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Caller: HELLO, MR. MCCULLOUGH. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU ARE A VERY GOOD AUTHOR. I READ YOUR BOOK JOHN ADAMS AND TRUMAN. BOTH ARE VERY GOOD. AND...
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| 00:01:00 |
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THANK YOU. MR. MCCULLOUGH? >> I HAD TROUBLE HEARING
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| 00:01:04 |
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THE QUESTION BUT I GATHER HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE PRESENT SITUATION IN RELATION TO OTHER TIMES AND OTHER PRESIDENTS. MY SPECIALTY...
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| 00:03:55 |
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WE RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL IN TAMPA FLORIDA. WHAT IS YOUR NEXT BOOK AND WOULD YOU CONSIDER DOING ONE ON BEN FRANKLIN, LINCOLN OR WASHINGTON? >> I DON'T...
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| 00:04:06 |
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NEXT BOOK WILL BE RIGHT AT THE MOMENT. I'M PRACTICING PUTTING MY FEET UP AND TAKING A BIT OF A BREATHER. I SPENT FOUR VERY HAPPY AND BUSY YEARS WRITING...
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| 00:06:53 |
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IN THE AUDIENCE. >> THANK
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| 00:06:55 |
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YOU. MR. MCCULLOUGH, LINUS CARMEN AND DURING MY TRAINING I TRAINED AS A SCIENTIST. WHAT I SAW WAS MANY STUDENTS COMING TO AMERICA TO TRAIN FROM CHINA...
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| 00:07:33 |
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OUR CIVILIZATION OVER SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS THE GREATEST INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE WORLD, THE GREATEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD. AND...
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| 00:09:24 |
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FLORIDA. YOU ARE ON BOOK TV. >> I GREATLY ENJOYED YOUR BOOK
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| 00:09:30 |
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A GREATER GERMANY. YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF EXPLAINING AND DESCRIBING THE 19TH CENTURY AND IN PARTICULAR YOU USE THE TWO HISTORICAL EVEN SOME OF...
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| 00:10:00 |
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MCCULLOUGH? >> I DIDN'T
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| 00:10:01 |
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GO INTO THAT BECAUSE IT WAS AN IMMENSELY LARGER STORY AND I DIDN'T FIND ANY OF THE CHARACTERS I WAS WRITING ABOUT WHO BECAME INVOLVED WITH IT. HENRY...
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| 00:14:32 |
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AND WE ARE LIVE FROM THE NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION WITH HISTORIAN DAVID MCCULLOUGH AND WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION HERE FROM...
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| 00:14:43 |
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TO THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING ME TO READ MORE HISTORY WHICH STARTED WHEN I READ PACKED THE SEE THE BUILDING OF THE PANAMA CANAL, A TERRIFIC BOOK, AND OBVIOUSLY...
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| 00:15:06 |
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AND LJUNGQVIST PROJECT OF MY UNDERTAKING LIFE WAS MY BIOGRAPHY OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT OF ANY TIME THAT YOU IN PART ON...
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| 00:17:50 |
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DO YOU KEEP A DIARY? [LAUGHTER] >>
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| 00:17:53 |
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NO. HOWEVER, HOWEVER, I AM MARRIED TO MY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WHO IS ONE OF THE GREATEST LETTER WRITERS STILL WITH US AND WHO KEEPS RECORDS OF EVERYTHING,...
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| 00:18:45 |
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THANKS FOR HOLDING TO THE DOOR ON BOOK TV WITH HISTORIAN DAVID MCCULLOUGH. >>
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| 00:18:50 |
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THANK YOU. MR. MCCULLOUGH, I WAS READING YOUR BOOK 1776, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COMMENT ON WHY THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE GREAT AMERICAN VICTORY AT...
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| 00:19:11 |
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IS FOCUSED ON GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS TROOPS AND HIS GENERALS AND EXPERIENCE. THIS ISN'T A ROVING CAMERA THAT COVERED THE WHOLE SPAN OF WHAT WAS...
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| 00:19:59 |
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JOHN AND PHILADELPHIA E-MAILS TO YOU WHAT ARE YOU READING AT THE MOMENT? >> WELL I JUST FINISHED
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| 00:20:07 |
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A FASCINATING BOOK CALLED THE HAIR WHICH AMBER EYES BY THE WRITER NAMED [INAUDIBLE] WITH AND IT IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING BOOKS I HAVE READ IN YEARS....
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| 00:22:29 |
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TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR YOUR POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT TEACHERS EARLY ON I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN HISTORY AND I ALSO ENJOY READING YOUR BOOK. MY QUESTION...
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| 00:22:52 |
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STUDENTS IN HISTORY NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. WELL, THE FIRST 1I WOULD TELL THEM IS WHAT I WAS TOLD BY A GRADUATE STUDENTS...
