tara westover recalls growing up in the idaho mountains at her introduction to formal education at age 17 in her book educated:a memoir. turning point usa founder charlie kirk and his book the m aga doctrine on the new conservative agenda. watch booktv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> next, historian gretchen sorin, author of "driving while black: african american travel and the road to civil rights," look at how the introduction of the automobile impacted the lives of african-americans providing new freedom supported by black owned businesses and travel guides. the free library in philadelphia hosted this 35 minute event. >> my name is andy kahan, director of author event. rick burns will not participate in the discussion this evening due to a work-related trip. the good news, you will see a sneak preview of his new documentary which will be aired on pbs later this year and is based on ten years of research, a curator with 30 years experience, doctor gretchen sorin has consulted for 250 institutions including the smithsonian, the jewish museum and the new york state historic

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and then tara westover recalls growing up in the idaho mountains and her introduction to formal education, the age of 17, in her book educated, a memoir. and after that, turning point usa founder charlie kirk and his book on the new conservative agenda. please enjoy book tv now and watch over the weekend on c-span 2. >> when it comes to trying to keep people from gathering together, how close are we to remote voting in that building behind me? is one chamber closer to that happening than the other? >> no. it doesn't seem like it. >> is there some type of guideline there why this virus kind of affects people differently? >> i think that this virus -- of course it's much more transmissible than many other viruses we know. and number two, it also appears to be much more serious and severe and deadly than other viruses we know, like for example, influenza. >> do you have any way of pushing the idea of disaster recovery preparedness up into the government organization so it is more of a top priority instead of always the second most important priority? >> so i'm smiling as you say that because

then tara westover recalls growing up in the idaho money tans in her book -- idaho mountains, in her book. after that, charlie kirk and his book on the new conservative agenda. please enjoy book tv now and watch over the weekend on c-span 2. >> c-span has round the clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, all available on demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. watch white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials. track the spread throughout the u.s. and the world with interactive maps. watch on demand any time, unfiltered, at c-span.org/coronavirus. >> let me tell you a little bit about our author this evening. he's a senior reporter

tara westover recalls growing up in the idaho mountains at her introduction to formal education at age 17 in her book educated:a memoir. turning point usa founder charlie kirk and his book the m aga doctrine on the new conservative agenda. watch booktv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> next, historian gretchen sorin, author of "driving while black: african american travel and the road to civil rights," look at how the introduction of the automobile impacted the lives of african-americans providing new freedom supported by black owned businesses and travel guides. the free library in philadelphia hosted this 35 minute event. >> my name is andy kahan, director of author event. rick burns will not participate in theis

conversation through cspan's daily "washington journal" program, or through our social media next, tara westover recalls growing up in the mountains at the age of 17. she talks about the writers festival in california. >> please welcome our guest speaker. [applause] hello, guess who i am. [laughter] if i have to give you an introduction about tara, you need to just get out of the whole you have been living in for a while because her book has just celebrated the hundredth consecutive week ahead of michelle malcolm, michelle, down there that's very cool. i'm assuming that a lot of people are familiar with the narrative, and that's why you're so interested and you're s still here for the last lecture on the second day. i thought we would still go through some of her story because it's so gripping and it starts in idaho, and actually to me at such a beautiful setting, there must be a lot of beautiful memories you still have from that. >> yes. it was a really beautiful mountain that i grew up on. i still have really fond memories of being on that mountain and of playing on that mountain, i think it's

conversation through cspan's daily "washington journal" program, or through our social media next, tara westover recalls growing up in the mountains at the age of 17. she talks about the writers festival in california.

tara westover recall growing up in the auto mountains in her introduction to formal education at age 17 in her book educated, a memoir. after that, turning point usa founder charlie kirk in his book the maga doctrine on the new conservative agenda. watch booktv every weekend on c-span2. c-span has round-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic and it is all available on demand, c-span.org/coronavirus. watch white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread through the us and the world with interactive maps. watch on demand any time, unfiltered, c-span.org/coronavirus. >> i would like to introduce john barry, the distinguished author of the rising tide in

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[laughter] this is tara westover. just get out of the hole you are living if you have not heard of her. her book is the 100th consecutive week on the new york times bestseller list number one. [applause] >> michelle malcolm or something down there she's down there. and i assume a lot of people are familiar with the narrative and that's why you are still here on the last lecture on the second day. but to still go through some of her story because it is so gripping. it starts in idaho and actually to be it is such a beautiful setting. >> it was a beautiful mountain that i grew up on i have fond memories to be on the mountain into play on the mountain. so they get to play on the playground and there are a lot of things that could happen. i guess you would say we were the free range kids. hard-core. but the setting and the scenery. >> but you are there all the time you don't want to wait but one of the things i would come back from college i would just be ruptured over how beautiful everything was. she was used to it. lik