They just would eat colossal amounts. His weight ballooned and it caused eventually by the mid 60s Severe Health issues so that he had diabetes. Eventually going blind and then he lost his kidneys said he would be on dialysis she and quite frequently for a long period of time where he would have people come and read the new yorker, the economist, the New York Times to him. So its a tough story from the 1950s on. There was a rumor that he did it for an election debt that there was a bet the weekend before that chaplain would win so much of a in Bourbon County coming to hedge his bet he wanted to help himself out so thats why 200 ballots in a statewide election might make a difference. Then there are others who say prichard had not paid his dues and begging you to show that he was still one of the local courthouse gang that washington had not made into much of an elitist, that he still understood the ways of local politics, and that it was something very common richardson. His father had
Her life and career. And we spoke with mike huckabee. He talked about politics and culture. Wes moore was here for his book the work sharing the quest to find meaning in his life. And booktv talked about his book, gateway to freedom, detailing the history of the underground rail road. And cornel west talked about his book the radical king a collection of speeches by Martin Luther king junior. And tax reform was the discussion from the book end the irs before it ends us. And appearing recently was the author of be safe love mom talking about being a mother to four military officers serving in a war zone. And we looked at the life of the first lady through childhood up to the whitehouse. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 9 p. M. You can watch all episodes on our website. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Live coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest held every year in Downtown Chicago. Scott simon is the next author. He will be talking about his book.
Her life and career. And we spoke with mike huckabee. He talked about politics and culture. Wes moore was here for his book the work sharing the quest to find meaning in his life. And booktv talked about his book, gateway to freedom, detailing the history of the underground rail road. And cornel west talked about his book the radical king a collection of speeches by Martin Luther king junior. And tax reform was the discussion from the book end the irs before it ends us. And appearing recently was the author of be safe love mom talking about being a mother to four military officers serving in a war zone. And we looked at the life of the first lady through childhood up to the whitehouse. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 9 p. M. You can watch all episodes on our website. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Live coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest held every year in Downtown Chicago. Scott simon is the next author. He will be talking about his book.
Book. Subscription to the printers row journal, the premium book section. You can also download that the trip books out for more information on that fast and for access to the digital bookstore. Lastly, we encourage everyone to take photographs and upload messages to facebook, twitter, and as to grant using the hashtag puerto rico ls 15. With that i will throws it over to mcmahon for the introduction, associate editor of the chicago tribune. [applause] thank you. Thanks to everyone for coming today. Thank you for braving the weather and coming to let fast. Happy to have this every year and happy that you came today it is my pleasure to introduce scott simon. Scott is one of those rare people that does not live in chicago does not spend all his time in chicago but feels like a chicago icon. I think it is partly because of the way that scott work chicago into the books he writes i think there is more about it like the chicago sensibility of us got. Think it is okay that we can claim them
I think i just got an f from you, actually. This is overheard. Kelly mcevers, welcome. Thanks for having me. Nice to have you, now im going to violate the no high fives on pbs rule. kelly laughs what . And give you a high five over what a wonderful time this is to be in the News Business. Is this not the greatest moment to be doing what we do . This is a great time to be in the News Business every day, something you couldnt have ever believed. Thats true, right. Youre talking about the election i would imagine. Oh, and not only that, but even within the same day, its like, you get up in the morning, heres this big story and then five minutes later. Theres a guy climbing up a building, and youre like yeah, what . And thats like the ninth most important thing in the world. I remember when the Melania Trump nude pictures ran in the new york post, nobody even talked about it, because like 50 more important things happened on that day. There were so many more. Wouldnt that have been a top s