eric larson. ed a all of his works. this is a great book, almost a minute by minute description of what happened to the lusitania. and it is very dramatic and it goes back and forth between what is happening in europe and what is happening in washington, with president wilson, and what is happening to the passengers on the ship. their stories. it's really a great read, well, well written and i think really brings that piece of hoyt -- piece of history in 1915 back to life and makes it very human. these are real human beings we can relate to, who lost their lives on lose takeny. -- lusitania. the illustrious jed is all about how typists actually really was responsible for destroing napoleon's army and the invasion of russia. people thought it was the cold or the russian army. those things didn't help but the real killer was typus. it was devastating. really devastating. napoleon lost more than 90% of his army in the invasion of russia and a lesson, by the way, that obviously a century and a half later adolph hitler did n

. >> first deadweight eric larson. i've read all of his works.s is a great book almost a minute by minute description of what happened to the lusitania and it's very dramatic and goes back and forth between what is happening in europe, what's happening washington and what is happening to the passengers on the ship. there are stories. it's really a great read well-written and i think really brings that piece of history back to life. and really makes it very human. these are real human beings we can relate to who often lost their lives sadly on the lusitania. a great story. the illustrious dead is all about how tight this really was responsible or destroying napoleon's army and name invasion of russia. a lot of people thought it was the cold war the russian army. all of those things didn't help that the real killer was ifas. the sanitary conditions of the day simply didn't allow them to protect themselves against this bacterium and it was devastating devastating, really devastating. napoleon lost more than 90% of his army in the invasion of russia

eric larson and margaret lazarus eating. our festival coverage is followed by a new york times tour review. we continue our live coverage of the book festival with a three-hour in-depth program life from the stage. he will be taking your phone calls and questions from the audience. scott simon on his book unforgettable. kevin schultz on william f buckley junior. on american history tv, join us for several featured programs on sunday beginning on real america. the 1965 manned spaceflight and the first american to walk in space. his thousands of pictures capturing the war experience. we vis

and author eric larson about the last crossing of the lusitania.d out about those books at c-span.org. >> coming up next, washington journal is live with your calls in the morning's latest news. then we take you live to central south carolina where senator lindsey graham is expected to announce his candidacy for president in 2016. >> coming up this morning on washington journal talking about the congressional agenda, including actions in the senate including talking about expiring patriot act. and james thurber, director for the center for presidential studies at american university. and the university of maryland center for homeland [video clip] >> the patriot act will expire tonight. it will only be temporary. they will ultimately get their way. i think the majority of the american people actually believe the government has gone too far. ♪ host: that was republican senator and presidential candidate rand paul on the floor of the u.s. senate last night after it became clear his effort to force the expiration of the patriot act and its bulk collect

. >> first "deadweight," eric larson. i've read all of his works.this is a great book, sort of almost a minute-by-minute description of what happened to the lucetania. and it's very dramatic and it goes back and forth between, you know what's happening in europe and what's happening in washington with president wilson and what's happening to the passengers on the ship. their stories. it's really a great read, well, well written and i think really brings that piece of history in 1915 back to life. really and really makes it very human. it's not cold history. these are real human beings we can relate to who often lost their lives sadly, on the lucetania. great story. the illustrious dead is all about how typhus actually really was responsible for destroying napoleon's army in the invasion of russia. a lot of people thought it was the cold or it was the

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saturday speaker includes david axelrod, eric larson. our festival coverage followed by a tour of the new york times book review at 7:30. on sunday at noon, we continue our coverage of the book festival with our three hour in-depth program with lawrence wright. he will be taking phone calls and questions from the audience. following in-depth, festival speakers include scott simon. kevin schultz and norman mailer. and alex goffman. on american history tv on c-span3, join us for several programs on sunday being -- beginning at 4:00 p.m. eastern. the four days of gemini for the 1965 manned space flight and the first american to walk in space. 20 but carl -- tony coral and his story behind some of those images. we visit with the senator as he shares stories behind political mementos in his office. as 6:30, bob schieffer, peter arnett discussed their vietnam war experience at the opening of the museum. to get our complete schedule visit c-span.org. >> on tuesday, president obama signed into law the usa freedom act which replaces the expert fi

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