israel al palestine and wrap up at 11:15, the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia. that happens tonight on c-span 2's book tv. . >> welcome to tempe, on book tv. the suburb of phoenix with a population of 160,000 is home to arizona state university, one of the largest public universities in the country. with the help of our cox communications cable partners, for the next 90 minutes we'll explore the area's history and culture with local authors. >> for 50 years this country after the great fires of 1910 was r which traumatized the u.s. forest service tried to take fire out of the landscape. the problem is we took good fires as well as bad fires out. the last 50 years, half the history of our engagement we tried to put good fire back in. it's tricky, too, because once you've taken fire out, restoring it is like trying to put an endangered species back in. >> we also spoke with civil war and presidential historian brook simpson. >> i make the past come to life, all right? it's like the musical "hamilton", who lives or dies and who tells the story? >> i'm the one who