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| 00:27:59 |
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FOR DAVID MCCULLOUGH FOR BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS. BOSTON, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION FOR MR. MCCULLOUGH. >> Caller: MR.
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| 00:28:07 |
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MCCULLOUGH, THIS IS DICK WINGFIELD. I WANT TO THINK YOU FOR BRINGING HISTORY ALIVE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TO ME. I HAVE EVERY ONE OF YOUR BOOKS IN...
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| 00:29:53 |
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RIGHT. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IS WASHINGTON ROEBLING, THE SON OF ROEBLING WHO DESIGNED THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE SAID HIS SON TO PARIS TO STUDY HOW THE FRENCH...
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| 00:32:00 |
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IS C-SPAN2 AT THE NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL. ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE. >> MR. McCULLOUGH,
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| 00:32:05 |
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS FROM YOUR TEACHERS. WE TRY EVERY DAY TO GET OUR STUDENTS EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT JOHN ADAMS. HOW...
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| 00:32:27 |
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YEARS WORKING ON JOHN ADAMS. AND THE BEST PART OF IT WAS THAT BOTH HE AND ABIGAIL NOT ONLY WROTE LETTERS AND DIARIES, THEY POURED OUT THEIR HEARTS,...
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| 00:34:12 |
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TRULY. WE'VE HAD SOME PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE IMMENSE GENIUS AND HIGH IQ, REALLY, WE HAVE. [LAUGHTER] >>
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| 00:34:24 |
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AND BY THE WAY, THEY WERE NEVER DISMISSED AS BEING ELITE. [APPLAUSE] >> BUT I THINK MAYBE THE
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| 00:34:38 |
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MOST BRILLIANT ONE OF ALL, JUST AS A MIND WAS JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. ABOUT WHOM WE SHOULD KNOW MUCH MORE. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SMITHSONIAN. WHO...
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| 00:35:33 |
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NEVER STOPPED READING. EVER. EVER, EVER. WHEN HE WAS IN HIS 80s HE EMBARKED ON A 16 VOLUME ON THE HISTORY OF FRANCE IN FRENCH, WHICH HE HAD TAUGHT...
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| 00:36:08 |
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BOOKTV, DAVID McCULLOUGH, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> Caller: REGARDING
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| 00:36:14 |
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AN ERA WHEN AMERICANS WERE DRAWN TO PARIS, DID LONDON HAVE A SIMILAR DRAW ON AMERICANS? IF NOT, WHY NOT? >> Host: >> Guest: DID WHO? >> Host: LONDON....
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| 00:36:27 |
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| 00:36:28 |
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| 00:36:29 |
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BUT LET'S ALL UNDERSTAND -- WE ALL EDUCATED WITH ENGLISH LITERATURE. WE WERE ALL BROUGHT UP IN THE TRADITIONS OF ENGLISH LAW. AGAIN, NONE OF THESE THINGS...
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| 00:37:38 |
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THE SUBTITLE OF YOUR NEWEST BOOK IS AMERICANS IN PARIS AND ON THE BACK OF IT IS A PICTURE OF AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. I THINK OUR TELEVISION AUDIENCE...
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| 00:37:53 |
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RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE SORBONNE ON THE LEFT BANK, SAME SCHOOL WHERE SO MANY OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE STUDIED. STILL THERE. JUST THE SAME. THERE'S A...
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| 00:38:44 |
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TO WALK AROUND -- WALK THE WALK, MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD HOW LONG IT WAS TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE AND WHAT THE RESTAURANT REALLY DID LOOK LIKE AND THE...
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| 00:39:43 |
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IS IN MANY WAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS. IT ISN'T JUST ASSEMBLING ALL THE RESEARCH OR JUST WRITING IT OUT. IT'S THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU...
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| 00:40:32 |
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MORE. [APPLAUSE] >> AND IF YOU KNOW
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| 00:40:34 |
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PEOPLE WHO TALK ON TELEVISION FOR A LIVING, WOULD YOU PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO THINK A LITTLE MORE. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] >> Host: LET
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| 00:40:51 |
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ME EARN SOME MONEY NOW. DAVID, YOU DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO ROSALIE. IS SHE HERE. >> Guest: HERE'S MY
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| 00:40:59 |
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CHANCE. HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE. >> Host: YOU GOT ALL
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| 00:41:01 |
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THE TIME >> Guest: ROSALIE IS
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| 00:41:03 |
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MY EDITOR IN CHIEF. SHE'S THE MOTHER OF OUR FIVE CHILDREN, THE GRANDMOTHER OF OUR 18 GRANDCHILDREN. AND SHE IS MISSION CONTROL FOR ALL OF US. AND SECRETARY...
