seamus mcgraw is interested in hearing points of view and i will introduce him briefly he will share with you i think whatat is unique and three years ago betting the farm to be presupposed to the climate change exposÉ and how their experience can form their opinions seamus mcgraw is an author and journalist from the new york times huffington post before writing his previous book you can see a common theme with water and seamus mcgraw has come here from pennsylvania and once to share some first-hand information. [applause] >> am not a scholar or an engineer. and one of the students and he should never have written a book. but i think her for that review. and to prove a point for me and the point was when i was 18 years old dragged into reading a book a book beginning station this figure out of the conversation from the end of the country and betting the farm in these conversations with people like you. i can be reached pretty much 24 hours a day seven days a week at (570)588-6000 that is my home phone number. 570, 236-4050 is my cell phone number. i am on facebook as seamus mcgraw an

seamus mcgraw - i am on facebook as seamus mcgraw and i'm on twitter is seamus mcgraw. if you like the book when you read it and like the characters and read the other books you like the characters in it, join the conversation because we are all having a conversation and you guys will lead me to my next book. >> as i mentioned, the previous book that seamus mcgraw came to our festival to present, is about people from the east coast to the west coast, this book has the subtitle, the book is called a thirsty land. the making of an american water crisis. the book is about water in texas. it is about texas and so seamus mcgraw, bad subtitling, why is this book all about texas? >> i will put it this way. texas is not, from my experience, i have fallen in love with texas. let me put it another way. i have fallen in love with all the texans. there isn't one texas. texas isn't a state or independent nation. it is an empire. a scholar put it that way in 1964. every possible permutation of the water issue across this country and frankly across this world can be found within the c

on another couple of hours all good things must end the session must envy youam can talk with seamus mcgraw and by his book. at the barnes & noble tent and i hope this conversation will include all of us in the future. >> and i am dead serious about my e-mail and my phone numbers. i'm not going anywhere. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning welcome to the san antonio book festival we encourage attendees with social media thank you for joining us at the san antonio public library and those who share their space with us the proceeds do benefit the foundation directly after this session our authors will be signing in the barnes & noble book tent. this morning the session is entitled when you can't go home the author of the faraway brothers. based on the berkeley california and dedicated to writing by immigration and environment also writes for the new yorker and the guardian where she is a contributing editor. over a decade has worked with immigration resettlement. her other author was born in lima peru and entered united states at agege four as a chil