post a thank you calling in steven with your family from james in bryant texas. james you are on booktv. >> caller: yes, thank you. i'm reading she crossed the seven rivers of poco with that is interesting to me because i do have indian heritage and the concerns the main character and her assimilation into white society and how everything affected her or her travels from tippecanoe on the wabash and the tippecanoe river to southern ohio. a very interesting book, recommend it highly. >> host: what do you do down in bryant texas and we have hit by harvey at all? >> caller: we were with 24 inches of rain can we survive that without any flooding to the south of us. they are in pretty bad shape. prayers are needed. a couple more facebook economist we want to share. jamie, war of necessity, war of choice by richard haass was of course head of the council on foreign relations. former bush administration comes state department official. and lucille is reading two books that we cover today here at the national book festival.ad "hillbilly elegy" and justllbill finished up

. >> texas native and nfl wide receiver, dez bryant helped raise more than $2 million last night in atged one million dollars the cowboys held a telethon after their game against the houston texans was canceled. >> families have lost their homes, so i really just hope, you know, they can see we're here for them and we want them to be back on their feet as soon as possible. >> bryant himself has donated $50,000 to relief efforts. >> those are just some of the donations pouring in from across the country to the flood victims. the white house says that president trump is pledging a million dollars of his personal funds to the recovery effort. celebrities and businesses are also stepping up. houston texans star jj watt has raised more than $13 million for the city through crowd funding. he only wanted to raise $200,000 at the beginning. go jj. walmart will donate up to >> many americans have many questions about which organizations will provide the most help. there are also concerns about charity scams. andrew nuska is here. all kinds of charities are popping up, you're getting e-mails. ho

post a thank you calling in steven with your family from james in bryant texas. james you are on booktv. >> caller: yes, thank you. i'm reading she crossed the seven rivers of poco with that is interesting to me because i do have indian heritage and the concerns the main character and her assimilation into white society and how everything affected her or her travels from tippecanoe on the wabash and the tippecanoe river to southern ohio. a very interesting book, recommend it highly. >> host: what do you do down in bryant texas and we have hit by harvey at all? >> caller: we were with 24 inches of rain can we survive that without any flooding to the south of us. they are in pretty bad shape. prayers are needed. >> host: thank you for calling in. a couple more facebook comments we want to share. jamie morris war of necessity, war of choice by richard haas who is the head of the council council -- council of foreign relations former push of administration state department official and lucio is reading two books that we covered today cured the national book festival