, president canady's father. of course was partial to the chairman and we suspect that the reason roosevelt -- so it's a marvelous book about the three of them and their interaction and with churchill and their advocacy, they there are impressive at this -- advocacy of the united states raking out of this isolationist mode and getting into the war on england they have. the author had previously written at a wonderful book which i highly recommend called trouble seeing him then. it's about the members of parliament who rallied behind winston churchill who opposed it throughout the 30s, and orchestrated his rise to the -- when avril fell. it's a great look at the early stages of war and i highly recommend that. >> former information on this and other summer reading list to visit booktv.org. >> next from wichita kansas, gretchen i talk so booktv about her book, dissented in wichita, the civil rights movement in the midwest, 1954 to 1972. >> it was one of the most segregated cities in america, which may surprise you