it was only three months after john lennon of killed. and there was such a oh no, not again feeling right away. >> jodi foster, no, i did not try. she's given very few interviews. she's a ten gentle figure to the book. in terms of john lennon, you know, it funny you raised that. john hinkley was a john lennon fan when he was stalking ronald reagan. and it almost destroyed him learning his great hero rock star had died. you know, we talked about -- i'm sorry, there was a second -- that was it, you answered it. i was going to say we talked about the mistakes that were made. the media made mistakes, there were mistakes made by others. we talked about the heros. who were the other heros? i want to leave the audience with these thoughts. >> i always say jerry was -- and i also talk about dan rugy, there's such a think of v.i.p. syndrome. wealthy people that are affected with medical problem that want to get out of the local system and get expert that come in and take care of them. that usually is not the best way to do it. and during the rece

it was only three months after john lennon was killed.there was such an "oh, no, not again" feeling. >> jodie foster, know. i did not try. she has given few interviews about it. she is tangential to the book. in terms of john lennon, it is interesting that you bring that up. john hinckley was a massive john had -- a massive john lennon fan. it almost destroyed him knowing that his great hero, rock star, had died. >> there was a second. oh. the media certainly made mistakes and mistakes made by others and there were heroes that day. we talked about jerry par. i want to leave the audience with these thoughts. >> i'll is a jury was. i also talk about dave ruby. wealthy people or prominent people who have a medical problem want to get out of the system and get an expert and so forth to come in and get them. usually, that is not the best way to do it. during the resuscitation, i looked up and i saw this very distinguished gentleman. i knew he was a secret service agent -- i knew he was not a secret service agent because he was older and did no

among this is relationships and the book on the assassination of john lennon and a -- >> i want to beginy telling you what a nosey biographer when invited to your house for the first time. you may not know me very well, but off me a cup of coffee or tee or a glass of wine and you go in the kitchen to get it for me, and while you're out of the room, i look at your book shelf, raise your hand if you've done such a thing yourself? [laughter] all right, there's others in the room. i think the point is that the collection of books tell you something important about a person and possibly something that person might not be willing it -- to tell you right away themselves, and the same is true of jacqueline kennedy onassis. you can tell a lot about her and about the 100 books she brought into print when she was an editor at viking and double day. if any, editor's books are even more indicative of her personality because they include works that she's selected, she's invested her time in, and helped to bring to publication. so, what i'd like to do is tell you the story of those 100 books and how th

a book on the assassination of john lennon and an effort to convince michael jackson to write a memoir. .. and it's true of jacqueline kennedy onassis. and think she may not have been willing to tell you herself about the 100 books she brought into print when she was an editor first of viking and then at doubleday for the last 20 years of her life, from 1975 to 1994. if anything, editors books are more indicative of her personality because they include what she has selected, invested time and. so what i'd like to do is tell you a story of those 100 books in a little bit about how they connect to her life in who she was. the first -- there are two things i'd like to say about jackie's personality, which i think you may not know about. and the first is that she was the reader. among her earliest memories was being sent out to her mother's headroom to take a nap when she was a child and getting out of the bag, taking down one of her mother's books from the bookshelf and going over to the window seat or an hour and reading the book instead of taking them out. and she told that story in a k

a book on the assassination of john lennon, and even an effort to convince michael jackson to write a memoir. >> i want to tell you, begin by telling you a little story about what a nosey biographer does when he's invited over to your house for the first time. you offer me -- i may know you not very well, you offer me a cup of coffee or a cup of tea, maybe a glass of wine, and you go into the kitchen to get it for me, and while you're out of the room i sidle over, and i take a look at what's on your book shelf. [laughter] raise your hand if you've ever done such a thing. [laughter] all right. some other nosey biographers in the room. the point is that a collection of books tell you something important about a person and possibly something that that person might not be willing to tell you right away themselves. and the same is true of jacqueline kennedy onassis. you can tell a lot about her and a lot she may not have been willing to tell you herself about the hundred books she brought into print when she was an editor first at viking, and then at doubleday. for the last 20 year of her

and over at the ls you've got lenin, vladimir and lennon, john side by side. and then over in the s you've got -- well, you've got sex, the sex pistols and sexism. you know, there's a wide range of, you know, topics that i explore. of it's only been out, you know, it's been in stores for a few weeks, but the official publication date was just about a week or so, and i think it's done well in reviews. it's gotten one very negative review from "the wall street journal," but my publicist assures me i have at least one more to look forward to, it's going to get a big piece in "high times" magazine in the next issue. [laughter] i'm hoping for better treatment than "the wall street journal." if anyone wants to ask me why that "wall street journal" was unfair, let me know. [laughter] and with that, i'm happy to take questions. thank you very much. [applause] >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> can you tell us about "the wall street journal" spent? >> sure. sure, yeah. how much time do we have? [laughter] they, you know, there's different kinds of bad reviews. you can get a