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HOME TO A DIVISION OF THE U.S. FISH AND WILD LIFE SERVICE, A BUREAU OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. THAT'S WHERE Q&A CAMPERS WENT IN LATE APRIL TO...
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| 00:00:57 |
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BUT CONSERVATIONIST LEADERS COME ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR SEMINARS AND LEARN PROPER METHODS AND TECHNIQUES. HERE ON THE SIDE LIKE WALKING PASTURE, ARE PICTURES...
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| 00:02:17 |
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WESTERN EDGE. THAT'S WHERE T.R. SPENT HIS RANCHING DAYS AS A COWBOY AND DID SOME HUNTING. HE WROTE INCREDIBLE BOOKS, PARTICULARLY CALLED "THE WILDERNESS...
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| 00:04:53 |
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A LINKAGE BETWEEN THEM AND YOUNG T.R. HAD ASTHMA. HE WAS VERY SICKLY. REALLY FROM 8
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| 00:04:59 |
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YEARS OLD ON WARDS, HE WAS OBSESSED WITH BIRDS. HE CREATED HIS OWN ROOSEVELT MUSEUM, BRIAN. HIS FATHER, THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S FATHER WAS THE FOUNDER...
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| 00:06:23 |
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CONSERVATIONISTS BUT PEOPLE LIKE CARSON IN THE 1960'S WHO WORKED FOR FISH AND WILD LIFE. FOR ME, THIS PLACE IS
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AN ARCHIVAL TREASURE TROVE. IN ADDITION, I WENT TO THE PLACES ROOSEVELT SAVED SO I WOULD GO TO VARIOUS BIRD PLACES THAT HE ACTUALLY SAVED AND THEY...
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| 00:07:41 |
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ASSASSINATED. HE IS SWORN IN THIS BUFFALO. HE KEEPS POLICIES SIMILAR TO MCKINLEY. HE DOESN'T. TWO MONTHS AS PRESIDENT, T.R. STARTS THIS AGGRESSIVE...
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| 00:07:52 |
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HAD CREATED THE FIRST GAME BOON AND -- HE CREATED THE FIRST WILD LIFE PROTECTION FOR BIG GAME GROUP. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY AND AS GOVERNOR...
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| 00:11:24 |
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ROOSEVELT WENT TO THE WEST, IT WASN'T THAT POPULATED, MEANING NEW MEXICO
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| 00:11:29 |
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WAS A TERRITORY. ARIZONA WAS A
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| 00:11:33 |
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TERRITORY.
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| 00:11:34 |
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OKLAHOMA WERE THE TWIN TERRITORIES. SO HE COULD USE THE POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE TO MAKE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON BEHALF OF THEM, DECLARE IT BECAUSE...
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| 00:12:06 |
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AS ELECTED. HE WAS IN THE PRIME OF
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| 00:12:08 |
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HIS LIFE, INCREDIBLY VIGOROUS AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ARGUE IN THIS BOOK IS THERE IS A PSYCHIATRIST AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY THAT WROTE A BOOK....
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| 00:13:25 |
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TO ME IS A GREAT REPLENISHER
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| 00:13:29 |
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WHENEVER I GET A CHANCE. I'M LIVING IN AUSTIN, I GO TO A PLACE CALLED THE WILD BASIN A LOT. I GO DOWN TO BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AND IN ADDITION TO...
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| 00:14:51 |
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IS A WONDERFUL PARK SUPERINTENDENT
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| 00:14:54 |
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VALERIE NAILER WHO HELPED ME A LOT WITH THIS BOOK. PROOF READ CHAPTERS AND HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THAT TERRAIN THERE. THERE IS ALSO A WOMAN NAMED ...
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| 00:16:56 |
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WHERE WALLACE DALY HELPED ME A GREAT DEAL. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS HIS PAPERS ON FISH, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A
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| 00:17:04 |
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MAN, T.R.,
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| 00:17:05 |
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WHO WROTE OVER
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| 00:17:06 |
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150,000 LETTERS. WHAT HAS TRADITIONALLY HAPPENED, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING IN HIS CROHN'S FOR ISSUES OF PANAMA CANAL AND TRUST BUSTING. T.R. WOULD WRITE...
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| 00:19:01 |
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PUBLISHERS MULTIVOLUMES BECAUSE PEOPLE FEEL IT'S A FIRST VOLUME. WE'RE NOT MARKETING IT THAT PER SAY. I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DEFINITIVE. I HAVE ALWAYS...
