. >> yes, billy bathgate very pular. >> rose: another movie. >> yes. and also the characters always in edgar are people you feel like you knew. >> rose: how did he come to the idea of the march? >>ou're asking me? i'm-- i mean i was presented with this. i think-- . >> rose: so he never explained how he got to this? why the idea of sherman was-- i've always been intrigued by sherman. and he brought him alive for me in that book. >> i'm not sure he would be able to tell us how he got that idea. because i once asked him that about something else. and i am not sure he would know. hes with, of course against war. and i think that part of what the march shows is the chaos of war. >> rose: it does. and especially and nobody hated war more than sherrman. >> right. >> rose: many thought it was hell. >> right. >> rose: but he also thought you had to win and you had to win as fast as you could and end it. >> get it done. >> rose: but take the book of daniel which was about politics. what was his politics? >> well, i think-- . >> rose: liberal democrat would you a

doctorow forged his reputation with such historical novels as "ragtime" and "billy bathgate." book of daniel" he explored the execution of julius and ethel rosenberg as communists in the 1950s. doctorow is one of the most honored authors of our time. on twitter president obama praised him as one of america's greatest novelists and said his books had taught him much. >>> fans of the late theodore geisel better known as dr. seuss, are in for a real treat. a long lost dr. seuss book will be published next tuesday with the first printing of 1 million copies. it's called "what pet should i get?" it includes some familiar characters to seuss fans including the brother and sister from "one fish two fish." it's thought to have been written back in the 1950s or '60s. it remained undiscovered until about two years ago. >>> when we come back the urban jungle. is that what people think it is? roaming city streets. feeling intense lower back pain? did you know it may be coming from being on your feet all day? dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts are uniquely designed to provide immedia

"billy bathgate" just has an image of men in black ties standing on the deck of the top of. didn't know why they were there on the east river. somebody was watching them -- you have yet to find out -- you write to find out what you are writing. it's not an entirely rational way to live. charlie: writing is your way to get the story want to tell that is inside you mark -- inside you? e.l.: the book begins to a certain itself and present the identity it wishes to have. you followed your instructions. all the characters in "the march" came to me whole, whether they were verifiable as sherman's generals were or other people who had no such potential. they appeared to me with their behaviors and names and ways of thinking and it just followed along. charlie: some had appeared in other novels. e.l.: dr. sartorius -- he's something of a villain. he's in advance medical practitioner who knows a lot more and does a lot more in the way of new therapies and surgeries than the other guys. charlie: could you have written this if you didn't find sherman interesting in your research? e.l.:

doctorow was best known for his works of historic fiction like "ragtime", "billy bathgate", and "the his critically-acclaimed novels would earn him a number of top literary honors-- from the national book award to the national humanities medal. e. l. doctorow was 84 years old. still to come on the newshour: what does new dash cam video of sandra bland's arrest tell us? a nazi hunter who pursues war criminals to the grave and much more. >> woodruff:. >> ifill: new developments in the case of sandra bland, the woman found dead in a texas jail three days after being arrested for a routine traffic violation. the full video of the arrest recorded from the police officer's dashboard camera cast new light on the arrest as her family searches for answers. >> okay, ma'am. >> ifill: the video shows state trooper brian encinia approaching sandra bland's car on july 10th in waller county, texas. he pulled her over for failing to signal a lane change. >> you seem very irritated. >> ifill: the dispute escalated when encinia asked bland to put out her cigarette. she refused, and he ordered her out

known for his novels "ragtime," "billy bathgate," and "the march," about general william sherman's march into atlanta, doctorow was a leading voice in contemporary literature. he died tuesday in manhattan after a battle with lung cancer. the renowned actor, musician composer, and activist theodore bikel has died at the age of 91. bikel was known for creating the role of baron von trapp in, "the sound of music," on broadway and for the role of tevye in "fiddler on the roof," which he played more than 2000 times. he was a folk singer who cofounded the newport folk festival with pete seeger, and also an outspoken critic of israeli policy, including plans to forcibly relocate 40,000 bedouin arabs from their ancestral lands. which he denounced on democracy now! >> one thing that is absolutel clear in my mind is that human beings cannot be treated like cattle. human beings must be given the dignity and the respect that all human beings deserve, especially by a people who themselves choose -- jews, have experienced such deprivation in the past. when i say the very people who were told to get ou