as you can see around the set, cried ground gathered to see david mccullough. raymond in delaware please go ahead. >> caller: an honor to speak with you, i have many of your books. can you comment on the most recent elevated efforts to take down our national statues, those that have withstood time for over 150 years, thank you. >> guest: i find that a complicated and emotionally charged issue. i when the statue was built, when the edifice was created in memory of someone, has a great deal to do with whether or not it is something that ought to come down. the statues to the heroes of the confederacy's that were put up in the 1890s were being put up at a time when racism was rampant in the south, black people were being handed by mobs. it was an ugly awful comment on the notion, the ideal of equality in our country. if it was a monument erected as per george washington who owned slaves, and begun before the civil war then i say no, that is not how they felt about the subject zen was very different, keep in mind the civil war was far on the principle that slavery

david mccullough? >> is a very important question. we'll never really understand the impact of television on all of us. but it is s here to stay and it is part of our life. i for one think that the first amendment is among the most important bedrock foundations of the whole way of life. i think that the journalists who have been governing this presidency and the election, that led to the presidency, journalists spoke in print and on television and on electronic means of communication. with some acceptance to have done a superb job and are doing a superb job and they ought to get four more credit than they do. they are brave, their professional and we have to remember that having that kind of coverage is essential to our way of life. >> this is david mccullough's most recent book, the american spirit, who we are and what we stand for. his next book is on the northwest territory, the northwest ordinance. >> thank you. >> this is an era before cable-television. i'm incapable news was not there really. it was before cnn and other news. th

jeanette florida, you're a book tv with historian david mccullough. >> caller: hello. i love your work in effect here in sarasota about a year ago and i wanted you to autograph my john adams book but i couldn't get a ticket. but my question, when you are writing about abigail adams, we all know john adams wife was about the most liberal lady in america, but when she was in england and she went to see a fellow, she said some things that she felt were prejudice that she didn't know were there. she talked about how black othello was the blackest man she had ever seen. she was repulsed by the fact that othello was touching in the moment she called othello the city. >> what would you like him to respond to? >> i would like him to respond will that come i don't know if it's really a question. >> okay thank you very much jeanette. david. >> guest: first well, i'm unaware of the incident talking about. but, i do know that abigail adams was passionately convinced and dedicated abolitionists. she and her husband was the only founding father who became a president who never owned

last year we honor david mccullough with our freedom award.

last year, we honored david mccullough with our freedom award. this year, we honor an artist to transformed history into the hit musical, "hamilton." with a hip-hop score, catchy lyrics and contemporary choreography, americans of all generations and backgrounds are learning about alexander ehrenberg -- and burr, and how their conflicting vision shaped our young country. 200 years later, we grapple with some of the same issues. thank you, lin-manuel miranda, for making history alive through the performing arts. this evening, we are honored to have the democratic leader with us, and former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. madam speaker, i invite you to the podium to say a few words. [applause] speaker pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. i am delighted to be here with everyone. it seems like yesterday we were honoring david mccullough, now, a whole generation of people bring history alive. it is an honor to be here with senator murkowski. ron, thank you for your great leadership for this organization for so many years and welcome to the dawn carlso

last year we honor david mccullough with our freedom award. this year we honor an artist to transform history into the hit musical, "hamilton." score, catchy lyrics and contemporary choreography, americans of all generations and back wells are learning about alexander hamilton and ehrenberg, and how their conflicting vision shaped our young country. grapple wither we some of the same issues. fork you lin-manuel miranda making history, alive through the performing arts. this evening we are honored to have the democratic leader with speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. madam speaker i and fault -- i invite you to the podium to say a few words. [applause] speaker pelosi: good afternoon, everyone you -- everyone. i am delighted to be here with everyone. it seems like yesterday we were honoring david mccullough, now, a whole generation of people bring history alive. it is an honor to be here with senator murkowski. ron, thank you for your great for this organization for so many years and welcome to the dawn carlson, the new board chair, thank you fo

