there's a custer book out there entitled "glory hunter."jim, comment on "glory hunter"? >> it was written by frederick who's a novelist. that was the era in the '30s -- a lot of -- what's the phrase, paul -- >> the debunkers. >> that's it. there was a lot of debunking going on. and custer's wife libby who outlived him by 50-something years. she died in 1933 believe it or not lived at 71 park avenue. she was six days short of her 91st birthday. she died in '33. he started the book a couple of years earlier. that came out in '34. it's a good book, well researched. but i think it's pretty clear -- it doesn't take long to show that he was slanted against custer and at every instance tried to show he was just lucky at gettysburg and lucky here. that's "glory hunter." >> it's a wonderful literary biography and it certainly was the key book in changing custer's image in the united states from this very heroic martyr to our western explanation into kind of villainous indian fighter who brought death to his own men in his own search for glory. yes,

how did you deal with that, jim, the controversy of custer? >> well, what i wanted to do is tell the story and samuel eliot morison the nonfiction history writer we have ever had, he's a good writer of history should observe the three things, accuracy, vicar and object to the. i thought that if i tried to write the story and research it thoroughly and let the story tells itself and what kind of take care of itself. i think if you start worrying about what group, which of these groups is going to be bothered by what you write it can get in the way to read what i wanted to do besides told the story you is it my research for the earlier book i read a lot of the books out there and noticed that a lot of them had kind of just assumed mistakes parts of the myths and legends were wrong one person writes it somewhere somebody else writes it incorporates to restoring and after awhile it is accepted as truth. i wanted to commit scrape off those barnacles off of this vessel the battle of little bighorn, and of course one of the things that is the most fa

he has the same tactic addiction that i have to custer.there are no 12 step programs but you're doomed for life. but how in the world do you take something that you love, a story that you love and that you have always been fascinated with and turn it into a bestseller, nevada, convinced a publisher that they need to publish a book on something that everyone believes they already know about? >> are you finish? >> i am done. you are on. [laughter] >> we might get a word in edgewise here. i had an early book, a coffee table book on the subject of the battle of a little bit corn. as you know coffee table books are not by nature very extensive or in death. but doing that book about 10 years ago, i realized it had been so much written, so much research done on this battle recently in the past 20 years, especially archaeological, forensic results. that had been integrated into one narrative. and, of course, once you get going on custer you get hooked. so that's the answer to that. i persuade my publisher that even though there had been, oh, i don

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there's never a mention in any newspaper about custer. never a mention at the convention.it didn't work like that anyway. and there's a letter from libby custer, who he shared almost everything with, written about a week or two before the battle. he never got it. but she spends a paragraph or two discussing the candidates for president and never mentions, you know, the candidacy of custer. >> yes, sir. >> thank you. . >> i have a question for jeff about his forthcoming book on why it's and tombstone. in your research and writing so far, what has surprised you most about the story as you have uncovered it? >> the things that are amazingly the most are some of the history of the southeast arizona and the absolute combination, it is almost a drug inducing atmosphere and so enticing of the elegance and decadence at the same time i think so many folks out there have been misunderstanding of what the town was like and arizona territory was like. there was so much more to the story when i ever would have guessed him some that have strong opinions about all of bed and at least hal

this is our pearl harbor, normandy custer's land stand. after ing the contentious unpopular health care bill battle by jamming it down the throats of the american people, hook or by crook they are talking about comprehensive immigration reform. this week. so what do you do? what do you do? you do what our grandparents did. you get up from your seat and you never give up, you never give in i'll tell you exactly where we go, next. úñçqç?p>p >> glenn: loss the health care reform battle that's all right. you just know why the country was founded. you gotta know these principles. if you can explain them, great. if you can't, how you gonna fight for 'em? my radio show theme says these words: we will be the key. if you don't like corruption, don't be corrupt in your own life. can't preach against corruption if you're corrupt. be honest your business dealings. i love this. don't lie about anything even to yourself. you're a handsome man, no you're not, you're fat. be honest. don't compromise your integrity. that way people will listen to you when

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he has the same tactic addiction that i have to custer. there are no 12 step programs but you're doomed for life. but how in the world do you take something that you love, a story that you love and that you have always been fascinated with and turn it into a bestseller, nevada, convinced a publisher that they need to publish a book on something that everyone believes they already know about? >> are you finish? >> i am done. you are on. [laughter] >> we might get a word in edgewise here. i had an early book, a coffee table book on the subject of the battle of a little bit corn. as you know coffee table books arno

is reverse, and while pelosi may win the battle today, she'll lose the war and will be the general custerhe more -- >> i'm not -- >> that raises the question, brad, how valuable is the victory, right. >> they've bet everything, at this moment, bet everything. >> exactly. >> martha: on having a victory. >> that's right. i would say i'm not -- brad i'm not sure you are diminishing the president's hour and all he did to help get it done and at the end of the day, no other president, teddy roosevelt first spoke about this and truman tried it and kennedy tried it and clinton tried this and no one else could get it done and this president and speaker will get it done and i think, they both get a lot of credit. >> martha: the question will be, what is "this". i mean, as early as the middle of last week when bret baier sat down with the president the president ac nojknowledged he dt know exactly what was in the bill when it came to the special deal. what is "this", what have we got? that this is big question here. -- that is the big question here. >> that they have is a trillion dollars of new sp