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WEEK, AUTHOR AND RESEARCHER MICHAEL HILL DISCUSSES HIS NEW BOOK ENTITLED, "ELIHU WASHBURNE, THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF THE AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE." >> I...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
AUDIENCE THIS LITTLE RECORDED CLIP TO START WITH. >> I DON'T
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KNOW. I HAVE QUANTIFIED HUNDREDS OF PAGES, TYPEWRITTEN PAGES. WHAT DID YOU DO IT HERE IN TOWN OR DID YOU GO TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS? >> I
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HAVE GONE TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WITH MIKE WHO DOES TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, PARTICULARLY THE TRANSCRIPTIONS OF LETTERS BECAUSE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MIKE HILL, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF HEARING YOUR NAME, WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? >> IT IS A GOOD
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
SENSE OF THE PROCESS THAT DAVID AND I GO THROUGH IN TERMS OF THE RESEARCHING A BOOK AND THEN WITH SOME OF THE OTHER AUTHORS THAT AGO -- THAT I WORK FOR....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
EVAN THOMAS WHO WAS HERE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. >> HE DOES
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ADVANCED WORK. HE WENT TO ABILENE AND MET THE STAFF APPEAR HE DOES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF XEROX. BUT HE IS THE KIND OF GUY WHO IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT I HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY AND FORTUNATE TO BE INVOLVED WITH SOME MANY OF THESE WONDERFUL AUTHORS. AND...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LIVE? >> I LIVE
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
IN FREDERICKSBURG, VA.. >> HOW LONG
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? >> SINCE ABOUT 1994,
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
SO QUITE A WHILE PIERRE >> 55 MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON. WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET DAVID MCCULLOUGH? >> THAT IS HOW THIS
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
WHOLE JOURNEY BEGAN. I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING UP ON CAPITOL HILL AND I WAS GOING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUGH TIME IN MY PERSONAL LIFE. I'LL IS GETTING...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHAT YEAR WAS THIS? >> BOOK, MY
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
GOSH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 1983. >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHO WERE YOU WORKING FOR? >> I WAS
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
WORKING FOR BOB PURCELL. HE WAS IN HIS FIRST TERM IN CONGRESS. >> IN
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Lamb, Brian - Host
NEW JERSEY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR HIM? >> I WAS HIS PRESS
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
SECRETARY. DAVID SAID IN THE LETTER, CALL ME TOMORROW, AND WE WILL GET TOGETHER. SO I CALLED HIM THE NEXT DAY. HE SAID, LET'S HAVE LUNCH AND WE HAD...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OFTEN HAVE YOU TURNED PEOPLE DOWN? I DO NOT NEED TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE. AND IF YOU DO, WHAT IS THE REASON? >> I TRY
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
NOT TO EVER. AND THE ONLY TIME THAT I HAVE AND THE ONLY REASON IS IF I HAVE TOO MUCH GOING ON AT ONE TIME. I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LIVING SINCE 1993 HAS BEEN THIS KIND OF WORK? I WOULD SAY COMPARED TO WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE DONE. >> I WOULD
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
SAY IT HAS BEEN THE MAJORITY OF IT. AND DAVID HAS BEEN, FOR A BETTER WORD, THE PATRIARCH, THE CONSTANT IN ALL THAT. SO HE IS KIND OF THE MAJOR CLIENT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
PAYS YOU FOR THESE JOBS? >> THE AUTHOR
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
