that all happens next, c-span two's, c-span2's book tv, first up, william walker. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good evening. welcome to the center for arts in virginia. my name is rick and i am the president of the augustine county stargell society which is the sponsor of tonight's event. the historical society has been preserving and promoting the history of augusta county virginia for over 50 years. as many of you know our county was created in 1738 and at one time expended all the way to the mississippi river. we have a great deal of historical heritage to be proud of. we are also very proud of our 20 century history, tonight we are very pleased to welcome you and are c-span viewers to an event featuring two stanton residents and members of the society. a great evening on the great war, features features william bill walker, his brand-new book on the muse and offenses on world war i we will explore tonight with assistance of a

tonight, starting at 6:45, william walker provides an account of a world war i battle that resulted in 122,000 american casualties. then at eight, author and activist david horwitz describes the idea of aggressive racism on afterwards at 9 pm eastern, senator barbara boxer talks about her book the art of talk with senator amy for the shark. then at 10, barry ratzenberger, executive director of the authors guild talks to book tv about how the guild works with authors. we racked up the tv at prime time at 10:30 with national affairs under an editor vault yup in discussing his book the fractured republic. that happens tonight on c-span twos book tv. >>. [applause] thanks for coming on such a beautiful day. i'm john minard, and the director, welcome to another edition of our signature program on media. what a thrill it is to welcome our guest today, lesley stahl. a true trailblazer in the world of broadcast journalism and for the past 25 years she has served as respondent of television's most respected and revered news program, 60 minutes. he was cbs news is white house correspondent durin

a great evening on the great war, features features william bill walker, his brand-new book on the muse and offenses on world war i we will explore tonight with assistance of a retired c-span journalist and board member of the society. if you will join me in silencing all of your electronic devices, let's welcome bill and connie. [applause]. >> hello everybody. thank you you so much for coming this evening. while i was preparing a little bit for tonight to introduce bill walker, i googled a little so so the veracity of any of this is in question. the first thing i googled was the average number of people who come to a book signing event. i will tell you, it is in single digits, so please give yourself an applause for being here this evening instead of being home watching meg and kelly, and and donald trump on television. [applause]. the second thing i googled is the average age of a first-time author who gets published by a traditional publisher. that average average age is 37 years old. so, i will tell you bill, you are skewing the numbers very much. , bill walker grew up in knoxville

walker williams is here. the company's co-founder and ceo. somebody took them. >> they were snagged? >> i appreciate you having me. >> the thing about -- as i said, a t-shirt company, not necessarily -- >> sure. >> -- thought of as some kind of great innovation, but you have a lot of huge, silicon valley investors because you've tried to take the friction points of making a shirt away. >> the biggest thing is counterintuitive to the name. it has very little to do with t-shirts. the premise of teespring is, if you remove all the barriers, the friction, all the risk and all the costs between when a creative person has an idea and what it means to bring it to market, you get a new wave of entrepreneurs. that's really what we do. in a sense, we launched in 2012. entrepreneurs on the platform have made more than $200 million, $300 million. 40 or 50 people have now become millionaires on the platform. from the stay-at-home mom to the designer just coming out of school. >> what was the eureka moment for this company? what was it about? >> it was our

it features william bill walker and his new book on world war i. we will explore tonight with his colleague. now if you'll join me in silencing all of your electronic devices, let's welcome bill and connie. [applause] >> hello everybody. thank you so much for coming. i was preparing a little bit for tonight 2-inch deuce him. i googled a little so the veracity of this is in question. the first thing i googled was the average number of people who come to a book signing event. i will tell you it is in single digits. please give yourself an applause for being here this evening. rather than being home watching megan kelly and donald trump on television. [applause] the second thing i googled is the average age of a first-time author who gets published by a traditional publisher. average age is 37 years old. i will tell you, you are skewing the numbers very much. mac. bill walker grew up in knoxville tennessee. he went there for his undergraduate and his masters work. he taught at university of neural new orleans and lamarr's university. then he went went