he does this thriller of thomas edison that's early 30s, megalo maniac, wanting to prove certain experiments work. this woman, mariah mitchell from vassar, is excluded because she takes her truth there. and this very pompous, bloviated professor from the university of michigan, james watson, who wants to prove that vulcan exists x. he creates this drama out of these three all covering this great eclipse. you cannot put the book down. >> host: one more book we want to talk about is jonathan -- [inaudible] new book. >> guest: he's an alabama historian. he says that we really don't know the civil rights. we always cover the familiar stories. we cover the march on washington with, we cover letter from jail, we coffer the -- and he said that, you know, as the -- [inaudible] it came in through a traveler in alabama, scott cook, who told me, bob, you have to look at it. all this trial work about this man, caleb washington, who was awe rested in -- arrested in alabama for a crime he never committed, for killing a policeman which he didn't do. he was on death row for many years. george wallace stayed