so, the golden cockrell press started in the 20s and continues to the 40s or 50s. the movement to make beautiful books never stopped. my last example is from the old- style press who started in the 1980s. and, this book, i just adore. you will see the illustrations are in color. now, these are woodcut illustrations. in order for the artist to make this book, and by the way, this is one of only 26 books printed with the illustrations and color out of a total of it -- total addition of 200. they had to make a separate wood block to print each color. >> host: that's amazing. >> the same piece of paper goes through the press and is imprinted by the wood blocks one time for every color you see. i went through this book and i counted somewhere near 10 different colors. so, to make this book, every piece of paper went through the press.>> host: do i ask how much these books are?>> priceless. i believe this book retails for about $750. >> host: that's not bad. i think i heard $12,000 on one of these books.>> my books are reasonable. they're all priceless and special in the

and it nearly did when cockrell made her run to amend the staggers bill.nd that fate, neither the railroads, nor america, nor shippers, nor the consumer can afford. i will be glad to take any questions. [applause] mr. loving: thank you. i cannot see. oh yes. i see a hand there. >> what are your hopes for amtrak? mr. loving: amtrak, my hopes for amtrak. amtrak has a new ceo. he is the ceo of norfolk southern. i think he is not ideally suited for the job. amtrak already has made plans to get new train sets to replace the high-speed train that runs on the corridor. these will provide service every 30 minutes at 140 miles an hour. and it is going to be a change on the corridor. maybe a change as far down as richmond. it thatyou will see to services improved, service right now is not great. he has the ability to get the money that is needed. so my hopes are that amtrak will do well. what it needs to do most is to, one, get on the annual federal budget. it is not. every year it has to go hat in hand to congress, saying we do not have any more money and we need a

nellie bly gets a meeting with john cockrell and said we need to write about the poor and how they are treated. he said, you cover a story about blackwell's island, which was the insane asylum that was a very scary place to be, and i will give you a job. she takes the challenge and she fakes insanity, which, to be fair, was not hard to do at the time, especially for a woman. for a woman to get thrown into an insane asylum, all it took was her husband saying she was crazy and they would lock her up. she fakes her way into this insane asylum with the promise the paper will send a lawyer to get her out. which they do. she writes a dramatic series called "ten days in a mad house ," and it tells about the awful conditions of the treatment of the patients there. it talks about that food and poor treatment and dirty conditions. it was such a big deal when it was published that it resulted in an official investigation of the asylum, additional money was put into the budget to improve conditions and reforms were made. what is noteworthy about nellie bly's writing is she makes herself a central