Prizewinning historical novelist Geraldine Brooks. The last time we saw each other was in 2018 when you did our indepth program. I remember it well. It was a marathon and very enjoyable. I loved talking to the readers all over the country. We had talked about your books, but you have a new novel out called force. Is it historical fiction . It is historical fiction, and the historical spine of the model concerns trouble be the greatest racehorse in american racing history. He is a 19th century racehorse called lexington. Why is he the greatest horse . Ms. Brooks he was the fastest horse of his time and possibly would be the fastest worse today in the 19th century. His races were four miles long, which is like two kentucky derbys. He may still be the fastest horse who ever lived. He had the stamina, he had the heart and courage, and he had a lovely disposition. And then when he retired from the track he produced more champion horses than any other race horses racehorse has ever produced.
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Was in 2018 when you did our indepth program. I remember it well. It was a marathon and very enjoyable. I loved talking to the readers all over the country. We had talked about your books, but you have a new novel out called force. Is it historical fiction . It is historical fiction, and the historical spine of the model concerns trouble be the greatest racehorse in american racing history. He is a 19th century racehorse called lexington. Why is he the greatest horse . Ms. Brooks he was the fastest horse of his time and possibly would be the fastest worse today in the 19th century. His races were four miles long, which is like two kentucky derbys. He may still be the fastest horse who ever lived. He had the stamina, he had the heart and courage, and he had a lovely disposition. And then when he retired from the track he produced more champion horses than any other race horses racehorse has ever produced. And this is antebellum period . Ms. Brooks before the civil war, so a lot of those
First Lady Laura Bush along with then library of librarian of congress and the current librarian of congress has continued. Carla it is so delightful to see people line up outside waiting to hear authors and get their books signed and all of these things. There is just so much excitement. After two years of being virtual, that was good for when we all had to hunker down, but being in person is just delightful. What is your role today . Carla my role is head cheerleader, and also to open up the main stage to actually get a chance to moderate a panel of young adult authors. This year we are having a stage for the young and young at heart, teenagers, specifically. The interesting part is we had a Youth Advisory Committee which could all happen during a pandemic, and they zoomed in through the country and gave us advice about authors they would like to hear from. They recommended the books and so i am just being led on to the stage but young people will be interviewing some of their favori
Racing history. He is a 19th century racehorse called lexington. Why is he the greatest horse . Ms. Brooks he was the fastest horse of his time and possibly would be the fastest worse today in the 19th century. His races were four miles long, which is like two kentucky derbys. He may still be the fastest horse who ever lived. He had the stamina, he had the heart and courage, and he had a lovely disposition. And then when he retired from the track he produced more champion horses than any other race horses racehorse has ever produced. And this is antebellum period . Ms. Brooks before the civil war, so a lot of those horses never raced, because they went to the military instead. So he would have had even more champions if it had been normal times. Also he was at the center of some very dangerous situations during the civil war as well. It was a fantastic story to tell. Is the story of lexington lost to general history but still morning still known in horse circles . Ms. Brooks in the inn