book im reading from the beginning of the book where i ask young people to imagine themselves in the navy seals. This is how it starts. You stand in freezing water up to your chest. Every muscle in your body throbs with pain. You are exhausted beyond anything you could ever imagine, and all around you the night air carries the curses and groans of others who are trying to survive like you, trying to survive the night. Most will no
Because of the landscape also self carolina and virginia. Host remember it was pretty hard to get to the north. Almost all fugitive slaves from a the number four kentucky or maryland those that would border on free soil. If you were an alabama it would be pretty hard to get to the north. Either you become a maroons or go to the citys to blend in with fatfree black population there because getting any further north would have been difficult. We have time for a couple more questions so sylviane can sign books then the rest can ask while she signs your buck book. Your presentation is very interesting. I am curious about the maroons in the swamp and their relationship to rice growing. Rice is something that is grown in the swamp santry know that many slaves k with that knowledge from africa then going out to the swamp would have been attractive from the agricultural standpoint. Guest when i was looking at the communitys growing their food, into louisiana and South Carolina where people use
Miserly aspires to. A double lot. And the roots of the call socrates in the city speaker serious. A lot of people that you might have heard of and might not have heard of. Its a lot of fun. I really enjoy doing that. Anyone can see it online. We have been talking with eric metaxas, most recent book seven men in the secret of their greatness. Watching book tv and cspan2. Next from the 2014 conservative Political Action conference book tv talk to richard minotaur about his new book guys on target. In the book he chronicles the history of the navy seals and discusses steel operations going back to the vietnam war. Heels of reports and the actions of two seals in paris during the attack and the American Diplomatic Mission in benghazi, libya on september 11th 2012. Now joining us on book tv, author richard mentor. What do you write about . Days that interest me in the open interest of the people. Eyes on target is about the navy seals. Its a little bit different about the culture of the nav
Mind. You must fight confusion, you must fight fear. And this was when theres great physical fatigue and when theres great mental fatigue, your mind gets worn out. The ability to persevere through that mental fog is another test. And thirdly, to dominate your spirit, to drive your will, to constantly go forward. To be able to do those three things at the same time, there are individuals who can do one or the other or the third one. To really do all three is really extraordinary. And this culture that creates these unique people is under threat as our politically correct Defense Department begins to change what is culturallily allowed under this unique set of commandos is changing as well. And that was interesting to me, so thats why i wrote this book. Host are there women . Guest not yet. Although the Defense Department is certainly looking at this. There are former seals who have had a sex change operation, so some would say there are women now. But seals are unusual outliers. I mean,