>> congressman john lewis is our in depth suggested next sunday. he will take your calls and comments lives for three hours starting at noon eastern. also in the months ahead look for kitty kelly on november 3. christina hot summers on december 1 and radio talk show host mark lavergne. >> next on booktv, pulitzer prize-winning history and joseph ellis recounts the beginnings of the revolutionary war. he examines the inner workings of the continental congress and continental army and britain's

political and military reaction to the start of the war. this is about one hour. >> thank you for that gracious introduction. and thank you all for making it out on a not so pleasant evening. weatherwise at least. i was supposed to be here a couple years ago. i think i had a hip operation and it knocked me out, and i always regretted that i missed it. so i'm back here to sort of make up. i want to talk about a book i have just written, and so this is a thinly disguised propaganda campaign. [laughter] to get you to purchase this undoubtedly magisterial book called "revolutionary summer." but i don't feel totally