kent masterson brown on ninth kentucky cavalry soldier john porter and american history tv a visit to buffalo trace distillery. one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition for medicinal purposes. .. ♪ >> send us a tweet at booktv using hash tag summer reading to let us know what you plan on reading this summer. you can also e-mail us, booktv at c-span.org. >> we continue with more from frankfurt, kentucky. up next, booktv interviews lindsay apple. she explores the life and legacy of former secretary of state and speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, henry clay. [background sounds] >> henry clay was an early 19th century politician, statesman. he ran for president three times, tried to get the nomination two others, failed on all occasions. but he's probably the best known non-president of that period. >> why is that? >> well, daniel walker howell argues that clay had the most expansive vision for the country of any politician of that period. he's speaking, basically, of the american system which was an attempt to unify the country. we were a big country, in f

for more information visit nyhistory.org. >> up next, booktv talks with cebt masterson brown as part of our series examining the literary landscape of eight southeastern cities. mr. brown recounts the military career of john m. porter who served in the ninth kentucky cavalry during the war and penned the events of his services following the end of the war. it's about 30 minutes. >> john porter was a, um, young fellow from butler county, kentucky, which is a county down in south central part of the state. who, um, joined the confederate army in october of 1861 when the confederate armies occupied southern kentucky. and he ultimately became a lieutenant in the ninth kentucky cavalry that rode with john hunt morgan. and, um, he was probably prouder of having ridden through the war with john hunt morgan than he was almost anything he ever did in life. and he penned this memoir for his daughter whose name was minnie belle. he married shortly after the war was over, and his wife died after giving birth to minnie belle. and so he raised this child along with his two sisters and a brother in

[applause] >> [inaudible conversations] >> >> [inaudible conversations] >> kent masterson brown while touring kentucky is one of the series examining the landscape of the southeastern cities. mr. brown recounts the military career of the john porter who served in the mind kentucky calgary during the civil war and his remembrances of the service following the end of the war. it's about 40 minutes. >> jon porter was a young fellow from butler county kentucky, which is a county down in south-central part of the state who joined the confederate army in october of 1861 the confederate armies occupied southern kentucky, and ultimately became a lieutenant in the ninth kentucky calvary that road with john morgan and he was probably prouder of having ridden through the war with john morgan and he was almost anything he ever did alive, and he handled this memoir for his daughter whose name was bill and he married shortly after the war was over, and his wife died after giving birth so he raised this child along with his two sisters and brother in bowling green kentucky in the county, warren coun

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tv on c-span2 device, violence corruption and urban renewal douglas boyd on frankfort and kent masterson brownut kentucky with calvary soldier. next from the harlem book fair a four dimond manning marable's biography of malcolm x. this is a little more than anbig hour. >> good afternoon, everyone and welcome again to the 2011 harlel book fair. i am the assistant professor ofo history at fairfield university and the chief historian at theyh jackie robinson museum and i to thiswelcome you forum. we're here to discuss manning marable's recent book, "malcom x: a life of reinvention." and its impact on our a life of reinvention and its impact on our appreciation of the life and legacy of this african-american icon. manning parable began his study as a corrective to the influential autobiography of malcolm x which for five decades stood as one of the most important works of african-american literature ever produced. despite its widespread influence and a claim there have always been questions concerning its authenticity. publish nine months after his death the autobiography presents a unique portrai

and kent masterson brown on the life of soldier john potter.f only four distilleries in operation during prohibition. for medicinal purposes, of course, and the first two statehouses burnt to the ground. stop by the third, the old state capitol. booktv and american history tv in frankfurt, kentucky, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> according to a recent report, there were $48 billion in improper medicare payments for fiscal year 2010. michelle snyder, medicare's deputy chief operating officer, testified before a house oversight and government reform subcommittee on efforts to curb improper payments, trade and waste. other witnesses include the health and human services inspector general and the government accountability office health issues director. this is about 90 minutes. [background sounds] >> this hearing of the, excuse me, subcommittee on government organization efficiency and financial management will come to order. first, appreciate everyone's patience and understanding with both the change in time from 9:30 to 10 and also a slightly

kent masterson brown on the life of a cavalry soldier, and john porter.y tv on c-span3 a visit to a distillery, one of four in operation during prohibition. the first tasted houses burned to the ground. book tv and american history tv in frankfurt kentucky, next weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> next a discussion on the future of social security, with a former bush economists. the trustees latest report says the program will remain solvent until 2037. the association hosted the event. it is about one hour and a 10 minutes. >> we begin this form to a salute to seniors. i believe you will benefit. baby boomers, and the younger generation, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren -- i believe you are in for a treat. before i turn it to the most distinguished panel we have assembled, allow me to make a couple of observations. as a young reporter when i worked in this very building -- so-so security was 76 years old sunday, august 14. it was passed by congress and signed into law by president roosevelt. the system experienced few growing pains. it was a healthy an

douglas boyd on frankfurt's crawfish bottom, and be kent masterson brown on the life of soldier johnorter. and on american history tv on one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition. for medicinal purposes, of course. stop by the old state capitol. booktv and american history tv in frankfurt, kentucky, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> next, national transportation safety board chairman deborah hersman. she talks about new transportation safety rules for pilots and other challenges facing the industry. she spoke for about 20 minutes at the airline pilots' association air safety forum in washington. >> thanks, mike. hopefully, we can cross off some of those safety items from the most wanted list next year. ladies and gentlemen, we've now reached the final presentation in this year's program. and i believe we've saved the best for last. i am honored to introduce our next speaker, ms. debbie hersman, chairman of the national transportation safety board. ms. hersman was named ntsb chairman in 2009, and earlier this month was sworn in this to serve -- in to serve a second

kent masterson brown on the life of a ninth kentucky cavalry soldier, john porter. a visit to buffalo trace distillery, one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition, for medicinal purposes, of course. the first 2 statehouses' burned to the ground. stop by the third, the old state capital. this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> good morning. good morning. come on. good morning, class. i am mike petrilli. for those of you who are not familiar with fordham, we are a leading think tank. we do work here in washington and in ohio. we do not just talk about education reform. we do it in real town -- in real time. we are proud of that. i am excited to be moderating today's session. the idea really came from rick and randi. they run into each other from time to time and said all the debate and vigorous discussion around the big reforms pushed through this year -- often, it is more heat than light. we could have a conversation that does not paper over our differences around some of these key issues, that admits there are serious disagreements about which way to g