mr. mcginniss so you can assume it's the ghost of mr. mcginniss. as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid, destined obviously to be a poet. i was this big at 13 and i was a good rollerskater and the kids were amazed and they befriended me. after a while, they recognized that i had some sort of athletic ability and because i was so spaced out, they mistook it for great courage and if they pushed me, i pushed them back. it was just like a game. so they took to me and asked me to join the shamrocks. i even changed my name from ed vega to ed mcveigh. and this is how they passed me off because most of the teams they played were other irish kids. this was a regular football team so, consequently, they listed me as eddie mcveigh. it was great fun and my friends were jimmy flynn, paddy o'connor. my siblings married the shenny's and i almost married a catherine finerin but it didn't work out. i have a nephew, sean patrick mcflynn. i always question myself because my writing

mr. mcginniss, did you write the book that sarah palin feared he would? >> i don't know that she has fear. i don't know if it's there really has fear. i think she feels protected by divine forces. god is, she has said god opens the doors for me. anybody who thinks that god is the doorman doesn't have to worry about merely a guy who writes books. >> joe mcginniss is the author of this book being released today, september 20, "the rogue searching for the real sarah palin." he joins booktv from new york. thank you, mr. mcginniss. >> thank you, peter. >> is there a book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> this weekend with assistance from a local cable every time warner cable tv takes you to several locations in charlotte, north carolina. taking a look at the local literary culture. next an interview with rick rothacker, author of "banktown: the rise and struggles of charlotte's big banks." >> when did these big banks first coming to charlotte? >> it sort of a long history of w

mr. mcginniss so you can assume it's the ghost of mr. mcginniss. as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid, destined obviously to be

mr. mcginniss did you witness that the year first and? >> i sure did. i witnessed it when i would call people for interviews. they would say i will talk to you but you have to promise you will not put my name in your book. because if you do god knows what will happen to me. this was exaggerated after she became her hysterical reaction to be moving in next door. people saw what she tried to do to me just have been having the nerve to live next door without bothering her and she'd they say she goes that crazy imagines she read your book twos say that i saw something critical. we would not be safe. our children may not get into college or lose our job or scholarships. she has a lot of power. people were fearful. one incident i had defective smoke alarms in the house a was renting that had to be replaced. the handyman who would replace them called me and said i am down at the end of your street. i said come down and he said but i have to get my car ready first. 50 minutes later he pulls up by have a chain across my driveway to keep out the unwanted visitors

mr. mcginniss used his time in alaska to talk to people like, one resident and a friend. he was featured on "today" in a piece by savannah guthrie. >> he described a rocky palin marriage with todd and sarah fighting and threatening divorce, something they have denied in the past. another bomb shell, he writes todd and sarah have both used cocaine in the past, a claim that was not verified. >> you talk to somebody who snorted it with her and many of todd's friends who describe him as having been on the end of the straw frequently in his youth. i'm not saying todd and sarah palin today abuse cocaine or even use it, but it is no question that they both did at one point in their lives. >> reporter: he quote friends who speak of a sexual encounter palin had with glen rice in 1987 while she was a sports reporter for a local anchorage station prior to her marriage. >> how should journalists handle the contents of the book? steve roberts, professor of journal ichl and media ethics at george washington university. and senior editor at national review. steve, in the first 24 hours,