DOES, THE INDIVIDUAL AUTHOR, NOT THE PUBLISHER, THE INDIVIDUAL AUTHOR. THE ARRANGEMENT VARIES FROM PROJECT TO PROJECT. IT COULD BE A MONTHLY, HOURLY,...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IS SOMEBODY NAMED DORY TALKING ABOUT HER BOOK. [VIDEO CLIP] >> YOU REFERENCE
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MIGHT KILL ON THE BOOK. >> YES, HE IS A
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RESEARCHER. -- YOU REFERENCED MIKE HILL ON THE BOOK. >> YES,
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HE IS A RESEARCHER. HE WOULD SEND ME ENORMOUS BLINDERS. HERE ARE ALL OF THE LAURA ENGELS LETTERS. HE DID ALL OF THE TRAVEL. >> HOW DID THAT
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HAPPEN? >> DAVID HAD FINISHED
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THE JOHN ADAMS' BOOK. SO THERE WOULD BE A TIME WHEN HE WOULD BE ON A BOOK TOUR AND SO FORTH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU DO NEXT. AND DORY, AT THAT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHAT WAS ABOUT? >> IT WAS AUSTERITY AND IT
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
WAS A COLLECTION OF LETTERS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE TO THEIR CHILDREN APPEAR. SHE CAME UP WITH THIS WONDERFUL IDEA AND GOT A CONTRACT AND SHE ASKED ME IF I WOULD...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DAUGHTER. >> YES. >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IS BOOKER? >> YES,
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
ABSOLUTELY. AND SHE IS A GREAT FRIEND. >> ALL OF A
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Lamb, Brian - Host
SUDDEN, I HAVE THIS BOOK ON MY LAP, AND MICHAEL HILL'S NAME IS ON IT. WHO IS ELIHU WASHBURNE? >> THE NUT SHELL
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
OF THE STORY OF WASHBURN IS THAT HE IS AN AMERICAN WHO CAME FROM VERY IMPOVERISHED CONDITIONS IN MEAN, IN NEW ENGLAND. HE GREW VERY -- IN MAINE, IN NEW...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HAD BEEN CONFIRMED AS SECRETARY OF STATE? >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
YES. AND THEN 10 DAYS INTO IT, HE WAS ILL IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE HAD BEEN APPOINTED. SO GRANT REGRETFULLY ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATION. OR THE NEXT SEVERAL...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HIM? >> HE HAD A WHOLE SERIES
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
OF ILLNESSES, WHICH AGAIN, CAME THAT THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, BUT PARTICULARLY DURING THE SIEGE AND THE COMMUNE. >> IN
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
PARIS. >> YES. HE SENSED IT WAS A SERIES OF ADULT -- SERIES OF AILMENTS THAT STARTED IN GOLENA. HE WAS BATTLING A SERIES OF FEVERS AND COLD SWEATS. HE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ABOUT THE MOMENT YOU'RE INTRODUCED TO THIS MAN. >> IT WAS WHEN I WAS
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
WORKING WITH DAVID ON THE GREATER JOURNEY BOOK. >> THOSE
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OTHER PEOPLE WHO WENT TO THE UNITED STATES AND PARIS AND WITH THEIR AND EDUCATED THEMSELVES. >> EXACTLY, IN THE 19TH
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
CENTURY. DAVID HAD REACHED THE POINT WHERE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW TO MY GOING TO DO THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR? AS WE KNOW, THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
BOOKS OR WERE YOU GETTING COPIES OF THEM? >> THE LETTER BOOKS ARE
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THESE LETTER-PRESSED COPIES, THE EQUIVALENT OF 19TH CENTURY XEROX OR CARBON PAPER. THE LETTER BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ARE LITTERED-CRUST COPIES...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE CAPITAL. >> YES,
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
OF MAINE, I'M SORRY. >> WHEN DAVID
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MCCULLOUGH WAS HERE FOR HIS BOOK, THERE IS A WHOLE CHAPTER ON MR. WASHBURNE. LOOK AT WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. "WASHINGTON JOURNAL[VIDEO CLIP] >> HIS SENSE...