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| 00:19:12 |
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WRITTEN A REAL CONSERVATION HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY. AND T.R., BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE DIARIES HE KEPT, THE BOOKS THAT HE WROTE WAS THE PERFECT PERSON...
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| 00:21:03 |
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VERY EXCITING FOR ME, I'LL JUST PICK A PLACE THAT I HADN'T BEEN ON THIS
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| 00:21:09 |
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BOOK THAT ISN'T ONE, PINE KNOT IS A CANYON OUTSIDE OF CHAR LOTSVILLE THAT IS IN THE WILD. ROOSEVELT SAW THE LAST ALIVE PASSENGER PINCH I DON'T KNOW....
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| 00:22:48 |
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OREGON COAST, YOU LOOK AT THE PACIFIC COAST OF WASHINGTON, OREGON, ROOSEVELT SAVING THEM. YOU SEE THEM ON THE MAP AND HE SAVED
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| 00:22:57 |
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THOSE AND THE EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY. HE WAS INTERESTED IN WILD LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY. HE HAD A MAN FROM OREGON, ANOTHER ONE OF THE GUYS I DEAL WITH IN MY BOOK....
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| 00:25:18 |
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A MAGAZINE WITHOUT READING ABOUT GREEN POWER OR WIND POWER, THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT, A PLANET IN PERIL LIKE IN ANDERSON COOPER'S. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND...
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| 00:25:31 |
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ROOSEVELT CREATED THE GLOBAL MODERN CONSERVATION MOVEMENT. HE AS PRESIDENT WAS CALLING FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES TO SAVE RAINFORESTS AND YOU KNOW...
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| 00:26:29 |
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HIS SENSE OF GRANDEUR WAS SO LARGE. I MEAN, HE WAS CREATING CONSERVATIONIST FOOT SOLDIERS. I TALK ABOUT THE CARTOONIST WHO JOINED HIS CRUSADE. WHAT...
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| 00:26:43 |
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A MOVEMENT,
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| 00:26:44 |
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ROOSEVELT. IT WOULD BE LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING CREATING A CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
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| 00:26:48 |
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ROOSEVELT WAS SPEARHEADING THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT FOR PERPETUITY. MANY OF THE FIRST RANGERS IN THE WEST WERE ROUGH RIDERS WHO SERVED WITH HIM....
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| 00:27:54 |
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BASICALLY CELEBRATED IN HISTORY? >> HE WOULD BE PLEASED. BUT REMEMBER, BECAUSE OF OUR
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| 00:28:00 |
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TIME LIMITS, I CAN'T GET INTO IT IN
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| 00:28:02 |
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A MICROWAVE A SPECIALIST, BUT THERE IS -- >> YOU MIGHT WANT TO BUY THE BOOK THEN? >> WELL, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE BULL MOOSE IN THEODORE ROOSEVELT,...
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| 00:28:17 |
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IN 1909, IN MARCH OF 1909 HE LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE. IN THE LAST WEEKS, HE PUT BIRD RESERVES AND MONUMENTS
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| 00:28:26 |
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EVERYWHERE. MOUNT OWE LIP PUS HE SAVED AT THE LAST
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| 00:28:29 |
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MINUTE USING EXECUTIVE ORDERS. THIS WAS NO LAME DUCK PRESIDENT T.R. HE LEFT FOR A YEAR IN AFTER RICAFMENT WHILE HE WAS IN AFRICA. TAFT FIRED HIS...
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| 00:29:49 |
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THE HANDPICKED SUCCESSOR. T.R. COULD HAVE WON ANOTHER TERM EASILY. HE WAS THE ONLY REAL PRESIDENT THAT RELINQUISHED POWER BECAUSE HE HAD OTHER THINGS...
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| 00:30:03 |
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PRESIDENCY TO EXPLORE AND TO COLLECT. HE WAS COLLECTING FOR THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND WENT TO BRAST TO COLLECT AND WHAT IS TODAY RIO...
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| 00:31:39 |
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TAFT INAUGURAL IN 1909, THERE WAS A BLIZZARD AND IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST WEATHERS FOR
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| 00:31:48 |
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INAUGURAL. AND ROOSEVELT IN TYPICAL FASHION CALLS IT, IT'S
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| 00:31:53 |
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THE ROOSEVELT BLIZZARD HISTORY WILL
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| 00:31:55 |
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NOW. NO, NO, IT'S MY BLIZZARD. I'M THE ONE ALREADY. ALREADY THERE WAS A CLASH GOING ON ON EGOS BECAUSE ROOSEVELT WAS MYTH MAKING ALL THE TIME AND...
