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NOW I'M WRITING THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE U.S. CONSERVATION MOVEMENT, AND MY FIRST VOLUME WAS CALLED THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR. THIS IS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT,...
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STORY ABOUT PERSONALITIES, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEM. LET'S BEGIN WITH PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT. HIS INVOLVEMENT IN ALASKA. >> WELL, T.R. SAVED
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THE WHOLE GRID OF MODERN ALASKA. TODAY WE HAVE AN ALASKA MARRY TIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, THE ALEUTIAN CHANGE -- CHAIN. HE STOPPED THE TIMBERING...
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VISIT ALASKA? >> HE NEVER
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| 00:02:39 |
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VISITED ALASKA. HIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME WITH THE HERRIMAN EXPEDITION IN 1899, BUT HE GOT BACK FROM THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND THEN RAN FOR BE GOVERNOR...
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| 00:03:53 |
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ROLE DID ALASKA PLAY IN THE FOUNDING OF THE BULL MOOSE PARTY? IS. >> VERY
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| 00:03:59 |
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SEMINAL ROLE. IT'S A LONG STORY, BUT ROOSEVELT AFTER HE LEFT THE PRESIDENCY, 48 HOURS AFTER HE LEFT HE SAVED MOUNT OLYMPUS IN WASHINGTON STATE. WENT...
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| 00:05:16 |
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IN "THE QUIET WORLD" CALLED THE NEW WILDERNESS GENERATION. WHO IS THAT ABOUT? IS. >> WELL, THE NEW
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| 00:05:23 |
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WILDERNESS GENERATION, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER FDR DIES IN 1919 AND, BELIEVE ME, HE WAS A FORCE OF NATURE, A TORNADO, HE WAS OUR NATURALIST PRESIDENT WHO...
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| 00:06:29 |
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O. DOUGLAS, AND WHAT ROLE DID HE PLAY IN ALASKA? >> EVERYBODY WHO HEARS ME
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| 00:06:33 |
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RIGHT NOW NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT WILLIAM 06789 DOUGLAS. HE'S OUR LODGEST-SERVING SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. HE CAME FROM YAKIMA, WASHINGTON, AND I THINK...
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| 00:08:16 |
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BOOK BECAUSE HE DID SOME DOCUMENTARIES ON ALASKA THAT WERE GAME CHANGERS. ONE WAS ABOUT -- HE WON THE ACADEMY AWARD, DISNEY, AND IT HAD ALL THESE SEALS...
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| 00:09:17 |
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GOOD PICTURES IN THIS BOOK AS WELL THAT WE REALLY CAN'T SHOW YOU, BUT IF YOU DO PICK IT UP, THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL COLOR PICTURES AS WELL. AND...
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| 00:09:31 |
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YES. BECAUSE I DID TWO INCREDIBLE THINGS AT THE END OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. HE SAVED THE ARCTIC REFUGE. EISENHOWER -- ALL OF THOSE ACRES UP THERE, AND...
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| 00:10:24 |
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VERY MUCH SO. I FEEL MYSELF PART OF THE PEOPLE I WRITE ABOUT ONLY BECAUSE I LOVE AMERICA SO MUCH, AND I GREW UP GOING TO THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS AND THE...
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| 00:10:43 |
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YOUNG BRINKLIES HERE TOO. [LAUGHTER] WELL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH HIM, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO TELL THE KIDS WAS BEHIND US HERE IS THE C-SPAN BUS, AND...
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| 00:11:12 |
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BOOK CALLED "THE MAGIC BUS," BUT I USED TO TAKE COLLEGE STUDENTS ON THE ROAD. WE'D READ JOHN STEINBECK IN CALIFORNIA, WE'D VISIT THE REAGAN LIBRARY...
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| 00:12:01 |
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YOU'RE NOWLYING SINCE KATRINA IN AUSTIN, SINCE YOU LEFT NEW ORLEANS. WHAT'S YOUR DAY JOB? >> I'M A PROFESSOR OF
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| 00:12:07 |
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HISTORY AT RICE UNIVERSITY. I'M TEACHING THREE CLASSES RIGHT NOW -- >> WHICH IS IN HOUSTON. >> AND I TEACH JUST
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| 00:12:14 |
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FALL, AND THEN I HAVE NINE MONTHS OFF TO WORK, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A BIOGRAPHY OF WALTER CRONKITE WHO WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN AUSTIN AT UT, AND...
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| 00:12:38 |
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ABOUT "THE QUIET WORLD: SAVING ALASKA'S WILDERNESS KINGDOM, 1879-1960." PROFESSOR BRINKLEY, AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> AND NOW,...
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| 00:12:50 |
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THE BookTV TENT IS JUST ABOUT TO BEGIN. IT'S ABOUT MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THERE NOW. IT'S JOHAN GRILLO WHO WROTE A BOOK ALONG...
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MUCH. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> GOOD
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AFTERNOON. UM, MY NAME IS RICARDO
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