this is henry knox. i think he was over six feet three. as a -- his father was a ship master but died andless henry -- an orphan at the age of twelve. dropout of boston school. he becomes, of course, a printer on his own, and he opens what is called the "new london bookstore "it became a fashionable salmon imported books from great britain, well, britain at the time. and all the young men and women would con including john adams. lucy was 16, and she happened to see henry parading with the militia. she fell madly in love with him. it didn't go well over with her parents. henry not only being poor and middle class, but a radical patriot. so they told her, if you married him, you will always be poor, and lucy didn't care. now think about lucy, lucy is a bit of a combination of rose o'donnell, margaret thatcher all rolled in to one. she's brainy, bookish, and extremely strong minded. she fell madly in love with henry and he with her. and the lovely letters between them. they married on june 16, 1774, in king's chape l. this is a early picture

now, lucy met this gentleman, henry knox. this is an early picture, and henry was very tall and handsome, unusually tall for that time, i think over 6-3, they say. he was a man from a little class, his father was a shipmaster but died and left henry an orphan be at the age of 12. he dropped out of boston latin school. he was apprentice to a printer, and he becomes, of course, a printer on his own. and he opens up what's called the new london bookstore which became a very fashionable salon, imported books, of course, from great britain. well, from britain at that time. and where all the young men and women would congregate including john adams and nathaniel green. now, lucy was 16, and she happened to see henry on a horse parading with the militia near boston common not too far from her parents' townhouse, and she fell madly in love with him. this did not go over well with her parents, obviously. they being tories. and henry not only being poor and middle class, but a radical patriot. so they told her if you marry him, you wil

disarray and finally with the occupation of dorchester heights that is one of the great stories henry knox going to ticonderoga returning with the cannons that would be placed to force the but the evacuation of the british and that is boston that went from being a city that was occupied to a city that had to pull itself together and this had been a devastating experience for everyone and 9,000 soldiers left along with a thousand loyalist and bond estonians would filter back and the town was beat up terribly structures had been burned as they tried to keep themselves but bostonian had survived. i would like to end my remarks by quoting a passage from the sermon delivered by reverend samuel cooper on april 7th 1776. his was the community that they have made it through said they deliver this sermon and this'' serves as the epigraph for my book. >> boston has been a division of moses. it was consumed. thank you very much. if you have questions i would be happy to answer them. [applause] >> you feature a number of characters that are not household names. warren, his fiancee, you did not talk ab

eastern, nancy rubin stewart describes the lives of benedict arnold and general henry knox. at 8:00, changes to u.s. foreign policy. at 9:00, marcia pull oil gives a synopsis of the supreme court under the direction of chief justice john roberts. at 10:00 eastern, olympia snowe joins us to talk about her book fighting for common ground:how we can fix the stalemate in congress. we conclude the prime-time programming at 11:00 eastern with donald rumsfeld providing the lessons he learned over the course of his career. visit booktv.org for more on this weekend's television schedule. >> representative greg walden, what is on your summer reading list? >> i just finished a victory lap. i do a little bit on the side. that tells a lot about digital data and how the world of campaigns has changed. i am hoping to get to the biography on jefferson which i have on my ipod and a new one on teddy roosevelt. i am a big fan of the roosevelt and the reform music and his energy and styling and deals mainly with his time in south america so it should be interesting. >> let us know what you are