it's written by richard toliver, and we are joined by richard. mr. toliver, who is that on the cover of this book? >> well, that's a young richard toliver, an air force fighter pilot of a few years ago, and it was taken during a time that i was very fortunate to be involved in the f-16 aircraft. >> when was that? >> 1974-1976, to be exact. >> why'd you write a book? >> well, after i had gone through life, retired from the air force, looked back over some 50 years, i realized that i'd had some very unique experiences in my life, and be i'd met some very unique people. and all of them, the experiences and the people, made a significant difference as to who i was at that time. and so i decided, with the encouragement of my family, to write the story of those people who i called uncaged eagles, the people that were providentially placed in my life all along the way. i must admit, i didn't know who they were, and i didn't know that was actually taking place at the time. but when you get to be about 65 years old and you have the opportunity to look backward

it's written by richard toliver and we're joined now by richard toliver.who is that on the cover of this book? >> that's a young richard toliver. it's an air force fighter pilot of a few years ago and was taken during the time i was to be involved in the aircraft. >> when was that? >> 1974 to 1976 to be exact. >> why did you write a book? >> as i've gone through life and looked back over some 50 years i realized i had some unique experiences in my life and limit some very unique people and all of them of the experiences and the people made a significant difference as to why was at that time. and so i decided with the encouragement of my family to write the story of those people i called uncaged eagles who were placed in my life all along the way. i must admit i didn't know who they were and i didn't know that was taking place at that time but when you get to be about 65-years-old and have the opportunity to look back you begin to see these things so there were a number of people who made a difference in my life that caused me to be to lie am today and i wa

. >> author richard toliver, this is booktv on c-span2. >>> no on book tv chris discusses the founding rights with former economic analyst on the cia. columnist for forbes magazine and author of more than 25 books. this is just under 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is alex and ideas as the publisher regnery and we are very exciting to announce the launch this year and is celebrating with a party in the booth right after this event in about 30 minutes and i hope you all can join us right after this. so let's get right to the event. we have our featured author is chris derose, the author of founding rifles medical verses monroe the bill of rights and the election that saved the nation. and he will be interviewed by founding father benjamin franklin. [applause] ben franklin will be portrayed by is six the generation grandson marrec skousen who's an economist, professor, financial newsletter publisher and an author of many books. and one of the books he is authored or compiled for the regnery is the completed autobiography of benjamin franklin. ben franklin wrote his autobiography a