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that was done at the university of kansas looking at the effect of public broadcasting and the kids were all there and we had a great time. c-span: when did you first say to yourself i'm going to write a book? >> guest: i thought about it for a long time but i took it seriously when the publisher came to see the publisher and president at the trade edition and the editor published my mother-in-law's book which is a marvelous book. becky had been the editor and they showed up and said have you thought about writing a book and i said i thought about it but it's not anything they've taken seriously. we began to talk a year ago in january. c-span: how did you go about its? >> guest: it for something i thought would be easier than it turned out to be. the original plan was for me to sit down and talk and have the conversations to transcribe and then to have some research done and help editing the transcriptions physically. i found out that did not work for me. i'm someone that has to sit down and think hard about what i have to say. it takes me many drafts. i had to do it in longhand because my computer skills were not up to the

because you of all people know, public broadcasting stations don't like to pay for anything, so they want everything free which would be the entire overhead provided by us to. can: nearer, my god by william f. buckley junior, what is this? >> guest: ima catholic and [inaudible] an obligation to write about my faith or express gratitude for it. if it's passed along certain points that i found persuasive over the years. c-span: who is th c-span: who is the dedication to? >> guest: it is to my mother. she died at age 90 and was a very devout, marvelous woman. c-span: what was she like? >> guest: cheese from new orleans and a beauty. she had ten children and had a sort of way. [inaudible] everybody knew her. she was a southerner and we were brought up in europe and in connecticut. connecticut was our home. that's 1966, my father brought a place in north carolina and that is where they are both buried. he was a texan. c-span: if you were watching this program live from if you were on the east coast lines are open to 026-24-1111, eastern and central time time zone (202)624. if you live west of the mississippi. another book here is "the governor." >> guest: that is