Author jeff quinn. You open your most recent book, waco, with this quote from rick perlstein, the historian. A fog of crosscut motives and narratives, the complexity that defies storybook simplicity at a that is usually the way history happens. I think the quote is the most cogent of ever heard. Rick does a tremendous job himself and its true. Know historic event happens in a vacuum. Its tied to many other things. And thats the fascination in research and writing on narrative, nonfiction, history. What i read a quote from you as well, and this is from 2021 in the cleburne times review. A lot of people no longer want to buy nonfiction to learn things. They want nonfiction books to reflect what they already believ want books to reinforce their opinions. They want books that tell them everything they believe is absolutely right and that the other side is even worse than they thought. If you take a look at the bestseller list for nonfiction, for the last several years, theres three categor
2008 financial crisis. And iowa net gordonreed and peter to enough discuss the intellectual maturation of thomas jefferson. Plus, a history of jerusalem through its contemporary architecture, a look at how a smallpox outbreak in boston in 1721 led to the early use of inoculations against the disease. And we talk to local authors and visit the literary sites of San Bernardino, california. For the complete television schedule, go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. City is called the inland empire with a population of 200,000 people. Founded by mormon pioneers in 1851 San Bernardino would go on to become a major hub for the Santa Fe Railway and in 1940 become the birthplace of mcdonalds was with the help of time warner and Charter Communications Cable Partners for the next hour, we explore the history of the city with local authors. On december 2nd, and opened fire killing 14 people. And to build a permanent memorial to honor
Welcome to San Bernardino on booktv. Located in the San Bernardino valley, this is part of what is called the inland empire with a population of over 200,000. Founded by mormon pioneers in 1851, San Bernardino what going to become a major hub for the Santa Fe Railway and in 1940 become the first place for mcdonalds. With help of our time warner and Charter Communications Cable Partners, we will explore the history of the city with local authors. But first on december 2 of last year, two people entered a Conference Room at the infant Regional Center and opened fire killing 14. We spoke with Councilmember John valdivia. [background sounds] just behind her at the intersection this was a barricaded entry point where police and sheriff were here. No one could cross the line. This intersection was the natural place for individuals to place their tokens of memory for these tragic victims of the december 2 event. As you can see from behind me, some of the things that people left behind were ob
At auction, tuesday, may 12, 2015. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. As we open this Tuesday Morning our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of nepal. Can you imagine what theyve been through and now another major earthquake has hit. Breaking news out of nepal where this damaging new quake struck overnight causing deaths and injuries and causing buildings once again to collapse. Nbcs katy tur, what do we know . There are buildings, mudslides and 42 People Killed so far, but that number is only expected to rise. This was 7. 3, centered on namche and 51 miles from kathmandu which as you know is devastated from the april 25th 7. 8 quake that killed 8,000 people. This one not as big, but still powerful and felt as far away as new delhi where buildings swayed for more than a minute. The usgs says todays 7. 3 quake lasted more than a minute and the
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