[laughter] he's the dixon allen anderson centennial professor of history, before that he taught at vanderbilt and texas a&m. the privileged life and radical presidency of franklin delano roosevelt, 2008, and the first american, the life and times of benjamin franklin, 2000. like i said, 24 books. he's presented, i believe, eight times here. he's a past texas award winner at this festival, and he has not one, but two books at the festival this year, so if you can't get enough of him now, come back tomorrow. and that book is the murder of jim fisk, along with the book we're discussing today, greenback planet, how the dollar conquered the world. it actually sounds like a horror movie. [laughter] and maybe it is. so what i'd like you both to start off with today is have each of our authors talk about their books for a few minutes, and i'm going to ask a few softball questions and leave the hardball questions for you guys, and we're going to begin to have people queue up to ask those questions, and we'll keep them going on for as long as we possibly can. first of all, dade, tell me about dealt. wh

he's the dixon allen anderson centennial professor of history at the university of texas. before that he taught at vanderbilt and texas a & m. he's a two-time finalist for the pulitzer price for trader of his class and radical presidency of franklin delano president and the life and times of benjamin franklin, 2000. like i said, 24 books. he's presented, i believe, eight times. he's a past texas award winner for this festival but he has not one but two books at the festival this year. if you can't get enough of him now, come back tomorrow and that book is the murder of jim physic for the love of jayne mansfield along with the book we're discussing, greenback planet how the dollar conquered the world and threatened the civilization as we know it. it actually sounds like a horror movie, and maybe it is. and what i would like to start off today is have each of our authors talk about their books for a few minutes and i'll ask a few softball questions. i'm going to leave the hardball questions to you guys and i'll give you a prompt when we're going to begin to have people cue u