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DUTY WAS ADMIRABLE IN THE EXTREME. BUT IT WAS ALSO HIS SENSE OF DUTY TO KEEP A DIARY. HE COULD HAVE THE MOST HORRIBLE DAY, PERCEIVING THE MOST DIFFICULT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TO LIVERMORE, MAINE AND FOUND THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS? >> YES, WHEN WE
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
WERE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE LETTER BOOKS, JET FLANNERY AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, A GREAT FRIEND, HE FOUND AN OBSCURE ENTRY SAYING THAT THERE...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
HAPPENED ON IT. >> YES. WE WENT UP THERE AND THERE WAS THESE HUGE MASS OF BOXES. IT IS NOT JUST ELIHU PAPERS OF THEIR PEERS IS ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IN THE FORWARD WRITES ABOUT THAT TIME. HE SAID A BANK WOULD FEAST OF MATERIAL. HE SAID, "OUR HEADS WERE SPINNING SO THAT WE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE AND SIT...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
YES. >> PEOPLE READ THESE
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Lamb, Brian - Host
BOOKS MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GET SO EXCITED. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY? >> ONE, WE HAD FINALLY FOUND
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THE ORIGINAL. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE FOUND IS PART AND PARCEL OF IT. FAMILY LETTERS THAT WERE NOT DOWN HERE. WHICH DAVID USE AND...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO DO A BOOK AND HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? >> AFTER "A
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
GREATER JOURNEY" CAME OUT -- >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
AND WHEN WAS THAT? >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. THE DAVID FELT THAT THE WASHBURNE DIARY, THE TOTALITY OF IT AND THE LETTERS AND SO FORTH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT -- IF YOU WERE TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THIS BOOK, WHAT WOULD
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
IT BE? >> TWO THINGS. WASHBURN HIMSELF I THINK WHAT HE WENT THROUGH AND WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE SIEGE AND THE COMMUNE, HE DID NOT HAVE TO STAY....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
1870? >> YES. >> DESCRIBE JUST BRIEFLY
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. WHAT WAS THE ISSUE? WHO WAS FIGHTING? >> THERE IS A WHOLE SERIES
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
OF CAUCUSES THE BROUGHT IT OUT. THE EXTERNAL CAUSE WAS THAT CHANCELLOR BISMARCK FROM PRUSSIA WAS AT THAT POINT TRYING TO ASSEMBLE THE GERMAN EMPIRE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WAS PRESSURE AT THAT TIME? >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
WEST OF FRANCE. >> ON
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THE BORDER. >> RIGHT. BY DOING THAT, BY TRYING TO A SEARCH AND CREATE THIS EMPIRE, THIS, OF COURSE, WOULD UPSET THE BALANCE OF POWER AND THREATEN THE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WASHBURNE STAYED THERE AND ALL OF THE OTHER AMBASSADORS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES LEFT. >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
YES. THERE WERE SOME FROM THE MINOR COUNTRIES WHO STAYED. BUT HE WAS THE MAJOR COUNTRY AMBASSADOR STAYED THERE. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POPE'S DAY....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WERE TALKING ABOUT. WHY WOULD SOMEBODY CARE ABOUT THIS THAT'S WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU GOT INTERESTED IN? YOU SAID THAT WAS REALLY SOMETHING -- WHY WOULD...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
OF HIS FAMILY, EXCEPT FOR HIS SON, WHICH WAS THE OTHER REALLY WONDERFUL STORY THAT I GOT VERY INTERESTED IN. IT IS A WONDERFULLY TOUCHING STORY. CAN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
NICKNAME -- >> YOU ARE SAYING -- HE WAS CALLED GRAK? >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THAT WAS HIS NICKNAME. HE WOULD HELP WITH SOME OF THE DIPLOMATIC RESPONSIBILITIES. AT WANT ONE, THERE WERE 56 AMERICANS THAT WASHBURN WAS ABLE TO GET...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MY ATTENTION WAS THE BROTHERS. >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
YES. >> THE
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WASHBURNE BROTHERS. EXPLAIN THAT. >> DESPITE THE FACT
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THAT THEY ALL CAME FROM VERY MODEST, IMPOVERISHED CIRCUMSTANCES, THE FAMILY ITSELF WAS EXTRAORDINARY. HE HAD SEVERAL OTHER BROCHURE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU SAY ELIHU WAS A CONGRESSMAN FOR EIGHT TERMS. >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