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| 00:34:05 |
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MOOSER AGAINST WOO THROW WILSON AND WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. HE WENT TO GIVE A SPEECH IN MILWAUKEE AND A CRAZED ANARCHIST TOOK A SHOT AT HIM AND HE WAS...
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| 00:34:16 |
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HE
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| 00:34:17 |
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HAD SUCH BAD EYESIGHT, ROOSEVELT, THAT HE HAD ALWAYS CARRIED BIRD GLASSES
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| 00:34:22 |
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WITH HIM IN HIS POCKET AND HE HAD A THICK SCRIPT IN THERE, PAPERS, AND HE HAD HIS CASE, METAL-LIKE CASE WITH THIS BIRD SO HE COULD SEE THE COLORATION...
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| 00:35:44 |
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IT'S EAGLE.COM. GET ON GOOGLE AND FIND IT. IT'S EASY TO FIND THAT YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE, THE LIVE CAM. >> IN RECENT YEARS, I HAVE PEOPLE, BRIAN,...
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| 00:36:13 |
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HAVE LOVED. ROOSEVELT AS PRESIDENT HAD A REVERENT HERBERT K. JOB FROM CONNECTICUT WHO WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND ROOSEVELT WROTE AN INTRODUCTION TO HIS...
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| 00:37:29 |
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GETS DECLASSIFIED, EROSION. I'LL PICK ONE BUT THERE ARE MANY. THE BRITTON ISLANDS IN LOUISIANA, THE BARRIER ISLANDS ARE ERODING. WHAT ROOSEVELT BELIEVED...
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| 00:37:41 |
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WAS WHAT MADE THE UNITED STATES UNIQUE. HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN EUROPE. AND YES THEY HAD WESTMINSTER ABBY. YES, THEY HAD THE LOUVRE. THEY DIDN'T...
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| 00:42:02 |
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CONEY ISLAND SITES IN THE MIDDLE OF
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| 00:42:04 |
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YELLOWSTONE. ROOSEVELT AND THE BOON AND CROCKET CLUB WENT TO CONGRESS TO STOP IT TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF YELLOWSTONE. 90% OF THE AMERICANS WOULD...
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| 00:42:35 |
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TO OUR ROCKY MOUNTAINS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WILDLIFE. IT IS
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| 00:42:39 |
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SPECIAL. ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER INTERACTS
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| 00:42:41 |
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WITH THE WILD, A SAW A SPOTTED OWL UP IN OLYMPIC
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| 00:42:45 |
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NATIONAL FOREST OR YOU GO TO YELLOWSTONE AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE A BLACK BEAR OR A HERD OF ELK. IT'S A INSPIRING. PARENTS WANT THEIR KIDS TO SEE...
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| 00:45:06 |
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THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN 2005? >> YEAH, EVEN BEFORE THAT. I STARTED ACTUALLY WRITING, BUT I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING ON THIS FOR MY FILES AND GOING TO THESE...
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| 00:45:15 |
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1990'S. >> SO YOU WROTE THE PROLOGUE THERE ON PELICAN ISLAND? >> I DID. I VISITED WITH A GUY THAT WORKS FOR U.S. FISH AND WILD
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| 00:45:26 |
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LIFE THAT TOOK ME ON THE BOAT.
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| 00:45:29 |
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ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS WITH U.S. EFFICIENT AND WILDLIFE, WHEN I VISIT PLACES, THEY WERE SO EXCITED THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN THAT NATIONAL WILDLIFE
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| 00:45:38 |
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REFUGE, THEY WOULD TAKE ME TO SAY --
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| 00:45:40 |
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I HAVE PEOPLE TAKE ME TO WATCH SEA TURTLES ON THE BEACH. I WENT AT NIGHT WITH THE GREAT TURTLE EXPERT AND WATCH THE TURTLES LAY EGGS ON THE BEACH. AFTER...
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| 00:46:38 |
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200 PAGES. >> YEAH. THIS BOOK WAS FOR ME, THE BOOK I
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| 00:46:42 |
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WAS GOING TO LIVE AND DIE BY, I WAS PUTTING EVERYTHING I HAD AS FROM MY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE IN NATIONAL PARKS TO MY KNOWLEDGE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT...
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| 00:46:57 |
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ON
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| 00:47:00 |
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T.R. LIKE PA TRICIA O'TOOLE AND KATHLEEN DALTON. THERE IS GREAT LITERATURE OUT THERE AND WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER. I HAVE BEEN GOING TO T.R. CONFERENCES...
