happened, jovan grew up on the south side. and one of his brothers was in jail for arson murder and had been in a gang and had told him never get in a gang. do not get in a gang because he will not get out. do not do it. his other brother passed away and he made a concerted effort to stay out of that life, had no arrests, no problems with the law. went to a vocational law school and went to ohio state and got lost in the financial aid process and was 19 when he went walking around with some guys who got in a fight. he walked to the beginning of the fight and realized it was getting out of hand and he walked away. six months later he got picked up. of course, the police -- what happened is a man died in that fire. so the police were doing their job and looking for who had done that. he was with those gentleman that night so he got picked up. he was, however, then -- and i'll let you tell him about that part. he was kept in a room with 48 hours, with no sleep, no water, no bathroom, like nothing. and, you know, having no idea of

just probably down the hallway here and you can say hello to jovan and to laura and to get to meet them. thank you all for coming to this. [applause] >> i think you'll find there's a lot of -- a lot of detail and information in this book that we could not possibly get to today. the story is former washington post reporter and senior contributing editor at having to post. this event was hosted by the computer history museum in non you, california. it's a low over an hour. hi. how is it going to back ice should begin by saying that sometimes we can't really trust the media. [laughter] and i am saying this as somebody who comes from the media. we tend to a kind of oversimplify, sensationalized. i think we care more about -- we care more about, kind of conflict and less about depth and context. i'm saying this because judging by 60 minutes, vanity fair, some reviews, you would think that your book is like something out of the social network, the 1980's of something. it is a bill gates purses' paul allen's love fest. so what the bidder billionaire. so i'm reading this stuff. then i finally a

just probably down the hallway here and you can say hello to jovan and to laura and to get to meet them. thank you all for coming to this. [applause] >> i think you'll find there's a lot of -- a lot of detail and information in this book that we could not possibly get to today. the story is pulitzer prize-winning historian gordon would presents a series of essays examine the underpinnings of the american revolution. mr. wood explained the origins of american exceptional listen, the founders' belief of the university of the of the revolution and the radicalism of republicanism in the 18th century. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> it's good to be here with you. >> i just want to say one thing to the audience before we start that it's a treat. gordon is one of the -- he really is one of the nation's preeminent historians of the revolutionary period, if not the p.m. and mary historian and he is learned and at times, and i say this in the best sense of the word contrary in, and he says what he feels, and his book, the idea of america is a fabulous book and he will be doing a book sig