. >> in june robert gottlieb, a man who has been the final editor of all of robert carroll's books wrote an essay in the new york times. the focus was on john gunter and the 900 page book he wrote 75 years ago called inside usa. in gottlieb's opinion, gunther was quote, probably the best recorder america ever had. he wanted to find out more about this publishing success story so we called canadian freelance writer ken cuthbertson to talk about him about his book called inside: the biography of john gottlieb. >> can cuthbertson on this episode of book notes plus. listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcast. >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. saturday you'll find the people that explore our nations passed on american history tv and on sunday we bring you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. it's television for serious readers. learn, discover, explore weekends on c-span2. weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv documents america's stories and on sunday we bring you the latest in nonfiction books and authors.

who has been the final editor of all of robert carroll's books, wrote an essay in the "new york times." the focus was on john gunther, and the 900-page he wrote 75 years ago called "inside u.s.a." in gottlieb's opinion, gunther was, quote, probably the best reporter america ever had, unquote. we wanted to find out more about this publishing success story. so we called canadian freelance writer ken cuthbertson to talk with him about his 1992 book called "inside :the biography of john gunther". >> listen at c-span.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. >> next, paul goldberger discusses his book "ballpark, baseball in the american city" exploring baseball and the changing architecture of ballparks over the years. the kansas city library of -- hosted this discussion and provided the video. >> thanks. i want to thank the library for putting on this event, the library board, jonathan kemper and the staff who worked with us. the library is a fantastic institution. we are lucky to have it. look at this awesome auditorium. speaking of great public spaces. >> yes, yes. >> this is one.

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. >> in june amanda who had been the final editor of all of robert carroll's book world an essay in the new york times the focus was on jon gunther in the 900 page book that he wrote 75 years ago. called inside usa and his opinion, gunther was probably the best reporter in america ever had. we wanted to find out more about this publishing success story so we call the canadian freelance writer can to talk with him about his 1992 book, called inside, the biography of jon gunther. >> on this episode of footnotes, listen in cspan.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcast. >> weekends on "c-span2" are an intellectual feast, every saturday you find events and people of exploring our nation's past and on sunday, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers pretty to learn, discover, explore. weekends on "c-span2". up next investigative journalist amanda ripley publisher thoughts on how people can engage in conflict resolution. by the aspen institute in this run 45 minutes. >> amanda is a pleasure to get the chance to talk with you about what

>>> in june, robert gottlieb, the man who has been the final editor of all of robert carroll's books, wrote an he is satisfy in the "new york times." the focus was on john gunther, and the 900-page book he wrote 75 years ago called "inside u.s.a." in gottlieb's opinion, gunther was, quote, probably the best reporter america ever had, unquote. we wanted to find out more about this publishing success story, so we called canadian freelance writer ken cuthbertson to talk with him about his 1992 book called" inside:the biography of john gunther". >> ken cuthbertson on book notes. listen wherever you get your podcasts. >>> up next, historian david pea trucea describes what he calls the 1919 world series fix by members of the chicago white sox which came to be known as the black sox scandal. he talks about how it shapes public perceptions of what happened. he is the author two of books on the subject. >> i would like to welcome you all to cooperstown. i'm the director here, david kent. we are very opportunity tonight to have an esteemed historian and award-winning writer who is not only an h

june, robert gottlieb, the man who has been the final editor of all of robert carroll's books, wrote an essay in the "new york times." the focus was on john gunther, and the 900-page he wrote 75 years ago called "inside u.s.a." in gottlieb's opinion, gunther was, quote, probably the best reporter america ever had, unquote. we wanted to find out more about this publishing success story. so we called canadian freelance writer ken cuthbertson to talk with him about his 1992 book called "inside :the biography of john gunther". >> listen at c-span.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. >> next, paul goldberger discusses his book "ballp

and someone recently, robert carroll, the great biographer, they have a line when you do research, turn in every page and get every box out and open it up and turn over page and document if there are jobs. and i think he's right in a lot of ways, but that only if there's a decade to write book. you have to be strategic. >> also if you have a researcher to do it for you? >> that's true. >> and, yeah, i did hire one researcher who helped me and one of the issues is, you know, most of the records are in washington, but they're scattered across the entire country and archives in every state and in the state archives like in trenton and in new jersey's archives and in universities. there's tons and tons of stuff and i did hire a researcher to go to the illinois project records, somehow, i guess it's the state archives and it's a huge help and i couldn't justify buying it and looking at that as much as i wanted to. and it was a little bit. it was complicated doing this research. when i first went to the national archives and an archivist there, an expert on the new deal and wpa holdings and h

. [ applause ] >>> in june, robert gottlieb, the man who has been the final editor of all of robert carroll's books wrote an he is satisfy in the "new york times." the focus was on john gunther. and the 900 page book he wrote 75 years ago, called "inside u.s.a." in gottlieb's opinion, gunther was, quote, probably the best reporter america ever had, unquote. we wanted to find out more about this publishing success story, so we called canadian relance writer ken cuthbertson to talk about him about his 1992 book kags called" inside, the biography of john gunther". >>> next. a conversation with u.s. army air corvette rans as they recount their experiences as fighter pilots during world war ii. the speakers included one ace fighter pilot and two tuskegee airmen. this is from the 2019 answer veterans center conference in washington, d.c. >>> it has been a wild and woolly couple days. a lot of history packed into a very short period of time. i wanted to begin today as i did yesterday, with a quote. in introduction to that quote, i want to ask, anyone in here not