YES. >> FROM WHAT
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
STATE? >> FROM ILLINOIS. >> ANY FAMILY
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LIKE THIS IN OUR HISTORY? FOUR BROTHERS TOTAL SERVING IN CONGRESS? >> NOT THAT I AM
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
AWARE OF IN TERMS OF THAT TOTAL NUMBER. THE ONLY FILM IS THAT I CAN IMAGINE ARE THE TWO KENNEDY BROTHERS WHO WERE IN THE SENATE OF THE SAME TIME. >> HAS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
A BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT ALL OF THE WASHBURNE? >> THERE IS A
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
WONDERFUL BOOK DONE AGES AGO AND I CANNOT REMEMBER THE PUBLICATION DATE, BY THE NEIGHBOR OF GAYART HUNT. HE DOES A CHAPTER ON EACH OF THE BROTHERS....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THERE'S A MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT MR. WASHBURN BUT YOU HAVE WORKED WITH SO MANY OTHER AUTHORS. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SHOW THE PICTURE YOU PROVIDED...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
I LOVE THIS PICTURE. IT IS IN PARIS. AND HE, ROSALIE AND I -- >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
HIS WIFE. >> YES. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO SEE ALL OF THE HISTORIC SITES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THAT WAS FABULOUS THAT I JUST LOVED AND...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LITIGATION WAS WHAT? >> THAT WAS THE AMERICAN
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
EMBASSY IN PARIS. -- WHERE THE LEGATION WAS. >> THE
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LEGATION WAS? >> THAT WAS
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN PARIS. HE ASKED ME TO READ PAGES FROM THE DIARY WHERE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. AND REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH THE ARCHED THE TRIUMPH...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DAVID MCCULLOUGH. WE LIKE HIM. HE HAS BEEN YEMENI TIMES. BUT WHAT IS IT THAT LED "60 MINUTES" TO DO TWO WEEKS OF DAVID MCCULLOUGH? ONE BEFORE THE ELECTION...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
IS HIS AUTHENTICITY. AND HIS ENTHUSIASM AND HIS CARE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT IF ITS AND -- WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE. YOU KNOW HIS PASSION...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
AS A RESEARCH ASSISTANT. WHO WAS THE SECOND AUTHOR YOU WORK FOR? >> THE SECOND WOULD HAVE
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
BEEN EVAN THOMAS. THE FIRST WORK -- THE FIRST BOOK I WORKED ON WITH THE OVEN WAS THE ROBERT KENNEDY
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Lamb, Brian - Host
BOOK. >> HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? >> I HAD MET
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
EVAN AND I WAS A BIG FAN OF HIS BOOKS, TOO. I READ HIS EDWARD BEN WILLIAMS, A GREAT BOOK OF THE LAWYER, AND ALSO ANOTHER. AT THAT POINT, HE WAS JUST...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THAT IS DIFFERENT WORKING FOR EVAN THOMAS AND WORKING FOR DAVID MCCULLOUGH? >> EVERYBODY
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
IS DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING REALLY DIFFERENT -- AND THIS IS NOT -- ALTHOUGH, YOU WORK AROUND IT -- AND THAT IS THE ONE THING WITH DIFFERENT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OFTEN HAVE YOU SPENT 10 DAYS IN ONE SPOT LIKE THAT? >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
LET'S SEE. NOT VERY OFTEN. THAT WAS A LONG SPELL. THE TRIPS TO PARIS WERE 5-7 DAYS OR SO. >> WHAT IS
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE LONGEST TO HAVE GONE -- THE FOR THIS TO HAVE GONE FOR ANY RESEARCH? >> -- THE
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
FOR THIS YOU HAVE GONE FOR ANY RESEARCH? -- THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE GONE FOR ANY RESEARCH? >> I WORKED WITH MICHAEL
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
KORDA. THAT WAS A HUGE THRILL. >> WE HAVE HAD MICHAEL
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Lamb, Brian - Host
COURT HERE. "WASHINGTON JOURNAL[VIDEO CLIP] >> ONE OF MY JOY IS
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IN WORKING WITH THIS WORKED OR THE RELATIONSHIPS. AND ALSO BETWEEN IKE AND MACARTHUR. I SPENT SEVEN YEARS AND SOMEBODY ASKED, HE ASKED HOW WELL HE KNEW...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH HIM? >> I WORKED WITH
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
MICHAEL A LITTLE BIT ON THE EISENHOWER BOOK. THE FIRST TIME I WENT OUT TO THE EISENHOWER LIBRARY WAS ON THAT APPEARED IN THE SECOND BOOK I WORKED WITH...
