mr. carl hoffman. [applause] >> thanks for coming now today. always wanted to give a sermon in a church. [laughter] >> when i was said kidd 11 or 12 i lived in the house with a big fur porch that if you open the window to my bedroom you going to the roof of the front porch and for a kid that seemed really daring to go up there on a summer afternoon with your bare feet and your show -- your shirt off. that was pretty wild thing to do. is in my neighborhood he was sitting there on the roof feeling very daring and he said what's up? then the next thing that i knew his head cop dealt the window he never asked permission engaged started to climb out and then said had you ever jumped off the roof? i was like are you kidding? i almost fell off. [laughter] but a way to get close to the edge. raleigh close so and get on my hands and knees. benghazi says that he starts walking to the edge. and then just walk right off the edge without missing a beat in the all went running over then the next thing you know, his head pops out the window again in this time

mr. carl hoffman. [applause] >> tnk so muor is i have always wanted to give a sermon in a church. i will start with a story. when i was a kid when i was 11 or 12 just entering adolescence i lived in a house and we had a big front porch and i discovered one somewhere that if you opened the window to my bed room you could go to the roof of the front porch and for a kid that age that seemed a really daring fishing to do, you go out on a summer afternoon with your shirt off and i wasn't that while the kids so that was a wild thing to do. we like to do

mr. carl hoffman. [applause] >> tnk so muor is i have always wanted to give a sermon in a church. i will start with a story. when i was a kid when i was 11 or 12 just entering adolescence i lived in a house and we had a big front porch and i discovered one somewhere that if you opened the window to my bed room you could go to the roof of the front porch and for a kid that age that seemed a really daring fishing to do, you go out on a summer afternoon with your shirt off and i wasn't that while the kids so that was a wild thing to do. we like to do it but in the neighborhood you grow up in there is always that kid who is kind of a wild kid, who will do anything and in my neighborhood that was teddy hannibal. one day we were sitting out there on the roof feeling very daring and he is like what is up? next thing you knew, his head popped out the window and he started climbing out, never asked permission just started climbing out and as he did so he goes have you ever jumped off the roof? are you kidding? i don't even like to get close, almost fell off. i don't even like to get close

mr. hoffman was here today courtesy of yerly and norita thorne, and we should thank thank them too enormously for what they did for us. [applause] we're going to take a break now and have some lunch. there are several places that you can go, the savannah coffee roasters wiley's barbecue and chick-fil-a, and they're in the square. we will be back here at 1:30 this afternoon to hear author dr. zahn deep jauhar. [inaudible conversations] >> and that was edward larson talking about his newest book on george washington. now, mr. larson has appeared on booktv on several occasions. if you'd like to see some of his other appearances, you can go to booktv.org, type in his name in the search function and you can watch it directly from our video library. now, the savannah book fest is taking a lunch break at this point, and our live coverage will continue again in about 45 minutes with dr. sandeep jauhar, "doctored: the disillusionment of an american physician." live coverage from savannah continues in about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction

mr. hoffman was here today courtesy of yerly and norita thorne, and we should thank thank them too enormously for what they did for us. [applause] we're going to take a break now and have some lunch. there are several places that you can go, the savannah coffee roasters wiley's barbecue and chick-fil-a, and they're in the square. we will be back here at 1:30 this afternoon to hear author dr. zahn deep jauhar. [inaudible conversations] >> and that was edward larson talking about his newest book on george washington. now, mr. larson has appeared on booktv on several occasions. if you'd like to see some of his other appearances, you can go to booktv.org, type in his name in the search function and you can watch it directly from our video library. now, the savannah book fest is taking a lunch break at this point, and our live coverage will continue again in about 45 minutes with dr. sandeep jauhar, "doctored: the disillusionment of an american physician." live coverage from savannah continues in about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction