it becomes a flashpoint. >> robert sullivan at book expo america. the book publishing annual industry convention. >> were you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. we met i am wrapping up citizens of london which came out a couple of years ago in august. history during the war, three very prominent people. edward armour all, he was reporting back to the united states with rather strongly held views that we should get into the war. and an individual that was sent by president roosevelt who is dealing with the land lease program, coordinating the program for england. and the ambassador. a fellow named winer, who had replaced joseph kennedy, president kennedy's father, joseph kennedy was partial to the germans, of course. and i suspect that is the reason that roosevelt brought him home. it is a marvelous book about the three of them and their interaction with churchill. and their advocacy their aggressive advocacy of the united states breaking out of this isolationist mode and getting into the war the author had previously written a wonderful book

for the c-span audience another book is robert sullivan's my american revolution which is a fascinating matchup, looking back at the american revolution and reclaiming it for new jersey and new york and revisiting that history but also through a modern day lens of re-enactments and the legacy of the revolution today. >> host: a quirky writer. >> guest: he was. earlier talk of the interest were the meadowlands and wide-ranging writer. hopefully one to watch. >> host: booktv on c-span2 and we have been talking with sarita varma, director of publicity. >> for as important as this project has become to my life i can remember the first time i learned about this historic congressional race between two future presidents in 1789 but what i do remember is reading about it in a book and it was treated with the typical one or two sentences you would see about this congressional race and i thought to myself all of a sudden we are in this race between two future presidents. james madison and james monroe debating the most important issues we ever talked about as a country. whether we should have a b

robert griffin, iii. fans flex their support for rg3 as they watched him start against buffalo. >> i think he shows poise, confidence and leadership. >> reporter: sammy sullivanve got to show excitement. >> i think three years, i think we're going to be a contender. >> we thought campbell was going to do it. we always think someone is going to pull through. it's better than going into the season thinking oh, this is going to suck. >> reporter: and somewhere in the crowd, some brave souls, bills amidst the skins. >> we're going to be like the minority. >> do you know her? >> i do know her. >> talking smack? >> please, you haven't won in ten years? >> always room for that. >> we're going to get rg3. >> reporter: just three drives? a lot of people say hey, you know what, it's what is to be expected for a pre-season opener. you want to see more rg3, you'll have to wait until next week where he is expected to play the entire first half against the chicago bears. tonight, a little bit of a tease. in fairfax, news 4. >> a bloody confrontation in broad daylight today. police say a man who tried to break into a car stabbed the car's owner. the victim saw the break in