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THAT YOU WORK WITH. HE WAS HERE IN 2004, NATHANIEL SILBERT. [VIDEO CLIP] DID THE CAN 19 -- IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE WESTERN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DID YOU DO FOR HIM? >> I MET HIM
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND. I HELPED HIM INITIALLY ON THE BOOK THAT HE WAS REFERRING TO. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, HE STARTED WORKING ON A BOOK ABOUT CUSTER'S...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OF THE TWO OF YOU. WHERE IS THIS TAKEN? >> THIS IS
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
A PHOTOGRAPH OF HE AND I ON HORSEBACK ON THE LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD. NAT WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES. I WENT OUT WITH HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES. WE DROVE ALL...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU AND YOUR BROTHER AND ANOTHER PURPOSE -- AND ANOTHER PERSON --ON THE PROVIDENCE. >> THAT IS THE REPLICA
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
OF JOHN PAUL JONES. WHEN HE WAS WORKING ON THE JOHN PAUL JONES BOOK, HE FOUND ABOUT THIS SHIP AND ONE OF THE EXPENSE OF WHAT 18TH-CENTURY SEA LIFE WAS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHEN WAS THAT? >> THAT WOULD HAVE
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
BEEN, OH, MY GOSH, I WANT TO SAY MAYBE TWO THOUSAND THREE -- >> WHAT DID YOUR
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Lamb, Brian - Host
BROTHER DO? >> HE IS A COUNTY
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
TAX ASSESSOR IN MONROE COUNTY. >> I WANT TO
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LOCK NAMES AND GET YOU TO REFLECT WHAT YOU DID FOR THEM. SALLY FEDELE SMITH. >> I HELPED HER ON
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
A BOOK SHE DID WITH THE -- A LITTLE BIT ON THE BOOK SHE DID ABOUT THE QUEEN AND THE KENNEDY BOOK, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS WE FOUND WAS A DIARY IN THE...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
FOUND. >> WHY? >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
HE KNEW EVERYBODY. HE SAW EVERYBODY. HE HAD ONE OF THE GREATEST DIPLOMATIC CAREERS OF THE 20TH- CENTURY. HIS DIARIES WERE CANDID, COLORFUL, SMART. HE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MIKE HILL AND OF THE DIARY? -- OUT OF THAT DIARY? >> NELSON LANGFORD,
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THE CURATOR, HE ACTUALLY DID A BOOK OF THE WORLD WAR II OF THE DIARY OF DAVID BRUCE. BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER 1. >> WE HAVE SO FAR...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
GO AND SO LITTLE TIME. JEFF SCHAUBLE. >> I HELP THEM OUT IN
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
HIS SUPREME OUR BOOK. >> MARK SALTER DID A
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LOT OF WRITING FOR JOHN MCCAIN. >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
YES. HE AND SENATOR MCCAIN CAME UP WITH AN IDEA TO DO A BOOK ABOUT THE GREAT DECISIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. JONATHAN KARP HOOKED ME UP WITH THE SENATOR...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE? >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
IT WAS FABULOUS. WITH MARK SALTER? >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YES. >> 0,
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
FABULOUS. >> SOMETHING
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Lamb, Brian - Host
SPECIFIC. >> IT WAS A CAST OF
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
CHARACTERS THAT I HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH AND ALSO MARK WAS RELIEVED THE -- MARK WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT COMING ACROSS THE -- COMING UP WITH SOME CHARACTERS...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
MARGARET GOLD SHAW WAS ONE THAT WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL LIST AND ENDED UP IN THE BOOK. >> GEOFFREY
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WARD. >> HE IS A LONGTIME
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
FRIEND AND AN AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN IN HIS OWN RIGHT. HE ALSO DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH KEN BURNS. >> WHAT DID YOU DO
