ken ackerman will be signing copies of the book and the book will be outside in the politics and pros tent. ken angerman is the author a book that partly inpyred the recent film j. edgar directed by clint eastwood. in addition to be being an author, ken is an attorney in washington, d.c. and a 35-year veteran of senior position in congress the executive branch, financial regulation, and private law. young j.young j. edgar presents a portrait of man. hunted by the preciouses of a demanding mother and a deor it your ration of a mentally ill father. he mansioned to be in the right place at the right time. receiving a slew of job promotions at the young age. he sacrificed his personal life for his career, took on the dubious task of accord raids and deportation, and deathly ma moveds through the politics of department of justice to outlive many of his superiors including the bloc i are attorney general mitchell palmer. despite the possibility that the intentions of hoover and many others were noble in fighting red scare. the tact its insighted criticism from legal loom theirs, holmes, fra

ken ackerman on 24-year-old j. edgar hoover and radical terrorism at 2:00. at 3:20, neuroscientist david lyndon on why the good stuff feels so good in the compass of pleasure. also this weekend on "afterwards" on al freft nobel and his peace prize. >> there's a myth, always has been, when he established this prize for peace of guilt over his invention of dynamite and i think i say in my book that it's hard to know exactly what's in a man's head and heart, but this seems not to be true. it seems he was quite

ken ackerman in about three hours, 40 minutes, his book takes a look at the early jeers of j. edgar hoover's career in 1919. in about four hours, 20 minutes, we'll bring you a glimpse of the life of aaron burr. david o. steward provides details in his biography, "american emperor." david linden and his book, "the compass of pleasure," he speaks from the mitscher nonfiction tent in about five hours. in "city of scoundrels," gary krist details the environment and mood of chicago in 1919. hear the author in about five hours, 40 minutes. and booktv will wrap up our live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival with a panel on the future of the book and bookstore. jim mill yang of publishers' weekly moderates a conversation between ray sag lin, politics & prose co-owner lissa muscatine and publisher sam durant of potomac books. but first, here's author b. morrison. >> located near the book sales tent at the front of the festival. please, be sure to fill out your festival survey to be entered into a drawing for a free nook touch. surveys are available at the back of the tent. enjo

ken ackerman on j. edgar hoover at 2:00. and david linden on why the good stuff feels so good in the compass of pleasure. also this weekend on afterwords, jay norlinger. >> there is this myth he established his prize for peace out of guilt over his invention of dynamite. i say in my book it's hard to know exactly what is in man's head and heart, but this seems not to be true. it seems he was quite proud of his achievements in the area of explosives. they built today what we call infrastructure, canals, tunnels, railroads. >> peace, they say. sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific on book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. ♪ >>> this memorial day weekend on c-span we'll take you to colleges and universities around the country to hear commencement addresses from members of congress and the president's cabinet, state and local leaders, and business executives. and we also want to hear from you about your commencement experience. did you graduate from college this year or attend a ceremony for a friend or family member? or maybe s

maryland we bring you live talks and panels and speakers such as ken ackerman, gary krist. the south carolina book festival is in columbia, south carolina. the festival features over 70 authors, writing classes, book signings. book expo america takes place on june. it will feature panel discussions, interviews, and fall book previews. look for the coverage of bea, the weekend of june 16th and 17th. on june 9th and 10th book tv will be live from chicago at the printers book fest. we'll be covering twelve authors on watergate to wartimes tribunal. for updated information on visit the website on book tv.org. visit book tv.org and click on the book fairs tab. please us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we'll add them to the list. e-mail us at booktive tv at c-span.org. >> journalism started off in 1740 as a piewn any and unimpressive kind of surprise. the newspapers were small. circulations in the dozen and low hundreds. they were really intimidated by the other institutions in that society, especially church and state and compared to them, the newspapers wer

[applause] [inaudible conversations] that was ken ackerman on the early career of j. edgar. next from the gaithersburg book festival we hear from david stew wetter on the third vice president of the united states. his called everyone emperor. he he's introduced by john ashman the founder of the gaithersburg book festival. >> surveys are available at the tend. we hope you enjoy the rest of of your day at the festival. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the third annual gaithersburg book festival. i'm judd ashman a member of the city council. oop. i hope everyone is all right over there. [inaudible conversations] it is a i have i vibrant diversity that celebrates the support of the cultural arts. we're pleased to bring the event free of charge thanks to the generous support of our sponsors. for our consideration and everyone here, i should say, please silence any devices that make any kind of noise at all. in order keep improving the event. we want your feedback. please grab a survey from the table over here. from the info booth it'll be up on the w