david mccullough mr. david rubenstein. [applause] [applause] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> this is the very first how many people are at the very first book will? how many this is the first time? how many people like the price of admission? [applause] so, were honored to have david mccullough. let me give you a brief background of david. he's a native of pittsburgh, crip is one of four boys in the family where his father had a small electrical supply company. not quite general electric but very impressive he said. david went to you where he did well. graduated in 1955. he then went to new york, did not go back to pittsburgh despite his parents interested doing so. when joined "sports illustrated" and ultimately came to work in washington at usia. while there he got interested in something he was interested in at this time in pittsburgh and then wrote his first book about the flood which was a bestseller. that was his first book. he's now written the american spirit 11 books and working on the 12th book that will t

david mccullough. [applause] mr. mccullers here for his sixth national book festival appearance and we hope you'll continue to make this a habit. he will be followed by diana. [applause] she is the author of the wildly successful outlander series and she is here for her fourth festival. next is jd vance. [applause] his hillbilly elegy has struck a cord in the national conversation about poverty in america. thomas friedman barely needs an introduction. [applause] is an internationally recognized writer of the middle east on affairs and the environment. in michael lewis' famous for his books about finance that he is equally famous about his books about as diverse as adoption in baseball. the screen adaptations of the blindsided medical have been enormously popular. and condoleezza rice. [applause] was secretary of state for the united states she is now on the faculty of stanford university traveling from california to be with us today. finally, mr. david . the fact for record-setting a time at the festival his thriller

winners include david mccullough, joan did i havion and gore vidale. the winners of this year's national book award willen announced november 15th in nom city. next on book tv one of the finalists for nonfiction, shomberg center who in his book "bunk a history of plagiarism and hoaxes in america". >> we want to introduce you kevin young. ... we want to be part of the cultural life there. we're really happy to have those materials and those essences come back to harlan. the focus is african-american, or pro-life from history to art, everything. we have worldwide black culture related events. we started in 1925 in the library fiscal standing on we got named a national historic landmark in january. we are really coming full circle with these recent acquisitions that point the long history starting in the harlem renaissance of documenting black life in our culture. both. [inaudible] to see that arc and have them come home has been really great. >> prior to schaumburg, what were you doing. >> i was a professor for 20 years. 20 at emory university. i got int

we are very honored to have david mccullough and his let's get quick background. grew up as one it's for boys and a family. where his family had the small electrical supply company. david went to yale where he did quite well graduated in 1955. he then went to new york york went to new york and joined sports illustrated which was then a novel novice new publication. and then came to work in washington at the usia and my at the usia got interested in something that he was interested in from his time in pittsburgh and then wrote his first book about the down town plot. that was his first book. he has now written with this book. the american spirit. he has written 11 books. will talk about that shortly. every single one of his books is still in print. it is very unusual. the first book is almost now 50 years old. david has won the pulitzer's price. he has been given to the presidential medal of freedom. he has been asked to speak to a joint session of congress and given every onerous citizen can get. also 55 honorary degrees which must be a record. so that is very imp

>> the question is the gentleman said he was very moved at the end of david mccullough writes about the end of washington roebling's life. he died 89 years old and one of his last letters, he wrote about a night blooming cirrus flowers he saw that moved him very much and the gentleman wanted to know if i saw the original documentation. yes, i did and the really remarkable thing about writing this book was having the privilege to see not only that but all of the documentation about washington's long life.it's one of the great pleasures of being in an archive is feeling that you are holding pieces of paper that your subject held. it's interesting to think generations from now when everything is on email and e-file, nobody writes letters anymore, it will be a very different thing . i'll just take the liberty of adding, you come across unexpected things when you are doing thisresearch so when i was at rpi , the letter you are describing is at rutgers in new jersey but when i was at rpi in upstate new york where washington went to college, there are records of some lands that john roebling,

