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ms. baker describes the family scottish irish roots and details the lives and careers of several family members including grover cleveland vice president adlai stevenson and two-time democratic -- democratic illinois governor adlai stevenson second. this originally aired in 1996 and it's about an hour. c-span: jean h. baker, author of "the stevensons: a biography of an american family," what's the scope of this book? >> guest: well, it's pretty broad and it's a long book but it covers a lot of stevenson generations. and it also focuses on the most important, in some ways, of all the stevensons. and that's adlai ewing stevenson ii, who lived from 1900 to 1965 and, of course, was the losing democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956. it took me a long time to do and i really was trying hard to look at layers of stevensons and different views of family life, etc., and not only do just a political biography of some of the best known stevensons. c-span: did you ever meet any of them? >> gues

ms. paul are authors anne patchett, nicholson baker, francine prose and walter mosley. [applause] ms. paul is the, is the editor of "the new york times" book review of and of the popular interview column, "by the book." her new book by "the new york times" book review brings together 65 of the most intriguing and fascinating exchanges over time. she's joined this morning by anne patchett who's the author of six novels as well as the co-owner of a bookstore. yea for bookstores. [applause] her newest book is "this is the story of a happy marriage: a memoir," and before the publication of her first novel, she labored in the trenches at "seventeen" magazine. nicholson baker is the author of ten novels including "human smoke." his latest is where the poet protagonist paul chowder appears again. he is joined by francine prose, excuse me, who's the author of 20 works of fiction. her latest book is "lovers at the chameleon club: paris, 1932, a novel," set in paris in the 1920s. also on the panel this morning is walter mosley who's the author of more than 40 books, most notably -- and i'm cert

ms. moore, that we do have a chief, chief baker, who is extremely concerned about this issue and is trying to work it through. the bill itself, the language is really just an update from what we did in 2008. we're trying to allow the courts and the tribe to solve the issue. and i think they genuinely have made progress and the people here that have had legitimate concerns about this issue can be proud of and i think they'll continue to do that. but there's no substantive change in what my friend, mr. pearce, has brought forward and what existing law was in this area. i just want to end once more by thanking my friend, mr. pearce. frankly this bill would not have been on this floor without his diligent work. i certainly want to thank mr. hensarling for working with my friend, mr. pearce. i want to thank my friends on the other side of the aisle who also have focused a great deal of attention and focus on this issue to try and make sure that the first americans aren't the last americans in almost every category. so, again, i thank my friends and look forward to the passage of this legislatio

ms. baker describes the family