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Lamb, Brian - Host
FOR KEN BURNS? >> I WORKED ON THE CIVIL
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
WAR PBS SERIES. >> 20
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YEARS AGO? >> YES,
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
LATE 1980'S. >> HOW DID
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU GET THAT? >> THAT
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
WAS ACTUALLY THROUGH DAVID. I HAD BEEN WORKING FOR DAVID FOR ABOUT A YEAR ON THE TRUMAN BOOK. ONE DAY HE CALLED ME AND SAID THERE IS THIS YOUNG DOCUMENTARY...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU LEARN ABOUT KEN BURNS THAT WE DID NOT KNOW? >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
HIS GENIUS. HIS CREATIVE GENIUS. NOT ONLY WORKING ON THE CIVIL WAR, BUT ON THE BASEBALL FILM WITH THEM -- WITH HIM. SITTING IN THE EDITING ROOM WITH...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
SOMEBODY YOU KNOW WHAT -- HERE'S MIKE HILL, SOME YOU KNOW WELL. [VIDEO CLIP] >> BUT THEN
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YOU HAVE RESOLUTIONS. BUT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE SENSE IN THE SENATE RESOLUTIONS. YOU HAVE ANDY JACOBS INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION THAT COME AFTER CLOSE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THAT TIME. >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
YES. IT WAS A COMPILATION OF HUMOROUS SPEECHES FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, HUMOROUS RESOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY THAT HAD BEEN INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> -- 10 YEARS
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
IN POLITICS, TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> I IN TURN
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
FOR CONGRESSMAN JOHN SUMMERLIN FROM OHIO. AND THEN WALTER MONDALE WHEN HE WAS IN THE SENATE IN 1974. I KEPT IN TOUCH WITH THE MONDALE PEOPLE. WHEN HE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
FELLOW. >> OK. SOMEBODY WHO I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE THE LIFE OF MIKE HILL -- RECOMMENDATIONS. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU DO THE PEOPLE REALLY LIKE. YOU...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
GOING WITH IT. I FEEL I HAVE ONE OF THE GREATEST JOBS IN THE WORLD. NOT ONLY HAVE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SO MANY FABULOUS, BRILLIANT,...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TRICK, PEOPLE ASKING YOU TO DO THIS RESEARCH? WHERE CAN YOU GO WRONG? >> YOU CAN GO BY BYASSUMING
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING. MY VIEW IS ALWAYS EITHER AS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED OR, WHEN IN DOUBT, TAKE IT DOWN. I GUESS THAT IS THE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HAVE YOU KNOW WHEN DAVID MCCULLOUGH IS REALLY ANGRY? [LAUGHTER] YOU DON'T. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO WONDERFUL. >> IS
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HE A PERFECT HUMAN SPECIMEN? [LAUGHTER] >> AS CLOSE
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
AS I KNOW. AND THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT HIS GENEROSITY THAT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT HIM. AND HIS PUBLIC SERVICE WITHOUT BEING IN OFFICE, I THINK...
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
HE IS. I KNOW YOU WORK HIM PRETTY GOOD THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE IN HE DID NOT CRACK. THE WAY IT IS LOOKING NOW IS THAT THE NARRATIVE ART OF BOOK --...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IS THE YEAR? WHEN DO WE EXPECT THIS BOOK? >> I DON'T
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
KNOW. THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK HE IS TALKING ABOUT MAYBE THREE YEARS IN THE PROCESS. BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. >> MIKE HILL, AUTHOR
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OF "ELIHU WASHBURN, AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE DURING THE SIEGE AND COMMUNE." ASSISTANT PICTURE NEAR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >>
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Hill, Michael "Mike" - Author
A LOT OF FUN. I APPRECIATE IT. >> FOR A DVD
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.