in. >> that was phil trupp. we'll continue our live coverage of the 2011 gaithersburg book festival in a few minutes. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you can also share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and selecting the format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> this is a sad day, i have to say, in mrs. kennedy's life. this is the red room, and the reason i show this is that was the first room that she completed in her restoration, but this was the day of her husband's funeral. and she insisted that she meet those who were coming from afar, those who were diplomats, the diplomatic corps fro

phil trupp will be signing books immediately after this presentation. his books are on sale in the barnes & noble tent. phil trupp is an author, journalist, and adventurer with a career spanning more than three decades. he's been a daily news reporter, a major magazine feature write, author, editor of more than a dozen books. he's working on three novels as well as a future length film with a spy-thriller theme. he was associated with private mercury in the early days of nasa and is an official noaa leading the team of journalists to live and work beneath the sea and was one of the first journalists allowed into fidel castro's cuba and explored the rain forest and found sunking treasure. you may think he's the most interesting man in the world and his mother has a tattoo that says son on it. [laughter] now to his book, "ruthless" how investors reclaimed investments and beat wall street. this book recounts how the ars, auction rate securities market, went from a sound

phil trupp will be coming up momentarily. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> tom shroder on the untold story of the gulf oil disaster. in a couple of minutes phil trupp will join us to discuss his book "ruthless: how ordinary investors beat the biggest scam in wall street history". we will be right back with more from the 2011 gaithersburg book festival in gaithersburg, maryland.