my wife and i went down there and they have on file a bunch of interviews with people, frank ami, a variety of folks who were part of the heart mountain resistors and also the no no boys. these interviews were done by frank chen, frank abe and other folks and they are all on file. i used those to make sure i created real live characters. hope that answers the question. >> who else wants to ask a question? . >> when you do research, are you able to compare the (inaudible). >> i have to admit i haven't done as much research into that area because there were germans also who went through the same thing and no i didn't. that certainly is a story that should be looked into. i know in my early works, a character would say why didn't they do this to the germans and italians but at the time i wrote this play, i wasn't aware that the other things were going on in the country also. so i don't know a lot about that. . >> is there any one or any group that you studied in particular for your sort of art piece japanese artist character? . >> no, but i feel like i sort of have it inside of me, my body, th

. >>> next on booktv, amy reading presents a history of economic cons in the united states, and specifically recounts the confidence game that left texas rancher j. frank norfleet penniless in 919. it's -- 1919. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> hello. thank you so much for coming. so, first, let's talk about the big con before i dive into reading from the book, um, because you need to know a little bit what happened to the main character, j. frank norfleet, before we get to the section that i'm going to read. so it's december 1919, j. frank norfleet is a texan rancher. he's 54 years old, in the prime of his life. he has made a bunch of money for himself, and he has made that money by huing to his principles which include doing business with a handshake with other honest, upright people. you can see where this is going. [laughter] he comes to dallas for a land deal, um, from the texas panhandle where he's from, and very quickly he is ensnared by a team of swindlers, five men, and they're headed by their ringleader, joseph fury. and they've done their region on him. they understand that, who norfleet is and exactly how to take him. um, and over a ser