later that same afternoon milton jr. himself with a hatchet he was told not to touch so he was bleeding, in pain and in trouble all at the same time. it was the best day of my life. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i am in a slightly awkward position. i wrote two different kinds of books. it is meant to be amusing as we just heard. sometimes i write more serious books that are very entertaining but are meant to convey information in a more conventional and reliable way. to be actually factual and i take some care to make them completely accurate as i can and that is the case, why my publishers brought me here at great expense to decatur, ga. to talk about "1 summer: america, 1927". i don't like to talk too much about that new book but especially this one because it just seems there's a danger of spoiling it. especially feel that way about this one because summer of 1927 was amazingly eventful and magical, memorable summer. i think the most memorable and eventful summer any nation has ever had certainly in peace time.