i got a call one morning from arthur slauson jarret, jr. telling me i would be getting a lecture from him. i did. and he asked me to write the biography for the american presidents series. a very nice short concise book about american presidents and get people, sometimes to fit this by george applebee's did george washington who was a great scholar. george mcgovern, gary hart, there is a mix of historians and non historians will peak but to put the individuals band. but she asked me to do that and he said output might individual spin on it. i agreed to do it with his arthur ask me and i have great respect for him and we're both on the advisory committee and also because paul was the editor for the series was my editor for the book that i did. to friends you know, how it is when they ask you to do things and i said sure and put aside my misgivings. -- misgivings but i wondered if i could curb my feelings of looking at this period of history and i agreed to do that. i have to confess that is long overdue. so that took a lot of time and energy