i'm here pleased to be here with lisa napoli. former journalist, current journalize. >> always a journalist. >> the author of "ray and joan: he man who made the mcdonald's fortune and the woman who gave it all wow." i love this title. thick people don't often appreciate lounge it goes into getting a perfect title. >> i grew up in new york reading the north new new new york post" >> a book about that man who meat mcdonald's to what we know today and amazing, head-spinning philanthropy of his third wife, joan kroc. when we were putting together the program, liz taylor, who is the "chicago tribune's" literary editor at large, was talking about it. said should a business writer do this interview? and she said, it's not a business book. it's a love story. and i think it's a little more complex than that. it is a business story, love story, it's a hate story, and it really is a story about mid-20th century americana and that is what kept me going in the five years it took research because it blends everything together and makes luke od

michael eric dyson, lisa napoli, and many more. we'll kick off the coverage with author mary deash dearborn. biography of ernest hemingway. >> good morning and welcome to the 33rd annual "chicago tribune" printers row lit fest. today's program is being brawled live on c-span2's booktv. we'll have a few minutes for questions at the end of the presentation. the audience has to line tip microphone to your right. we'll let you know when.li please make sure so silence your cell phones turn off your camera flashes, and with that i'd like to introduce our mid-ator, documentary host, producer and, news anchor, bill curtis. [applause] >> we get right into it, mary. i should have a moment of explanation. you may be expecting three people up here. stacy keach will not be with us today. on opening night, one-man show about ernest hemming we were. he had a heart attack on stage.. it was one of those strange things that that just in his words, created a fog in which he didn't know where he was in the play, and for 50 minutes, being old school, a

one more author will be peeking, it's lisa napoli think author of ray and joan, about the life othe late mcdonald's founder, ray kroc and his wife, joan. we'll be right back. [inaudible question] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i'm following the book from the beginning where lincoln to the theology in favor of slavery. southern theologians. >> his father i believe was a baptist minister -- >> wasn't a minister. he was -- belonged to various primitive baptist churches in kentucky and indiana. >> hi father was -- from my understanding was very antislavery as well. >> he was. >> my rex is that is why they moved from kentucky, first for indiana and then illinois. >> that's right. places where poor white people moved from. that's a story of the family, of his father. >> brian. >> your book to the stack -- >> big towers. the interpretation center. i was out there about a month ago two months ago. quite the stack of books, i tell you that. than