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| 00:47:40 |
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TO REAGAN'S FAMOUS SPEECHES THERE THAT HE GAVE. I SIMPLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, AN OFFER TO BE THE PRESIDENT,
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| 00:47:48 |
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AS PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN TO PETE WILSON, I REALLY HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO, FORMER GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA HAD ME COME OUT TO LOOK AT IT AND I WAS STUNNED...
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| 00:48:49 |
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SAY WHEN YOU START WRITING A BOOK, I HAVE BEEN INFORMING MYSELF ON THE RESEARCH PART OF THIS STORY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. IT ALWAYS WAS IN MY MIND...
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| 00:49:59 |
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THE SECOND I
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| 00:50:00 |
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HAD A COUPLE OF CHAPTERS WRITTEN WHEN I STARTED THE REAGAN DIARIES. WHAT IT IS, BRIAN, WHEN YOU GO TO THESE PLACES, I PICK ONE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO MESA...
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| 00:50:35 |
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IN A PLACE LIKE THAT,
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| 00:50:36 |
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I GO IN ADVANCE AND I MEET THE SUPERINTENDENT. I SAY, LOOK, YOU'RE THE EXPERT, YOU'RE LIVING AT MESA VERDE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR FILES? HELP ME....
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| 00:51:50 |
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FAMOUS PAINTER THOMAS HART BENTON. I MODELS MY CAREER AS IT WERE ON THOMAS HART BENTON BECAUSE HE USED TO DO THESE GREAT MURALS OF AMERICA AND HAD ALL...
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| 00:52:00 |
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THAT COULD BE IN IT. IT COULD BE THE LABORER AND I USED TO HAVE JUST PRINTS IN MY
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| 00:52:07 |
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BEDROOM THAT GOT ME SO EXCITED OF
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| 00:52:10 |
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PAINTINGS. SO I NAMED MY FIRST DAUGHTER AFTER BENTON. SECOND IS JOHNNY BRINKLEY. I HAD AN UNCLE JOHNNY WHICH I NEVER MET. HE WAS KILLED IN WORLD WAR...
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| 00:52:58 |
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THE ROAD AND A GRATEFUL DEAD SONG CALLED
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| 00:53:02 |
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CASSIDY. SO IT'S CASSIDY BRINKLEY,
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| 00:53:05 |
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JOHNNY BRINKLEY, BENTON
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| 00:53:09 |
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BRINKLEY. MY WIFE IS ANN GOLDMAN OF NEW ORLEANS. WE MET THERE AND GOT MARRIED IN NEW ORLEANS AND HAVE BECOME A FAMILY MAN. IT'S CHANGED MY LIFE. AND...
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| 00:54:21 |
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IT MIGHT BE. WE HAVE A LOT OF
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| 00:54:23 |
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THOSE, TOO, A BIG AUDUBON SOCIETY FAN. >> THE WRITING OF ALL OF THIS, YOU TALK ABOUT PELICAN ISLAND. DO YOU STILL WRITE LONG HAND? >> I AM MIXED THESE...
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| 00:54:46 |
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JAMES MCPHERSON GOING TO THE BATTLE AND TAKESING NOTES. >> ARE YOU LEFT-HANDED? >>
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| 00:54:52 |
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I AM. OBAMA IS LEFT-HANDED AND CLINTON WAS LEFT-HANDED AND BUSH 41 WAS LEFT-HANDED. >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> WE'RE A TRIBE. >> WHO NAMED IT WILDERNESS...
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| 00:55:11 |
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OFF OF. SHE MAY BE THE ORIGINATOR
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| 00:55:14 |
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OF IT BUT I WOULD WRITE A LIST OF LIKE 10 OF THEM AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE T.R. IS SEEN AS A
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| 00:55:21 |
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WARRIOR, A
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| 00:55:22 |
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WONDERFUL SCHOLAR. AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, THERE WAS
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| 00:55:25 |
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A GREAT BOOK CALLED THE WARRIOR
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| 00:55:27 |
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AND THE PRIEST. HIS SENSE ABOUT BEING A WARRIOR WASN'T JUST THE BATTLEFIELD. HE LIKED TO HAVE FIGHTS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HE BELIEVED IN. HE WAS VERY...
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| 00:56:55 |
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BRIAN. >>
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JOIN US NEXT SUNDAY FOR PART TWO OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH HISTORIAN DOUGLAS BRINKLEY ON HIS BOOK "THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR: THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE...
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