The most popular events for the Booknotes - State Politics Series http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?browse=series&id=6 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:16:07 GMT Booknotes - State Politics Mr. Berendt talked about his book, [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story], published by Random House. The book chronicles Savannah life over a period of eight years while Mr. Berendt visited there, including a murder for which Jim Williams was tried four times. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/89415-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/89415-1 Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Wallner talked about his book [Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son], published by Plaidswede Publishing during Pierce's bicentennial year. Mr. Wallner said that Pierce may be the least-known, least-studied president (1853-1857). He is often blamed for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and for the coming of the Civil War as a result. He mentioned some of Pierce's close friends such as Stephen A. Douglas, Daniel Webster, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Jefferson Davis (who was a member of Pierce's cabinet). Other topics included anti-immigration, problems with Great Britain over Central America and Cuba, slavery, and the war with Mexico. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/184075-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/184075-1 Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Greenlaw spoke about her book, [The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island], published by Hyperion. Sebastian Junger wrote about her experiences as a swordboat captain in his book, [The Perfect Storm], and an actress portrayed her in the subsequent film. [The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey] is her own account of that lifestyle. After 17 years at sea, she returned home to an island off the Maine coast with a population of 70 year-round residents, 30 of whom were her relatives. [The Lobster Chronicles] is about her experiences there. She moved back in with her parents and became a professional lobsterman, and she had hopes of finding a husband and having children. But all did not go as planned. She had difficulty catching the lobsters, and she failed to run across any eligible bachelors. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/172089-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/172089-1 Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT Dr. Kukla talked about his book [A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America], published by Knopf. The book tells the story of the land purchase that doubled the size of the young nation, set the stage for its expansion across the continent, and confronted Americans with new challenges of ethnic and religious diversity and of the sectional balance of power that would reverberate through the Civil War. Dr. Kukla focused on the complex historic origins of the Purchase and on the diplomacy that pulled it off. President Jefferson is the central character, but the machinations of his Federalist opponents kept matters complex. Also important are the principal diplomats -- Robert Livingston and James Monroe on the American side; Talleyrand, Francois de Barbe-Marbois and Napoleon on the French -- whose crucial mix of personality, circumstance and skill made the United States a continental nation so early in its existence http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/176834-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/176834-1 Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT Senator Abourezk discussed his book [Advise and Dissent: Memoirs of South Dakota and the U.S. Senate]. Sen. Abourezk, who is Arab-American, wrote his memoirs in part to present a role model to young Arab-Americans. He discussed the Arab-American Anti- Discrimination Committee, of which he is the founder and chairman. He talked about the images of Palestinians and Lebanese and their treatment by Israel. He also discussed the effectiveness of the Israeli lobby. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11662-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11662-1 Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT Twin brothers Professors Earl and Merle Black discussed their book, [The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected], published by Harvard University Press. They talked about the politics of the eleven states comprising the old Confederacy, which they argued were of vital importance in presidential elections because of their size and their political unity. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/25857-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/25857-1 Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Gildea talked about his new book, [Where the Game Matters Most], published by Little, Brown & Company. The book chronicles the final year of classless high school basketball in Indiana and takes a closer look at a few individual players, coaches and fans. Mr. Gildea is a sportswriter for the [Washington Post]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/98565-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/98565-1 Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Strother talks about his memoir [Falling Up: How a Redneck Helped Invent Political Consulting], published by Louisiana State University Press. Mr. Strother was one of the first modern political consultants, starting out on the corrupt campaign trails of Louisiana in the 1960s and graduating to big-time senatorial and congressional races of the 1970s and early 1980s and to Gary Hart's 1984 campaign for president. He also discusses Presidents Clinton and Bush and other political consultants, as well as making an assessment of what has gone wrong with political campaigns. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169987-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169987-1 Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT