we still have some webcast happening at booktv.org isabel wilkerson will, then chat -- jeht mahal to talk about herblock you may remember her at the national book festival and then jim lehrer will be speaking in chapman hall as well and in the miami book fair 2011 concludes with author michael moore at 6:00 p.m. eastern that is

we still have some webcast happening at booktv.org isabel wilkerson will, then chat -- jeht mahal to talk about herblock you may remember her at the national book festival and then jim lehrer will be speaking in chapman hall as well and in the miami book fair 2011 concludes with author michael moore at 6:00 p.m. eastern that is nine booktv.org as well. one of the co-founders is ms. caplan and he joins us now on our set. how did this get started and when? >> this is the 28 the book fair and it was started because the president of miami-dade college called a number of us together in an attempt to bring life back to downtown miami was suffering from rough economic times and it is thought if we could bring literary culture to downtown we might be able to unite the community at the same time to bring some focus. >> host: the owner of books & books and your invited to participate. >> we had been opened two years. will be open and 30 years. >> host: what was a festival like 1982. >> the first was 1984 as a two day festival but even then we had significant authors, even allen ginsberg came t

>> i'm going to ask you to thank isabel wilkerson, and in seven minutes, the conversation will continue with booktv. they will be taking live calls and answering more of your questions. i'm going to put you on hold for about seven minutes. please stay with us, and thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> what i found a cad and a kind of those researching this book was out of the car field placed in nomination in brief presidency full of the credible stories, but the people who surrounded him will also unbelievable. first of course charles pitot, garfield's would-be assassin. it is a deeply coming dangerously in and who was highly articulate. if you read any other account of the assassination is described as a disgruntled office speaker. but that doesn't cover the smallest part of it he was a uniquely american character of this country at a time when there was a lot of play in the joints had no one to really understand what he was up to and hold him to account for it. he is a self-made man. he was smart and happy, a clever opportunist and probably would've been very succ

>> i'm going to ask you to thank isabel wilkerson, and in seven minutes, the conversation will continue with booktv. they will be taking live calls and answering more of your questions. i'm going to put you on hold for about seven minutes. please stay with us, and thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >>> what i found it again and again while i was researching this book is not only was his life and nomination and briefed presidency full of incredible stories, the people who surrounded him were all so unbelievable. you just couldn't make them up. first of course is garfield's would be an assassin. he tells me deeply, dangerously delusional man that he was very intelligent and highly articulate. if you read nearly any other account of garfield's assassination, he is described as a disgruntled office seeker. but that doesn't cover the smallest part of it. he was a uniquely american character. he was the product of this country at that time it time that there was a lot of play in the joint and no one to really understand what he was up to and falls into account for it. he t

in just a few minutes, isabel wilkerson will be in chapman hall talking about "the warmth of other suns." that will be available at booktv.org. after that jim lehrer are also be up in chapman hall, we'll bring that to you live online as well, and the miami book fair concludes with author michael moore at 6 p.m. eastern time, you can watch that at booktv.org. well, one more call-in segment on booktv on c-span2 coming up, and that's with jim lehrer. recently, mr. lehrer sat down for our "after words" program with gloria of cnn to talk about "tension city." here's a little bit of video, then we'll be back live with mr. lehrer. >> guest: presidential debates have become the only time with with -- where the candidates, usually two, sometimes three, are on the same stage at the same time talking about the same things. and they come usually in october with the election pretty close, maybe a month or only a month or less away. the polls show that in up in probably 90% or more of the people have already made a decision as to who, for whom they're going to vote. but for whom they're going to vote

up our coverage today on c-span2 but a reminder booktv.org continued live from miami and have isabel wilkerson and who is on right now probably wrapping up her presentation, in then the miami book fair concludes with michael moore's 6:00 p.m.. thank you for being with us. this segment will out there again in the overnight hours go to the website for the full schedule. thank you for being with us from miami >> host: it is a pleasure to sit down and talk to aldershot there about your latest book, it "the reactionary mind" the subtitle, conservatism from edmund burke to sarah palin" certainly entry to me as somebody who writes about conservatism from the outside. start right there. sarah palin recently announced she would not seek the republican nomination for president. on the first page of the first chapter perhaps turning the order of your subtitle around with a sarah palin, u.s.a. john lachey -- john mccain's choice was most and conservative decision and come in that u.s. combat ill considered and imprudent. clearly they lost. but your indictment seems to contradict or glide past the clearing

isabel wilkerson "the warmth of other suns" will be at 3:30. your mic remember her from the national book festival. we did an hour with her on stage and then jim lehrer will be talking about his books on presidential debates and finally to wrap up the miami book fair tomorrow michael moore and we will bring that to you as a webcast so that wraps up our coverage today. enjoy the rest of the day in we will see you tomorrow from miami. next on booktv, kathryn mcgarr recounts the political career of robert strauss. mr. cibrian attorney at a washington law firm was well-connected inside the beltway or kerry served as chairman of the democratic national committee from 1972 to 1977. ambassador to the soviet union in 1991 and as an adviser to several presidents. this is a little under an hour. >> good evening everybody. thank you for staying tight while we waited and thank you especially for coming out and braving electrical storms, thunderstorms, tornado warnings and everything else. we really appreciate you being here. i am here with my husband bad -

in just a few minutes, isabel wilkerson will be in chapman hall talking about "the warmth of other suns." that will be available at booktv.org. after that jim lehrer are also be up in chapman hall, we'll bring that to you live online as well, and the miami book fair concludes with author michael moore at 6 p.m. eastern time, you can watch that at booktv.org. well, one more call-in segment on booktv on c-span2 coming up, and that's with jim lehrer. recently, mr. lehrer sat down for our "after words" program with gloria of cnn to talk about "tension city." here's a little bit of video, then we'll be back live with mr. lehrer. >> guest: presidential debates have become the only time with with -- where the candidates, usually two, sometimes three, are on the same stage at the same time talking about the same things. and they come usually in october with the election pretty close, maybe a month or only a month or less away. the polls show that in up in probably 90% or more of the people have already made a decision as to who, for whom they're going to vote. but for whom they're going to vote