when you take it -- he takes a trip down amazon with his dad, it doesn't end well for kermit roosevelt. how did you feel about having your ancestor in namesake used in historical fiction? did that influence how you treated real people in your novel? >> a novel is called roosevelt thesis and i think it's a great novel, but i suppose it gave me a little bit more confidence than what i was doing because i was able to look, i'm not a hypocrite. hear someone who wrote a novel about my namesake, my ancestors, my family. i think that's great. to our parts that are true, parts that are made up. what he was trying to do, and this is exactly what i try to do, he was trying to use the fantastic fictional element to get out of deeper truth about the character that maybe you can't coax out of the better narrative of facts. but that you can develop more fully with fiction. i thought he did a great job of that. >> didn't you in your novel reference the death of -- >> i did come district thursday moment where things don't go well for kermit roosevelt also. >> who else? >> was thank you, marty? well, i

takei: and, as i said, i am halfway through kermit roosevelt's book.t is a rip-snorting good thriller. i still do not know who the murderer is, and i told him when i met him, do not be a spoiler for me. i want to get to the last chapter without that knowledge. buy "allegiance," his book. >> thank you. there is a reception. you could buy my book, you could buy george's cd. you can ask questions. i hope you will join us. [laughter] [applause] announcer: this weekend, the c-span city tour takes you to long beach, california. you will explore the history and literary culture of this port city. on book tv, learn about the women contributions to the world war ii effort, from the author in long beach of rosie the riveter. >> when the army was looking for a place to reduce aircraft, which they thought we would need to meditate long beach. they picked it because the steps away, we have a wonderful airport founded in 1923. it was the first to have a takeoff and landing in different direction from which the army love. they could use military airplanes in a way th