mccullough is book on the wright brothers. >> yes, yes. >> he is -- >> is wonderful. >> just a genius. so all these people from north carolina, kitty hawk come all you had was a bunch of sand and went. created the airplane in ohio, or just remember that. national title or not. we claim aviation not you, okay lex. >> you can watch us of the programs online at booktv.org. >> is a look at the books being published this week. >> what about your kids? your kids will ask, i asked my mother, 1973, i'm sure people asking all over the place, and imagine you're white and your kids and how can you could always so some is black even if you can't see them? the impulse is to say that's not true. black people sound like southerners. you know that's not true. or the impulse is to say no, everybody talks in different ways. you shouldn't stereotype. if your kid has an iq over 40 they will think i'm not stereotyping, i'm hearing the truth. so what do you tell the kid? i think we need to get comfortable saying black people have slightly different sound because they often spend more time with one another

past winners include david mccullough, joan gideon and corbett all. this year's national book award will be announced on november 15 in new york city. one of this year's finalist for nonfiction is new yorker staff writer david grann who in his book killers of the flower moon reports on the murders of members of the osage indians station in oklahoma in the 1920s. his talk heirs next on the tv. [background noises] >> oh wow. good evening everyone. i'm katie, director of the leader services. welcome to the kansas city public library. thank you for your patience and flexibility. thank you rainy day books for setting records to

and david mccullough, always writes best sellers, love what he said about her. history in the hands of stacy schiff is in invariably full of life, light, shadow, surprise, clarity of insight, and so it is again and then some in her latest work "the witch is." few writers combine as she does superb scholarship. it's a superb book. i'll turn it oats, setting the stage in the hands of stacy schiff, she brings you back to 17th century massachusetts. it's an exceptionally cold winter, and the mystery begins when a minister's daughter starts to scream. stacy. [applause] >> thank you, mary. if you're here this hour you are either a die hard or a passionate lover of history, or both 0, just want someone else to walk your dog. we'd like to think that history is eternal and immobile like mt. rushmore, but it turns out to be an oddly malleable thing. it has moods and fashions and changes of heart. it's studded with misconceptions and outright fictions. the pilgrims never heard anybody talk about plymouth rock and george washington didn't have any particular grudge against

past winners include david mccullough, joan gideon, and gorbachev. the winners of this year's national book award will be announced on november 15 in new york city. one of this year's finalist for nonfiction is yale law school professor, james foreman, who in his book locking up our own looks at how criminal justice policy put in place 30 or 40 years ago are having an adverse effect today. you will hear from him next on book tv. [cheering and applause] >> thank you. thank you everybody for coming out. want to think politics and prose and busboys & poets for hosting this event. obviously there are too many people here who i love and have known for a long time to shout out everybody individually but i do want to shout out a couple of families and i want to shut out my pbs family. [applause] -- thank you. you taught me how to be a lawyer and i want to shout out to my maia angela family, you all taught me how to fight for children. and i want to give a shout to my sick family. [cheering and applause] i am wearing my button tonight and i am right now thin

mccullough at the book festival, librarian of congress carla and mississippi congressman greg harper at the mississippi book festival and james o'keefe. this week, watch tv in prime time on c-span2. >> the house will work on legislation thursday to provide $36.5 billion in emergency funding for hurricane and wildfire relief and recovery. the package includes $18.7 billion for female fema disaster relief, $576.5 million for wildfire efforts, and $16 billion for debt relief for the national flood insurance program. also included, a provision for the disaster nutrition program to enable a low income residents in puerto rico to receive the same emergency nutrition assistance that other hurricane assisted states receive. watch live coverage on c-span. also, on thursday, secretary of housing and urban development ben carson testifies at an oversight hearing before house committee about the future of housing in the u.s. five coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three, online at cspan.org, or on the free c-span radio app. >> this weekend, on american history tv on c-span three, sat

past winners include david mccullough, joan gideon, and gorbachev. the winners of this year's national book award will be announced on november 15 in new york city. one of this year's finalist for nonfiction is yale law school professor, james foreman, who in his book locking up our own looks at how criminal