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| 00:41:20 |
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Guest: AND CHAIR OF THE ETHICS COMMITTEE. [LAUGHTER] >> Guest: AND
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| 00:41:25 |
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SHE'S MY GUIDING STAR AND THE BEST DANCER I EVER DANCED WITH IN MY LIFE. AND I WANT YOU TO MEET HER. HERE SHE IS. PLEASE STAND UP, SWEETHEART. MRAUS[APPLAUSE]...
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| 00:41:45 |
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Host: ALL RIGHT. BACK TO QUESTIONS FOR DAVID McCULLOUGH HERE ON BOOKTV ON C-SPAN2. ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE. >> Caller: I'LL
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| 00:41:55 |
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BEGIN BY THANKING YOU AS SO MUCH -- CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? >>
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| 00:41:59 |
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Host: A LITTLE LOUDER, PLEASE >>
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| 00:42:00 |
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IS THIS GOOD. ALL RIGHTY. MY NAME IS IAN HITCHCOCK, MR. McCULLOUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO BRINGING HISTORY ALIVE FOR...
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| 00:42:23 |
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AMEN. AND HE PROPOSES OUR AWE TOWARD THE FOUNDERS, OUR SENSE OF THEIR NOBILITY AND THE GRANDEUR OF THEIR IDEAS CAN SOMETIMES MASK WHAT THE TRUE EFFECTS...
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| 00:42:44 |
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I KNEW HOWARD ZINN. I LIKED HIM VERY MUCH AND I AGREED WITH MUCH HE PROFESSED AND I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE PROFESSED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT...
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| 00:44:00 |
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PROFESS ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, WHO ARE WE KIDDING? AND ADAMS AND JEFFERSON WERE NOT PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONSTITUTION. BUT THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH...
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| 00:47:08 |
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ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES LEFT WITH OUR GUEST. WE HAVE TIME WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS CALL FROM IMPERIAL, PENNSYLVANIA, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM...
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| 00:47:24 |
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Caller: THANK YOU. MR. McCULLOUGH I ENJOYED YOUR BOOKS I'M TWO-THIRDS OF THE BOOK THROUGH TRUMAN. I'M CURIOUS IS THERE ANY ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE RUN...
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| 00:47:54 |
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WELL, I THINK AS I SAID -- I HOPE I MADE CLEAR THE DISCOVERY OF THE WASHBURN DIARY WAS AS MAGNIFICENT A FIND AS ANYTHING I'VE EXPERIENCED. WHEN I WAS...
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| 00:50:30 |
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THE YOUNG LADY RIGHT OVER HERE. >> MR.
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| 00:50:33 |
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McCULLOUGH, WHEN YOU'RE TACKLING THESE PRESIDENTS LIKE ADAMS AND JEFFERSON THAT PREVIOUS HISTORIANS HAVE WRITTEN SO MUCH ABOUT, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT YOU...
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| 00:50:46 |
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Guest: I'M SORRY. BECAUSE OF THE AIRPLANE WE COULDN'T HEAR YOU. >> OH, I'M SORRY WHEN
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| 00:50:51 |
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YOU'RE TACKLING PRESIDENTS LIKE ADAMS AND JEFFERSON IS IT IMPORTANT TO FIND PRIMARY SOURCES THAT NO ONE'S USED BEFORE AND CAN THAT STILL BE DONE FOR...
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| 00:51:06 |
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THE PRESIDENT. THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS AN EXTREMELY PRIVATE MAN. AND HE DESTROYED VIRTUALLY EVERY LETTER THAT WOULD LET US IN THE DOOR TO HIS PRIVATE...
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| 00:55:35 |
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AND THE FINAL QUESTION ON BOOKTV FOR DAVID McCULLOUGH COMES FROM THIS YOUNG LADY RIGHT HERE. >> HELLO, MR. McCULLOUGH, I
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| 00:55:43 |
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ALSO AM A NATIVE OF PITTSBURGH. YEAH. AND GIVEN ITS IMPORTANCE TO OUR COUNTRY OVER THE COURSE OF ITS HISTORY WITH ITS STEEL AND ITS IMPORTANCE DURING...
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| 00:56:12 |
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CONSIDERING IT FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS. [LAUGHTER] >> Guest: IT'S BIG, BIG
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| 00:56:19 |
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SUBJECT. AND I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IN MY MIND HOW TO SHAPE IT. LET ME JUST CLOSE WITH A THOUGHT THAT I'M TURNING OVER IN MY HEAD AND IT BEGAN WITH THINKING...
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| 00:57:52 |
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Guest: THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> Host:
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| 00:57:54 |
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DAVID McCULLOUGH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALL BOOKTV. THIS IS HIS LATEST BOOK, THE GREATER JOURNEY: AMERICANS IN PARIS. THIS HAS BEEN BOOKTV COVERING THE...
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