police shootout still in american history took place in los angeles where everyone except for patricia hearst and two comrades were killed. and something that also happened for the first time on live national television because the mini cam had just been invented. and then we get to the trial which has incredible twists and turns. it is a symbolic story of sort of a nation falling apart but also the costs of political radicalism. he's a fabulous writer. then in september candace candice millard has written two bestsellers, one about the assassination of james a. garfield and river of doubt about how theodore roosevelt subsequent to his presidency went and discovered a river in the amazon and almost died. she's incredibly good at taut narratives about famous individuals and periods in their life. and in this case she's telling a story that i sort of knew had happened which is that winston churchill as a young man, who always believed he was destined to be prime minister of england, felt he had to do something incredible to get public notice. he had tried to put himself in danger in india, in t