with author david mccullough. and political activist and author at freedom fest. this week watch book tv in prime time the candidate for a new jersey governor was at a forum lastly the property taxes in the trump presidency. they were interviewed during a program called new jersey's next governor. welcome to new jersey's next governor. they will be is sitting sitting down with the two major party candidates. this broadcast is being seen across the number of networks. also on verizon by us. we are also being heard on the radio on a.m. 970. you can also catch us on facebook and we are pleased to announce that we are being seen across the country on c-span. we are joined by the republican candidate for governor. welcome. thinks for having me. before we go to questions with a brief report from our partners he defeated a strong opponent. for nearly eight years he has been the lieutenant governor the first person ever to hold that office before that she was monmouth county sheriff. the federal prosecutor she is running with a plan to cut property taxes with the circuit

past winners including david mccullough, joan didion and vidal. the within this years will be announced in new york city, and today on booktv you're hearing from all ten nonfiction finales, this year naomi klein, who wrote "no is not enough" offers her thoughts on shock politics and the 2016 national election. >> so, naomi, lovely to get a chance to interview you on a book i just found fantastic. i read it voraciously. i think in one long sitting, and found it absolutely fascinating and my first question to you is, how in the world were you able to write this so quickly? because you references things that just happened in april, may, and the book just came out. >> guest: thank you so

mccullough, joan did i havion and gore vidale. the winners of this year's national book award willen announced november 15th in nom city. next on book tv one of the finalists for nonfiction, shomberg center who in his book "bunk a history of plagiarism and hoaxes in america". >> we want to introduce you kevin young. ...

mccullough at the national book festival, library of congress carla hayden and greg harper at the mississippi book festival and political activist and author james o'keefe at freedom facts. this week what book tv in prime time on c-span2. american history tv on c-span3 is in prime time. this week starting at 8 pm eastern. tonight, the life and influence of william buffalo bill cody on the 100th anniversary of his death. wednesday, the 60th anniversary of little rock central high school integration with former president bill clinton. thursday night a discussion on the lead up and response of the 1957 segregation of little rock central high school and friday night from american history tv's oral history series, interviews with prominent photojournalists who documented major events throughout american history. what american history tv this week in prime time on c-span3. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday, we look at president trumps decision to decertify the iran nuclear deal this week with lane missed off, security prog

with author david mccullough. and political activist and author at freedom fest. this week watch book tv in prime time the candidate for a new jersey governor was at a forum lastly the property taxes in the trump presidency. they were interviewed during a program called new jersey's next governor.

and later when i read david mccullough's parents book, a section about washburn i think it is who was the ambassador to france during the war and the siege and in the horrors of the community. i really put those two men together. if you have not read it, it is a wonderful book. and a great story. just want to thank c-span for continually putting on this show. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments, thank you for watching. are you retired and from what? >> i was just a working guy. i did a lot of things. i sold cars and did not have anything, an important career but i was like -- i did world war ii. when i was four years old, during the war, we lived near the air force base and they had when i found out later was a group of p 47 is there. i had my own private air show. as they did their maneuvers over our barn. >> that's great! >> it was just incredible. looking straight up, a big wow! >> that is great. i would choke up to, i do also when i talk about the pilots. we got to know a number of them doing the book. and there are still a fair number of them around. actually in s

when i read david mccullough's book about washburn, the ambassador to france during the franco-prussian war during the siege, really put those two men together. if you haven't read it, it is a wonderful book and a great story. i want to thank c-span for continually putting on this show. >> host: thank you for your comments, thank you for watching. are you retired? >> just a working guy. i do a lot of things. i drove cars, didn't have anything, and important career but i did world war ii because when i was 4 years old during the war, we lived near mcchord air force base and they had what i found out later was a group of people he 7s and i had my own private air show as they did their maneuvers over our barn, just incredible. looking straight up, a big wow. >> host: in tacoma, washington. >> guest: that is so -- i choke up too when i talk about these pilots, we got to know a number of these pilots when we were doing the book, "a question of honor: the koscuiszko squadron: forgotten heroes of world war ii," still a fair number of them around. in seattle, washington, when we were there, one

in the meantime we are pleased to be joined at the washington convention center by historian david mccullough whose most recent book is the american spirit, who we are and what we stand for. 202 is area code, 748-8200, east and central time zones, 202-748-8201, for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. you are familiar with his books. john adams, the johnstown flood, the wright brothers. that is a couple books. american in paris.